What does the ma'mum say when the imam says: (Hear Allah praises those who praise Him)?

The questioner : These are some of the questions; we begin with the first one:
What does the ma'mum say when the imam says: ? And what is the ruling regarding the hadith: ?

The Shaykh : This is a matter that it is obligatory for the majority of praying people who follow behind the imam to pay attention to; because this hadith: — meaning the imam — — some scholars, let alone others, have understood this to be a ruling that divides what is required of the imam and what is required of the ma'mum. So when the imam says: ; then you, O followers, say: . The intention of this hadith is not that the imam does not say: , just as it is not intended that the follower does not say: . Rather, the intention is that the follower's saying: comes after the imam says: . So this hadith should be interpreted with regard to two matters:
The first is the text of the hadith, and the second is understanding another hadith and looking into it carefully. As for the first hadith, it is the generality of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . There is no doubt that the majority of the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) prayers, which were in the sight and hearing of people, were obligatory prayers. So when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the general public: , he means that there is no difference between the addressed ones, whether one is an imam, a follower, or praying alone; all of these and those and those must have their prayer like the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family); because the aforementioned address: includes them all. So if it is established in the authentic Sunnah, as in "Sahih al-Bukhari" from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to say when he raised his head from the bowing: , and when he stood up — meaning when he was fully standing — he said: , and this is the second place that should be looked at and contemplated. His Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in combining these two dhikrs is that one is in one state and the other in another state.
The first — which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): — is during the imam's upright position while raising his head from the bowing; he does not raise his head and then say while standing: ; no, rather while he is raising his head from the bowing he says: . So when he is fully standing, the place for the second phrase comes: . Likewise, every prays person, even if he is a follower, should do as he (peace and blessings be upon him) did; that he says while raising his head from the bowing: , and this naturally comes after the imam has at least started raising his head and saying: . The intention is that there is a phrase for the upright position and another phrase for the second standing. So the phrase for the upright position is: , and the phrase for the second standing is: . On this basis, it is obligatory for the praying person, even if he is a follower, to combine the two matters.
As for the reality today, it is completely the opposite; because the follower, when he limits himself to saying: ; if he says that while raising his head, he will remain standing without a phrase and without dhikr, and this is contrary to the Sunnah. And if he raises his head until he is fully standing without mentioning anything, and then says: ; he has brought the second phrase in the state of standing, and he has lost for himself the first phrase in the state of raising his head from the bowing. This is what the follower should pay attention to.
As for the hadith — which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): — it does not mean, as I mentioned earlier, that the follower does not say: as the imam says.