﷽ Al-Asmaa ul-Husna : Benefits of reciting Ya Kabir (يا كبير)

Name

الكبير
Al-Kabir

Meaning

The Most Great
The Greatest
The Ever Grand

Explanation

The One whose essence is the perfection of greatness. The One who is incomparably great. The One whose greatness is beyond measure. The One whose nature is Greatness. The One whose own essence is unimaginably great perfection.

The One Who is incomparably great. His Essence is unimaginably great Perfection, in might, power, wisdom and mercy in all His Attributes. He is the Most Great. He is far too great to be compared to any of His creatures; His creatures can never be like Him.

Quran

عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ

[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted. (13:9)

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ هُوَ الْبَاطِلُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ

That is because Allah is the Truth, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Most High, the Grand. (22:62)

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ الْبَاطِلُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ

That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Most High, the Grand. (31:30)

وَلَا تَنفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ ۚ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمْ قَالُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ

And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts, they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand. (34:23)

وَلَهُ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

And to Him belongs [all] grandeur within the heavens and the earth, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. (45:37)

وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ وَلِيٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ ۖ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًا

And say, "Praise to Allah , who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification." (17:111)

وَرَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ

And your Lord glorify. (74:3)

كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِندَ اللَّهِ أَن تَقُولُوا مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Great is hatred in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do. (61:3)

ۚ فَالْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْكَبِيرِ

So the judgement is with Allah, the Most High, the Grand. (40:12)

وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَاكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

Allah has promised the believing men and believing women gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence; but approval from Allah is greater. It is that which is the great attainment. (9:72)

وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ فَضْلًا كَبِيرًا

And give good tidings to the believers that they will have from Allah great bounty. (33:47)

ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتَابَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۖ فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ وَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْكَبِيرُ

Then we caused to inherit the Book those We have chosen of Our servants; and among them is he who wrongs himself, and among them is he who is moderate, and among them is he who is foremost in good deeds by permission of Allah . That [inheritance] is what is the great bounty. (35:32)

فَأَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْخِزْيَ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

So Allah made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew. (39:26)

فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

Then Allah will punish him with the greatest punishment. (88:24)

اتْلُ مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ ۖ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ ۗ وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ

Recite [O Muhammad (ﷺ)], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allah is greater. And Allah knows that which you do. (29:45)

Hadith

1. Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said that Allah Almighty said,

الْعِزُّ إِزَارِي، وَالْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَائِي، فَمَنْ نَازَعَنِي بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُمَا عَذَّبْتُهُ

"Might is My wrapper and pride is My cloak. I will punish anyone who contends with Me over either of them."

(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 552)

2. Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ وَلاَ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ

"Whoever has a mustard seed's weight of pride (arrogance) in his heart, shall not be admitted into Paradise. And whoever has a mustard seed's weight of faith in his heart, shall not be admitted into the Fire."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1998)

3. It Is narrated on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم), observed:

لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ

"He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise."

A person (amongst his hearers) said: Verily a person loves that his dress should be fine, and his shoes should be fine. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked:

إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الْجَمَالَ ۔ الْكِبْرُ بَطَرُ الْحَقِّ وَغَمْطُ النَّاسِ

"Verily, Allah is Graceful and He loves Grace. Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit) and contempt for the people."

(Sahih Muslim 91 a)

4. Buraidah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that Rasulullah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) supplicated

اللهم اجعلني شكورا واجعلني صبورا واجعلني في عيني صغيرا وفي أعين الناس كبيرا

"O Allah, make me grateful and make me patient and make me insignificant in my own eyes and elative in the eyes of people."

(Majma Al-Zawaid)

5. Sa'd bin Abu Waqqas (رضي الله عنه) reported: A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and said to him, "Teach me a few words to recite frequently." He (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said, "Say:

لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، الله أكبر كبيرا والحمد لله كثيرا وسبحان الله رب العالمين، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العزيز الحكيم

'There is no true god except Allah the One and He has no partner with Him; Allah is the Greatest and greatness is for Him. All praise is due to Him. Allah, the Rubb of the worlds is free from imperfection; there is no might and power but that of Allah, the All-Powerful and the All-Wise'."

The Bedouin said: "All of these for my Rubb. But what is for me?"

Thereupon he [Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)] said, "You should say:

اللهم اغفر لي، وارحمني، واهدني، وارزقني

'O Allah! Grant me pardon, have mercy upon me, direct me to righteousness and provide me subsistence'."

