The Prayer of Tasbih and the Hadith Reported Regarding It
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The questioner:
He says that he read a book translated from Arabic and found a long hadith from Ibn Abbas. It mentions that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Mansur to descend with four [units of prayer], and he read the first one with the recitation of the book, and after that a surah. And if he prays, he recites Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and La ilaha illa Allah.
The Shaykh:
This is the Prayer of Doubt, and the hadith reported regarding it is not authentic; it is an invalid hadith and a fabricated hadith, and its chain of narration is obscure, as they say. It is an innovated prayer, a partial prayer that is not permissible to perform. Or, in the prescribed prayers where there is no doubt, [one should] be content, and praise be to Allah. Those who have faith should not invent voluntary prayers to be performed in a manner that is not prescribed, but rather they should stick to the things that are known and the things that are established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner:
We persist, we persist.
The Shaykh:
A book or a hadith?
The questioner:
So it is a path that is obscure and defective.
The Shaykh:
Who is it? Yes, hmm? Hmm? Yes, the point is, whether it is in the original, the Hindi, or the English, we say this is an incorrect action, the action is incorrect. And whoever has a desire for good, [they should stick to] the authentic voluntary prayers in which there is no doubt, and let them do so. May Allah reward him with good. Yes, Allah the Exalted knows best.
The presenter:
(peace and blessings be upon him).
He says that he read a book translated from Arabic and found a long hadith from Ibn Abbas. It mentions that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Mansur to descend with four [units of prayer], and he read the first one with the recitation of the book, and after that a surah. And if he prays, he recites Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and La ilaha illa Allah.
The Shaykh:
This is the Prayer of Doubt, and the hadith reported regarding it is not authentic; it is an invalid hadith and a fabricated hadith, and its chain of narration is obscure, as they say. It is an innovated prayer, a partial prayer that is not permissible to perform. Or, in the prescribed prayers where there is no doubt, [one should] be content, and praise be to Allah. Those who have faith should not invent voluntary prayers to be performed in a manner that is not prescribed, but rather they should stick to the things that are known and the things that are established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner:
We persist, we persist.
The Shaykh:
A book or a hadith?
The questioner:
So it is a path that is obscure and defective.
The Shaykh:
Who is it? Yes, hmm? Hmm? Yes, the point is, whether it is in the original, the Hindi, or the English, we say this is an incorrect action, the action is incorrect. And whoever has a desire for good, [they should stick to] the authentic voluntary prayers in which there is no doubt, and let them do so. May Allah reward him with good. Yes, Allah the Exalted knows best.
The presenter:
(peace and blessings be upon him).
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية [1] — alfawzan.live (1:11:03)
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