The Prayer of Tasbih and the Hadith Reported Regarding It
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The questioner:
He says that he read in a book translated into Arabic and found a hadith from Ibn 'Abbas, a distorted and fabricated hadith, stating that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to annoy al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib. It describes him praying four units, reciting in the first unit, then a surah, and when he finished, he would say: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and La ilaha illa Allah.
The Shaykh:
This is the prayer of tasbih, and the hadith reported regarding it is not authentic; it is an invalid and fabricated hadith, and its chain of narration is obscure, as the scholars say. Therefore, it is an innovated prayer, and it is not permissible to perform it. Or, in the prescribed prayers where there is no such addition, they gather praise for Allah, from my Lord, it is returned, it is good in the voluntary prayers to pray in the prescribed manner, and not to resort to the reprehensible and strange things that are not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
A book or a hadith?
The questioner:
Is it a hadith recorded in the book?
The Shaykh:
What is this? Yes? Hmm? Hmm? The important thing is whether it is in Ummayad, Hindi, or English, we say this is an incorrect action. This is an incorrect action. The one who has a connection to good, the correct windows and those in which there is no great negligence. Leave it. Leave it. Leave it. Yes. Allah the Exalted knows best.
He says that he read in a book translated into Arabic and found a hadith from Ibn 'Abbas, a distorted and fabricated hadith, stating that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to annoy al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib. It describes him praying four units, reciting in the first unit, then a surah, and when he finished, he would say: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and La ilaha illa Allah.
The Shaykh:
This is the prayer of tasbih, and the hadith reported regarding it is not authentic; it is an invalid and fabricated hadith, and its chain of narration is obscure, as the scholars say. Therefore, it is an innovated prayer, and it is not permissible to perform it. Or, in the prescribed prayers where there is no such addition, they gather praise for Allah, from my Lord, it is returned, it is good in the voluntary prayers to pray in the prescribed manner, and not to resort to the reprehensible and strange things that are not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
A book or a hadith?
The questioner:
Is it a hadith recorded in the book?
The Shaykh:
What is this? Yes? Hmm? Hmm? The important thing is whether it is in Ummayad, Hindi, or English, we say this is an incorrect action. This is an incorrect action. The one who has a connection to good, the correct windows and those in which there is no great negligence. Leave it. Leave it. Leave it. Yes. Allah the Exalted knows best.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 01 من 13 / شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/بيان عقيدة أهل السنة والجماعة/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:10:54)
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