What is the method of the prayer of tasbih?
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Question:
The questioner says: Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good, about the method of the prayer of tasbih?
Answer:
The prayer of tasbih is not established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and is not prescribed; rather, it is a bid'ah (religious innovation), because the hadith reported regarding it is not authentic; it has no sound chain of narration, as the scholars have explicitly stated.
This is from one aspect. The second aspect is that its description and method contradict the valid, prescribed prayers. It contains peculiarities and elements that contradict the known, prescribed prayer established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Therefore, it is not permissible to perform it.
In the prescribed prayers, there is what suffices in place of the prayer of tasbih. Whoever has a desire for good should pray. He should pray the Duha prayer. And better than that is to pray at night, performing tahajjud at night. And he should pray the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) attached to the obligatory prayers. So the field is open. And he should pray the known, prescribed prayers.
As for the peculiar prayers that are not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he should leave them off unless Allah makes him in need of them. Yes.
The questioner says: Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good, about the method of the prayer of tasbih?
Answer:
The prayer of tasbih is not established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and is not prescribed; rather, it is a bid'ah (religious innovation), because the hadith reported regarding it is not authentic; it has no sound chain of narration, as the scholars have explicitly stated.
This is from one aspect. The second aspect is that its description and method contradict the valid, prescribed prayers. It contains peculiarities and elements that contradict the known, prescribed prayer established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Therefore, it is not permissible to perform it.
In the prescribed prayers, there is what suffices in place of the prayer of tasbih. Whoever has a desire for good should pray. He should pray the Duha prayer. And better than that is to pray at night, performing tahajjud at night. And he should pray the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) attached to the obligatory prayers. So the field is open. And he should pray the known, prescribed prayers.
As for the peculiar prayers that are not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he should leave them off unless Allah makes him in need of them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما كيفية صلاة التسابيح؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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