Shaykh Ibn Baz holds the view of adding the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet in the first tashahhud
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Shaykh Ibn Baz holds that in the first tashahhud of the three- and four-rak'ah prayers, one adds to it: O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim, for You are Praiseworthy and Majestic. So what is the difference between the first and the last tashahhud in this regard? And is the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet in the first tashahhud obligatory or a recommended practice?
The difference is that he does not say: I seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of Hellfire and from the punishment of the grave, and he does not add to the supplication beyond the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
As for whether it is a recommended practice or obligatory, I do not know whether the Shaykh considers it obligatory or whether it falls under the category of recommended practice;But the correct view in my opinion is: that he does not add,and that he restricts himself to saying: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.
And Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned: (that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to shorten this tashahhud until it was as if he were sitting on the raddaf) meaning: the heated stones, and although this hadith is weak, this is the apparent view; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) taught Ibn Mas'ud and Ibn Abbas the tashahhud, and the invocation of blessings upon the Messenger was not mentioned in it, so whoever adds it has done nothing wrong, and whoever does not add it has done nothing wrong.
But the imam does not say the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet, and the one behind him says it.
The difference is that he does not say: I seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of Hellfire and from the punishment of the grave, and he does not add to the supplication beyond the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
As for whether it is a recommended practice or obligatory, I do not know whether the Shaykh considers it obligatory or whether it falls under the category of recommended practice;But the correct view in my opinion is: that he does not add,and that he restricts himself to saying: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.
And Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned: (that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to shorten this tashahhud until it was as if he were sitting on the raddaf) meaning: the heated stones, and although this hadith is weak, this is the apparent view; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) taught Ibn Mas'ud and Ibn Abbas the tashahhud, and the invocation of blessings upon the Messenger was not mentioned in it, so whoever adds it has done nothing wrong, and whoever does not add it has done nothing wrong.
But the imam does not say the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet, and the one behind him says it.