The Prophet ﷺ said, "There are two qualities, or two practices, which no Muslim servant maintains regularly without entering Paradise. They are easy, yet few are those who act upon them. After every prayer, one should say 'Subhan Allah' ten times, 'Alhamdulillah' ten times, and 'Allahu Akbar' ten times. That is one hundred and fifty on the tongue, but one thousand five hundred in the scale. And when he lies down to sleep, he should say 'Allahu Akbar' thirty-four times, 'Alhamdulillah' thirty-three times, and 'Subhan Allah' thirty-three times. That is one hundred on the tongue, but one thousand in the scale."I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ counting them on his hand.They asked, "Messenger of Allah, how is it that they are easy, yet few are those who act upon them?"He replied, "Satan comes to one of you during his sleep and puts him to sleep before he can say them, and he comes to him during his prayer and reminds him of some need before he can say them."
عن النبي ﷺ قال: خصلتان أو خلتان لا يحافظ عليهما عبد مسلم إلا دخل الجنة هما يسير، ومن يعمل بهما قليل، يسبح في دبر كل صلاة عشرا، ويحمد عشرا، ويكبر عشرا، فذلك خمسون ومائة باللسان، وألف وخمسمائة في الميزان، ويكبر أربعا وثلاثين إذا أخذ مضجعه، ويحمد ثلاثا وثلاثين، ويسبح ثلاثا وثلاثين فذلك مائة باللسان وألف فى الميزان. فلقد رأيت رسول الله ﷺ يعقدها بيده قالوا: يا رسول الله كيف هما يسير، ومن يعمل بهما قليل؟ قال: يأتى أحدكم- يعنى الشيطان- في منامه فينومه قبل أن يقوله، ويأتيه في صلاته فيذكره حاجة قبل أن يقولها.
Abu Dawud (5065) narrated it through Shubah, Tirmidhi (3410) through Ismail bin Ulaya, Nasai (1348) through Hammad, and Ibn Majah (926) through Ismail, Muhammad bin Fudayl, Abu Yahya Taymi, and Ibn Ajlah, all of them from Ata bin Saaib, from his father, from Abdullah bin Amr, who related it. The wording given here is that of Abu Dawud. Tirmidhi said, "Hasan sahih. Shubah and Thawri both narrated this hadith from Ata bin Saaib, and Amash narrated this hadith from Ata bin Saaib in abridged form." End of quote.Its chain of transmission is sahih. Ata bin Saaib is reliable, and the leading scholars affirmed his reliability, though his memory became confused in his later years. However, the narrations of Shubah, Thawri, and Hammad from him predate that confusion.His statement, "That makes one hundred and fifty," means across five occasions in the course of each day and night.