Alḥamdulillāh is a Duʿāʾ and why

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Question #341:

A brother asks how is Alḥamdulillāh a Duʿāʾ.  Does not Duʿāʾ mean to request something from Allāh?

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَفْضَلُ الذِّكْرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَفْضَلُ الدُّعَاءِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ. رواه الترمذي (3383) وحسنة الحافظ ابن حجر رحمه الله

Answer:

The duʿāʾ is of two types:

  • Duʿāʾ Masʾala, duʿāʾ of request and seeking from Allāh
  • Duʿāʾ ʿIbādah, duʿāʾ of worship

So Alḥamdulillāh in this ḥadīth is Duʿāʾ ʿIbādah not Duʿāʾ Masʾala.

Answered by: Shaykh Abul-Yamān ʿAdnān al-Masqarī حفظه الله

Translated by: Abū Hārūn Muḥammad ʿAbdin-Nūr