Sayyiduna Bara’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Whoever recites this phrase ten times: ‘There is no deity except Allah, He is One, He has no partner. Sovereignty belongs to Him, and all praise is for Him. He gives life and He gives death, and He has power over everything.’ The narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words: It is like freeing a slave (or freeing a neck).”