Question: Is it preferable to recite after the daily prayers: 10 x subhanallah, 10 x elhamdulillah, 10 x allahu ekber. And in bed before sleeping: 33 x subhanallah, 33 x elhamdulillah, 34 x allahu ekber. Isn't it after the prayers that you say each 33 times and complete to 100 by saying La ilaha illallahu wahdaku laa sharika lah, lahu-mulku wa lahu-l-hamd, wa hua ^alaa kulli shay'in qadiir. (thus not 34 x allahu ekber).....I think some people mix these up isnt it? Why so some people are say 33 x subhanallah ,33 x elhamdulillah, 34 allahu ekber after the prayers? Isn't this adviced for before sleeping as in the hadith?
Answer: First of all, dhikr is something you can do as you wish. Noone is blamed for leaving any of this or doing something else instead, or changing the combinations. You are mixing perfume with perfume. Second, all of what you mentioned have been mentioned in different hadiths. 33 x subhanallah, 33 x elhamdulillah, 34 x allahu ekber is mentioned both after prayers and before sleep. Ten times of each after prayers has also been narrated. Saying each 33 times and complete to 100 by saying La ilaha illallahu wahdaku laa sharika lah, lahu-mulku wa lahu-l-hamd, wa hua ^alaa kulli shay'in qadiir has also been narrated.
