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Is it true that the circulating supplication: "There is no god but Allah, the One, the Unique, the Self-Sufficient Master, Who begets not, nor was He begotten, and to Whom no one is equal; to Him belongs all sovereignty and all praise, and He is over all things competent, [recited] as many times as there was, and as many times as there will be, and as many times as there are movements and stillness," results in angels being unable to finish recording the good deeds of its reciter for 3 years, and what is the advice for those who spread such supplications without verification?

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This supplication has not been mentioned in the references of the Sunnah. It appears to be an innovation of later generations. We have previously warned against spreading fabricated hadiths, as they are among the greatest falsehoods.

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