The Grade of the Hadith on the Ten Takbirs After Fajr and Maghrib

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) in the book *Al-Mukhtasar al-Fiqhi* a hadith in the Sunan collections, from Abu Dharr, that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever says after the Fajr prayer, while he is still in his place before he speaks, ‘La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah’ [There is no god but Allah alone, having no partner],” and so on. The question is: What is the grade of this hadith? And does the Maghrib prayer follow the same ruling?

Answer:
The hadith on the ten takbirs after Fajr and after the Maghrib prayer is authentic. “While he is still in his place” means he has not moved; that is what is best. If he says them, it is not obligatory; the best is that he says them before he moves. If he moves, or walks, or goes to his work while reciting the takbirs, there is no harm in that. However, this is a matter of what is best: that he remains until he completes the takbirs, the tasbih, the takbir, and the tahmid, thirty-three times each, exactly. As for “La ilaha illa Allah,” it is best that he remains in his place of prayer until he recites these adhkar. If he is busy and has work and seems to be leaving, there is no harm in him standing up, but he recites these adhkar on his way or at his place of work; there is no harm in that.