A man came and joined the prayer row while out of breath, and he said, "Praise be to Allah, abundant, good, and blessed praise."When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he asked, "Which of you spoke those words?"The people remained silent.He asked again, "Which of you spoke them? He has said nothing wrong."A man replied, "I came out of breath and said them."The Prophet ﷺ said, "I saw twelve angels rushing to see which of them would carry those words up."
أن رجلا جاء فدخل الصف، وقد حفزه النفس فقال: الحمد لله حمدا كثيرا طيبا مباركا فيه، فلما قضى رسول الله ﷺ صلاته قال: أيكم المتكلم بالكلمات؟ فأرم القوم، فقال: أيكم المتكلم بها؟ فإنه لم يقل بأسا فقال رجل: جئت وقد حفزني النفس فقلتها. فقال: لقد رأيت اثنى عشر ملكا يبتدرونها، أيهم يرفعها.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of Mosques (600) from Zuhayr bin Harb, who said, Affan told us, who said, Hammad told us, who said, Qatada, Thabit, and Humayd informed us, from Anas, and he mentioned it.Abu Dawud (763) and Nasai (901) narrated it through another route from Hammad, with the same wording, and in their version it reads, "Allah is greatest, praise be to Allah, abundant praise..."