The Sahabah (may Allah be pleased with them) were the keenest of people to do righteous deeds and seek reward for them, and to do that which would raise them in status and enable them to attain the pleasure of Allah (may He be glorified and exalted). In this hadith, we see one example of this keenness, as Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the poor Muslims came to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and said: Those who have much wealth have taken the high and lofty levels in Paradise, and attained everlasting bliss. That is because they pray as we pray, both obligatory and supererogatory prayers, and they fast as we fast. Based on that, their prayer and fasting are like ours, so we and they are equal in reward. But they have surplus wealth, meaning that they have extra money, with which they perform Hajj and ‘umrah, go for jihad, and give in charity. So the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) told him of something by means of which they could make up for this shortcoming, as he said: Shall I not tell you and inform you of something which, if you adhere to it, you will catch up with those who went ahead of you to the high levels in Paradise, so you will be equal to them in position and virtue, and no one who comes after you will catch up with you in virtue who does not do this deed, and you will be the best of those around you, except for one who does likewise; perhaps he will be better than you or like you. It was said that what the poor wanted was to attain high levels in Paradise and everlasting bliss as well; they did not mean that the wealthy should never have an advantage over them, because if the wealthy also do this action, they will still have an advantage over them. Then the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) told them to glorify Allah, praise Him and magnify Him following every obligatory prayer, thirty-three times. The apparent meaning of the words “we differed among ourselves” is that Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that, as is also the case with regard to the phrase “so I went back to him”; and the one to whom Abu Hurayrah went back was the Prophet (listings and peace of Allah be upon him). Based on that, this difference of opinion happened among the Sahabah. But in a report narrated by Muslim, it says: Sumayy – the one who narrated the hadith from Abu Salih – said: I narrated this hadith to one of my family, and he said: You have misunderstood it. Rather he said: “Glorify Allah thirty-three times, praise Allah thirty-three times, and magnify Allah thirty-three times.” So I went back to Abu Salih and told him that, then he took me by the hand and said: Allahu akbar wasubhan Allah wa’l-hamduLillah; Allahu akbarwasubhan Allah wa’l-hamduLillah – until you have said this entire sentence thirty-three times. One of us said: We glorify Allah thirty-three times, and we praise Him thirty-three times, and we magnify Him thirty-four times. So I went back to him and he said: You should say Subhan Allahwa’l-hamduLillahwa Allahu akbar, until you have said the whole sentence thirty-three times. This indicates that Sumayy is the one who went back to Abu Salih, and that the one who disagreed with him was one of his family. This hadith highlights the virtue of tasbih and all other dhikrs, especially after the prayer. It also highlights the virtue of charity and the greatness of the reward for it..