A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I am unable to memorize anything from the Quran, so teach me something that will suffice me in its place."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Say, 'Glory be to Allah, all praise belongs to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is the greatest, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great.'"The man said, "Messenger of Allah, this is for Allah , so what is for me?"The Prophet ﷺ said, "Say, 'O Allah, have mercy on me, provide for me, grant me well-being, and guide me.'"When the man stood up, he gestured with his hand like this, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "As for this man, he has filled his hand with goodness."
جاء رجل إلى النبي ﷺ فقال: إني لا أستطيع أن آخذ من القرآن شيئا، فعلمني ما يجزئني منه، قال: قل: سبحان الله، والحمد لله، ولا إله إلا الله، والله أكبر، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم قال يا رسول الله! هذا الله عز وجل، فما لي؟ قال: قل: اللهم ارحمني وارزقني وعافني واهدني فلما قام قال هكذا بيده، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: أما هذا فقد ملأ يده من الخير.
Abu Dawud (832) and Nasai (924) both narrated it through Ibrahim bin Abdul-Rahman Saksaki, from Abdullah bin Abu Awfa, who related the hadith. Ibrahim bin Abdul-Rahman Saksaki has been criticized, but he was corroborated. Ibn Hibban (1810) narrated it through Fadl bin Muwaffaq, who said, "Malik bin Mughul narrated to us, from Talha bin Musarrif, from Ibn Abu Awfa," with the same wording. Fadl bin Muwaffaq is Thaqafi, Abu Haytham Kufi. Abu Hatim said, "He was an upright shaykh, but weak in hadith." With this corroboration, the hadith rises to the level of hasan. A detailed discussion of it was given earlier in the Book of Prayer.