The Authenticity of the Hadith: “Twelve rak'ahs are prayed, whether at night or during the day . . .”

Question:
I found a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he said: “Twelve rak'ahs are prayed, whether at night or during the day, and you recite the tashahhud between every two rak'ahs; when you recite the tashahhud at the end of your prayer, then praise Allah (Mighty and Majestic), send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and recite while prostrating the opening of the Book seven times, and the Verse of the Throne seven times, and say: There is no god but Allah alone, He has no partner, His is the dominion, and He is over all things competent; ten times, then say: O Allah! I ask You by the bonds of glory of Your Throne, the limit of mercy in Your Book, Your greatest name, Your highest majesty, and Your perfect words [For the benefit, see the words of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmu' al-Fatawa (1/344, 345)] then ask for your need, then raise your head, then say the salam to the right and to the left.” He said: “And do not teach it to the foolish, for if they supplicate with it, it will be answered for them,” or something to that effect. Al-Hakim narrated it from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and Ahmad ibn Harb said: “I have tried it and found it authentic.” And Ibrahim ibn Ali said: “I have tried it and found it true.” And Al-Hakim said: “Zakariyya said to us: I have tried it and found it [I did not find it] true.” Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good, is this prayer truly reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with this description? What is it called? And what is meant by the foolish whom we are forbidden to teach this prayer? While there is a hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade Ali from reciting the Qur'an while bowing or prostrating, which Ibn Jarir narrated [I did not find it]. So which one is authentic? And if both are authentic, how are they reconciled? This hadith contains strangeness, as the questioner mentioned, in that it prescribes reciting al-Fatihah other than while standing, in ruku' or in sujud, and repeating that, and also in the question: “by the bonds of glory of the Throne” and the like, all of which are strange matters.

Answer:
This hadith contains strangeness, as the questioner mentioned, in that it prescribes reciting al-Fatihah other than while standing, in ruku' or in sujud, and repeating that, and also in the question: “by the bonds of glory of the Throne” and the like, all of which are strange matters. So what the questioner should do is not act upon this hadith. In the authentic, established hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that have no doubt in them, there are voluntary acts of worship, prayers, and obedience that contain goodness and sufficiency, if Allah wills. As for what was mentioned that so-and-so tried it and found it authentic, and so-and-so tried it and found it authentic; all of this does not indicate the authenticity of the hadith. The fact that a person tries something and achieves his objective does not indicate the authenticity of what was said about it or what was reported regarding it; because it may happen that this thing occurs by divine decree and destiny, or it may happen that it is a trial and test for the doer, so the occurrence of the thing does not indicate the authenticity of what was reported with it.