How sound is the Hadith: "Whoever says after every prayer, and when he takes to his bed: 'Allahu Akbar Kabira (Allah is the Most Great) the number of the even and the odd, and the perfect, good, blessed words of Allah' three times, and 'La ilaha illa Allah (There is no god but Allah)' likewise, they will be a light for him in his grave, a light on the Bridge, and a light on the Sirat (Path), until they admit him into Paradise, or he enters Paradise?"
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The narration inquired about has a good chain of transmission ( ). It was reported by Ibn Abi Shaybah in his Musannaf, and by Al-Suyuti in Jami al-Ahadith, who deemed its isnad good. Ala al-Din Ali al-Muttaqi also reported it in Kanz al-Ummal and stated: "Its chain of transmission is good."
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