1510 - Abu Abd Allah narrated to us, he said: Affan narrated to us, he said: Aban narrated to us, he said: Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to us, from Abu Sallam, from Abu Malik al-Ash'ari, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to say: "Ritual purification is half of faith, and 'Praise be to Allah' (al-hamdu lillah) fills the scale, and 'Glorified be Allah' (subhan Allah) and 'Allah is the Greatest' (Allahu akbar) fill what is between the heavens and the earth."