Explanation of Riyad al-Salihin-75b

The Reciter: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted in the context of the hadiths in the chapter on the virtue of dhikr and the exhortation to it: "From Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said:

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite frequently in his bowing and prostration: "Subhanak- Allahumma, Rabbana wa bihamdika. Allahum-maghfir li (O Allah! You are free from imperfection and I begin with praising You. Forgive my sins)."

كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يكثر أن يقول في ركوعه وسجوده: سبحانك اللهم ربنا وبحمدك اللهم اغفر لي

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Agreed upon, and from her (may Allah be pleased with her)

how the Prophet used to say when bowing and prostrating himself, “All-Glorious, All-Holy, Lord of the angels and the spirit."

أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يقول في ركوعه وسجوده: سبوح قدوس رب الملائكة والروح

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Narrated by Muslim, and from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Glorify your Lord in Ruku' (bowing posture) and exert yourself in supplication in prostration. Thus your supplications are liable to be accepted.

فأما الركوع فعظموا فيه الرب وأما السجود فاجتهدوا في الدعاء فقمن أن يستجاب لكم

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Narrated by Muslim".

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
These are dhikr for specific states. Among them is what the author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): This is after Allah revealed to him: This surah is the term of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for Allah informed him of his own end, stating that when victory comes and the conquest is achieved, his term has drawn near, as Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) understood. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was young in age, and Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) would bring him to the gatherings of the men and the elders of the people. Some of them said, why does Umar bring Ibn Abbas and leave our sons? He (may Allah be pleased with him) wanted to show them the virtue of Ibn Abbas, so one day he said to them, what do you say about the saying of the Exalted: ? What is the significance of this surah? They said: Its meaning is that when the conquest comes, glorify with the praise of your Lord and seek His forgiveness. He said, what do you say, O Ibn Abbas? He said: "I say this is the term of the Messenger of Allah" (peace and blessings be upon him), that Allah gave him a sign, which is the conquest and victory; when it comes, his term has drawn near. He said: "I did not understand from it except what you understood" So the result is that this verse is Allah commanding His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to glorify with the praise of his Lord and seek His forgiveness. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do this, frequently saying in his bowing and also in his prostration: Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and praise be to You. O Allah, forgive me. The meaning of this is that you praise Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with the perfection of His attributes and the absence of attributes of deficiency from Him, and you ask Him for forgiveness. As for her second hadith, she said: Meaning: You are the Glorifier, the Holy. This is an exaggeration in declaring Him free from all imperfections, and that He (Exalted and Majestic is He) is the Glorifier, the Holy, Lord of the angels, who are the soldiers of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), a knowledge we do not see them. And as for the Spirit, it is Jibril, who is the best of the angels. A person should frequently say in his bowing and prostration: "Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and praise be to You. O Allah, forgive me" following the example of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he should also say in his bowing and prostration: "The Glorifier, the Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit" As for the hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), he said: And this is a part of a hadith whose beginning is: Meaning: It is likely that it will be answered for you, because the closest a servant is to his Lord is when he is prostrating. So in bowing, it is not permissible for anyone to recite the Qur'an while bowing, and it is not permissible to recite the Qur'an while prostrating. But he may supplicate with a supplication that corresponds to the Qur'an, for example, saying: There is no harm in that. But as for reciting the Qur'an, this is forbidden for him, to recite while bowing or to recite while prostrating. Bowing is for magnification; he magnifies his Lord: Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent. Glory be to the King, the Holy. And the like of that. In prostration, he says: "Glory be to my Lord, the Most High. Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and praise be to You. O Allah, forgive me" And he supplicates, increasing in supplication, for it is likely that it will be answered for him, meaning: It is likely that it will be answered for him. May Allah guide me and you to what He loves and is pleased with.