The Authenticity of the Description of the Prayer of Tasbih
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Question:
Yes. What is the authenticity of the description of the Prayer of Tasbih?
Answer:
As it came in the hadith you mentioned, in which it is stated that one recites al-Fatihah and repeats it—do you know how many times?—then recites certain surahs, then makes du'a, then bows, and recites from the Qur'an while bowing, and recites while prostrating. It is a strange prayer in its form; it contradicts the known prayers, it contradicts the known, prescribed prayers. Therefore, it is not permissible. The Prayer of Tasbih is not permissible from two aspects. The first aspect is that its chain of narration is not authentic. Even if some researchers have authenticated it, the correct view is that it is not authentic. The second aspect is that its text is also strange; it contains a form of prayer that contradicts the known prayers. Therefore, it is not authentic, and consequently, it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). This is the correct view in this issue. Even though some contemporary scholars have started to dig it up, present it to people, and blow on it, this is not acceptable. I mean, some students of knowledge searching for anomalous and forgotten things and presenting them to people, causing confusion among people, this is not good. This is a sign of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and a sign of division among people. Yes.
Praise be to Allah. If we limit ourselves to the prescribed prayers, the prayers that have no issue, there is much good in them, there is abundance, and there is unity of word. The Duha prayer, the rawatib (the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones) with the obligatory prayers, the night prayer and tahajjud (the late-night voluntary prayer). All of these are clear prayers for Allah, praise be to Him, with no issue. They are sufficient for us if we perform these prayers and occupy our time with them. This is sufficient for us, praise be to Allah, instead of the Prayer of Tasbih. Yes. No, it is not a sunnah (recommended practice). We said it does not contradict, but we say it is not a sunnah. No, it is not a sunnah. It is not established. It is not established. It is not established. And even if some people tried to establish it, it is not established. Yes.
Yes. What is the authenticity of the description of the Prayer of Tasbih?
Answer:
As it came in the hadith you mentioned, in which it is stated that one recites al-Fatihah and repeats it—do you know how many times?—then recites certain surahs, then makes du'a, then bows, and recites from the Qur'an while bowing, and recites while prostrating. It is a strange prayer in its form; it contradicts the known prayers, it contradicts the known, prescribed prayers. Therefore, it is not permissible. The Prayer of Tasbih is not permissible from two aspects. The first aspect is that its chain of narration is not authentic. Even if some researchers have authenticated it, the correct view is that it is not authentic. The second aspect is that its text is also strange; it contains a form of prayer that contradicts the known prayers. Therefore, it is not authentic, and consequently, it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). This is the correct view in this issue. Even though some contemporary scholars have started to dig it up, present it to people, and blow on it, this is not acceptable. I mean, some students of knowledge searching for anomalous and forgotten things and presenting them to people, causing confusion among people, this is not good. This is a sign of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and a sign of division among people. Yes.
Praise be to Allah. If we limit ourselves to the prescribed prayers, the prayers that have no issue, there is much good in them, there is abundance, and there is unity of word. The Duha prayer, the rawatib (the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones) with the obligatory prayers, the night prayer and tahajjud (the late-night voluntary prayer). All of these are clear prayers for Allah, praise be to Him, with no issue. They are sufficient for us if we perform these prayers and occupy our time with them. This is sufficient for us, praise be to Allah, instead of the Prayer of Tasbih. Yes. No, it is not a sunnah (recommended practice). We said it does not contradict, but we say it is not a sunnah. No, it is not a sunnah. It is not established. It is not established. It is not established. And even if some people tried to establish it, it is not established. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الآنية - 2 — islamhouse.com (58:34)
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