(Riyad as-Salihin Book 15, Hadith 7)

6. Asma bint 'Umais Al-Khath'amiyyah (رضي الله عنها) narrated that The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ تَخَيَّلَ وَاخْتَالَ وَنَسِيَ الْكَبِيرَ الْمُتَعَالِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ تَجَبَّرَ وَاعْتَدَى وَنَسِيَ الْجَبَّارَ الأَعْلَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَالْبِلَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ عَتَا وَطَغَى وَنَسِيَ الْمُبْتَدَا وَالْمُنْتَهَى بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدُّنْيَا بِالدِّينِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ يَخْتِلُ الدِّينَ بِالشُّبُهَاتِ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ طَمَعٌ يَقُودُهُ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ هَوًى يُضِلُّهُ بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ رَغَبٌ يُذِلُّهُ

"What an evil servant is the one who fancies himself and becomes vain forgetting the Most Great, the Most High. What an evil servant is the one who forces and behaves hostility, forgetting the Compeller, the Most High. What an evil servant is the one who is heedless and diverted, forgetting about the graves and the trials. What an evil servant is the one who is violent and tyrannical, forgetting his beginnings or his end. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the world through the religion. What an evil servant is the one who seeks the religion through his desires. What an evil servant is the one who puts all hope in his own zeal. What an evil servant is the worshipper who is misled by his desire. What an evil servant is the one whose aspirations humiliate him."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi Vol. 4, Book 11, Hadith 2448)

7. Narrated Abu Huraira (رضي الله عنه): Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

‏ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ لِلنَّاسِ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ، فَإِنَّ مِنْهُمُ الضَّعِيفَ وَالسَّقِيمَ وَالْكَبِيرَ، وَإِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ لِنَفْسِهِ فَلْيُطَوِّلْ مَا شَاءَ

"If anyone of you leads the people in the prayer, he should shorten it for amongst them are the weak, the sick and the old; and if anyone among your prays alone then he may prolong (the prayer) as much as he wishes. "

(Sahih al-Bukhari 703)

8. Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

لِيُسَلِّمْ اَلصَّغِيرُ عَلَى اَلْكَبِيرِ, وَالْمَارُّ عَلَى اَلْقَاعِدِ, وَالْقَلِيلُ عَلَى اَلْكَثِيرِ

“The young should salute the old, the one who is passing by should salute the one who is sitting, and the small group of people should salute the larger one.”

(Bulugh al-Maram Book 16, Hadith 1487)

9. Anas bin Malik (رضي الله عنه) narrated that : Umm Sulaim (رضي الله عنها) came upon the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and said: "Teach me some words that I can say in my Salat." So he said:

كَبِّرِي اللَّهَ عَشْرًا وَسَبِّحِي اللَّهَ عَشْرًا وَاحْمَدِيهِ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ سَلِي مَا شِئْتِ يَقُولُ نَعَمْ نَعَمْ

"Mention Allah's Greatness (saying: Allahu Akbar) ten times, mention Allah's Glory (saying: Subhan Allah) ten times, and mention Allah's praise (saying: Al-Hamdulilah) ten times. Then ask as you like, (for which) He says: 'Yes. Yes'."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 481)

10. Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) narrated: "For fever, and all pains, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) would teach them to say:

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الْكَبِيرِ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ عِرْقٍ نَعَّارٍ وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَرِّ النَّارِ

.In the name of Allah the great, I seek refuge with Allah he magnificent of the evil of every gushing vein, and from the evil of the heat of the Fire'."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi Vol. 4, Book 2, Hadith 2075)

Duas

اللهم يا كبير فوق كل كبير، يا سميع يا بصير، يا من لا شريك له ولا وزير، يا خالق السماوات والأرضيين. والشمس والقمر المنير يا عصمة البائس الخائف المستجير، ويا رازق الطفل الصغير

(أرشيف ملتقى أهل الحديث, الأخبار الشنيعة)

اللهم إني أسألك يا مولاي يا كبير يا أكبر من كل كبير يا ظاهرا من عين الشمس والقمر المنير يا منشيء الطفل الصغير بقدرته وراحم الشيخ الكبير برحمته يا رب هون علينا كل امر عسير

(كتب العلويين المقدسة)

Benefits of invoking (Ya Allahu) Ya Kabiru frequently