What is the correct tashahhud for the prayer?
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The questioner : What is the correct tashahhud for the prayer?
The Shaykh : The correct tashahhud for the prayer is everything that came from the Sunnah, whether it is the tashahhud of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) or the tashahhud of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). So, every type of tashahhud that is authentic according to the Sunnah is valid.
The tashahhud of Ibn Mas'ud is well-known among people and known to both the specialists and the general public:Sunan an-Nasa'i 1171Sahih (Darussalam) This is the first tashahhud. The final tashahhud adds to this: Sahih al-Bukhari 3370 Sunan Ibn Majah 909Sahih (Darussalam) Then he supplicates with whatever supplications he wishes from those transmitted in the Sunnah, or from the supplications he desires, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud, when he mentioned the tashahhud: Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:238 And there is no blame on him if he supplicates for something related to this world, such as saying: "O Allah, provide me with a spacious new house, or a new car, or a wife, or the like of that," due to the generality of His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:238, and because supplication itself is a prescribed act of worship in general within the prayer, so it does not invalidate the prayer. As for the statement of some scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) that if he supplicates for something from the matters of this world, his prayer is invalidated, that is a weak statement that is not relied upon.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The correct tashahhud for the prayer is everything that came from the Sunnah, whether it is the tashahhud of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) or the tashahhud of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). So, every type of tashahhud that is authentic according to the Sunnah is valid.
The tashahhud of Ibn Mas'ud is well-known among people and known to both the specialists and the general public:
At-tahiyyatu lillahi was-salawatu wat-tayyibat, as-salamu 'alaika ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa rahmatAllahi wa baraktuhu. As-salamu 'alaina wa 'ala 'ibad illahis-salihin, ashahdu an la illaha ill-Allah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluhu
التحيات لله والصلوات والطيبات، السلام عليك أيها النبي ورحمة الله وبركاته ، السلام علينا وعلى عباد الله الصالحين ، أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأشهد أن محمداً عبده ورسولهSay: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious. O Allah! Send Your Blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent your Blessings on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious.
اللهم صل على محمد وعلى آل محمد كما صليت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيد ، اللهم بارك على محمد وعلى آل محمد كما باركت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيدlet him seek refuge with Allah from four things: From the torment of Hell, from the torment of the grave, from the trials of life and death, and from the Fitnah (tribulation) of Masihud-Dajjal.
أعوذ بالله من عذاب جهنم ، ومن عذاب القبر ، ومن فتنة المحيا والممات ، ومن فتنة المسيح الدجالThen let him choose whatever he wishes from supplication.
ثم ليتخير من الدعاء ما شاءThen let him choose whatever he wishes from supplication.
ثم ليتخير من الدعاء ما شاءThe questioner : May Allah bless you, O honorable Shaykh.