A woman asks: Do you advise me to perform the prayer of tasbih?
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The questioner : This woman is from Syria, Damascus. She says, “O honorable Shaykh, do you advise me to perform the prayer of tasbih?”
The Shaykh : We do not advise you to perform the prayer of tasbih, because its hadith is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), as mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him). He said: “And none of the Imams recommended it, meaning the prayer of tasbih”. So what we advise you to do is to occupy yourself with what is established by the Sunnah, rather than what is not established in it. And what is established by the Sunnah of righteous deeds is sufficient, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has guaranteed the preservation of the Qur'an. This includes the preservation of the Qur'an itself and the preservation of the Shari'ah that the Qur'an brought. So the Shari'ah is preserved, praise be to Allah, even if it is neglected in some eras, it remains present in the books of the scholars, and then it revives by the permission of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge, and benefit the Muslims through you.
O my brothers.
The Shaykh : We do not advise you to perform the prayer of tasbih, because its hadith is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), as mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him). He said: “And none of the Imams recommended it, meaning the prayer of tasbih”. So what we advise you to do is to occupy yourself with what is established by the Sunnah, rather than what is not established in it. And what is established by the Sunnah of righteous deeds is sufficient, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has guaranteed the preservation of the Qur'an. This includes the preservation of the Qur'an itself and the preservation of the Shari'ah that the Qur'an brought. So the Shari'ah is preserved, praise be to Allah, even if it is neglected in some eras, it remains present in the books of the scholars, and then it revives by the permission of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge, and benefit the Muslims through you.
O my brothers.