Discussion on the manner of the first and final tashahhud.
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The Shaykh : And finally, I stated in some of my answers that the hadith of Abu 'Ubaydah from his father, Ibn Mas'ud, in which he sat as if he were sitting on a cushion, does not negate what is authentic regarding the sending of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that we referred to earlier. This is because the matter is relative. Without a doubt, for example, when I personally see the recommended practice of sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the first tashahhud, my sitting in the first tashahhud compared to my sitting in the final tashahhud, one might say, is as if I am sitting on a cushion. Why?
Because first, when I finish the greetings, I recite from the prayers, shortening it. And this, of course, we learned from the manner of prayer upon him (peace and blessings be upon him), as if I were to say, for example: "O Allah, send blessings and peace upon Muhammad as You sent blessings and peace upon Muhammad and upon Ibrahim. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Majestic", which is approximately half of the usual Ibrahimi prayer that includes the separation between the sending of blessings upon him and the sending of peace upon him. This is one aspect of the shortening.
The second aspect is that we are commanded to seek refuge from four things in the final tashahhud, as stated in Sahih al-Bukhari: So we must have this seeking of refuge from the four, and we do not do this in the first tashahhud. Then we mention what came in Sahih Muslim regarding his statement (peace be upon him) in the prayer of standing, the night prayer, that the last thing he would say in his tashahhud was: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3421Sahih (Darussalam) This is from the hadith of Ali, and it came in some narrations in Sunan al-Daraqutni and others that he would say that in the obligatory prayer. So if we compare the sitting in the first tashahhud with the sitting in the final tashahhud, it is not contrary to his statement that it is as if he is sitting on a cushion. This is all I have on this issue.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes
Because first, when I finish the greetings, I recite from the prayers, shortening it. And this, of course, we learned from the manner of prayer upon him (peace and blessings be upon him), as if I were to say, for example: "O Allah, send blessings and peace upon Muhammad as You sent blessings and peace upon Muhammad and upon Ibrahim. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Majestic", which is approximately half of the usual Ibrahimi prayer that includes the separation between the sending of blessings upon him and the sending of peace upon him. This is one aspect of the shortening.
The second aspect is that we are commanded to seek refuge from four things in the final tashahhud, as stated in Sahih al-Bukhari:
When one of you sits in the final tashahhud, let him seek refuge with Allah from four things
إذا جلس أحدكم في التشهد الأخير فليستعذ بالله من أربعO Allah, forgive me what I have done before and after, and what I have hidden and what I have done openly, and what You know more of it than I, You are the One who sends forth and the One who delays, there is none worthy of worship except You.
اللهم اغفر لي ما قدمت وما أخرت وما أسررت وما أعلنت وما أنت أعلم به مني أنت المقدم وأنت المؤخر لا إله إلا أنتThe questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes