Is it permissible for the one praying to combine all the versions of the tashahhud?
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The questioner : For example, if we look at the version of the tashahhud of Ibn Mas'ud
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Of course, he does not mention it after the phrase "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone, having no partner," whereas in the version of Ibn 'Umar, he does mention it
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Now I will recite according to the version of Ibn Mas'ud
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to combine them
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You must recite each tashahhud for each Companion exactly as that Companion himself used to recite it
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And do not combine them, because if you want to combine them, we have four or five tashahhuds, and it will result in a tashahhud as long as a full page, taking a bit from here and a bit from there, resulting in a long tashahhud
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, the Sunnah is that you recite the supplication; if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) varied it, you vary it, and if he did not vary it, here the tashahhuds have different types, like the supplications of the opening, but as for you forming one between them, it is not permissible, yes
The questioner : Well, what is the difference between the two versions? I thought it was the same thing
The Shaykh : No, it is not the same thing. Do you not know the tashahhud of Imam al-Shafi'i? "The greetings are for Allah, the prayers, the good things, the blessings," these things are not present in the tashahhud of Ibn Mas'ud; they differ
The questioner : They differ
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I noticed that Ibn Mas'ud and Ibn 'Umar are the same, except that Ibn 'Umar mentioned "alone, having no partner"
The Shaykh : Yes, you may.
The questioner : But this
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Of course, he does not mention it after the phrase "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, alone, having no partner," whereas in the version of Ibn 'Umar, he does mention it
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Now I will recite according to the version of Ibn Mas'ud
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to combine them
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You must recite each tashahhud for each Companion exactly as that Companion himself used to recite it
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And do not combine them, because if you want to combine them, we have four or five tashahhuds, and it will result in a tashahhud as long as a full page, taking a bit from here and a bit from there, resulting in a long tashahhud
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : No, the Sunnah is that you recite the supplication; if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) varied it, you vary it, and if he did not vary it, here the tashahhuds have different types, like the supplications of the opening, but as for you forming one between them, it is not permissible, yes
The questioner : Well, what is the difference between the two versions? I thought it was the same thing
The Shaykh : No, it is not the same thing. Do you not know the tashahhud of Imam al-Shafi'i? "The greetings are for Allah, the prayers, the good things, the blessings," these things are not present in the tashahhud of Ibn Mas'ud; they differ
The questioner : They differ
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I noticed that Ibn Mas'ud and Ibn 'Umar are the same, except that Ibn 'Umar mentioned "alone, having no partner"
The Shaykh : Yes, you may.
The questioner : But this
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
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