Detailed Analysis of Three Narrations Regarding Salāt al-Tasbīḥ
Source: Fatāwā ʿIlmiyyah, Vol. 1, Kitāb al-Ṣalāh, Page 431
❖ Question:
Habeebullah Shah inquired about the authenticity of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ (The Prayer of Glorification). He pointed out that Shaykh al-Albānī extensively discussed its narrations and only barely classified them as ḥasan, while some authors, such as in Hadiyyat al-Muslimeen (p. 71), declared them ṣaḥīḥ without detailed analysis. A comprehensive explanation is requested.
✅ Response:
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله، أما بعد!
Several narrations regarding Ṣalāt al-Tasbīḥ are present in authentic collections. These narrations — though individually debated — collectively achieve the status of ṣaḥīḥ li-ghayrihi (authentic due to supporting evidence).
✿ ➊ Ḥadīth of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās (رضي الله عنهما)
◈ Reported in:
- Sunan Abī Dāwūd (1297)
- Sunan Ibn Mājah (1387)
◈ Chain Status:
- Graded ḥasan by many scholars.
- Abū Bakr al-Ājurrī, among others, graded it ṣaḥīḥ.
Reference: al-Targhīb wa al-Tarhīb 1/4671
◈ Notable Narrator:
- Ḥukm ibn Abān — some scholars questioned him, but not to the extent that would drop the narration below the ḥasan grade.
◈ Further Study:
- al-Tarshīkh li-Bayān Ṣalāt al-Tasbīḥ (pp. 28–33)
- Kutub al-Rijāl (Books of narrator criticism)
✿ ➋ Ḥadīth of al-Anṣārī (جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري رضي الله عنه)
◈ Reported in:
- Sunan Abī Dāwūd (1299)
◈ Chain Status:
- The sanad up to al-Anṣārī is ṣaḥīḥ.
◈ Identity Clarified:
- Al-Anṣārī refers to Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī (رضي الله عنه).
References:
- Tahdhīb al-Kamāl (3/1666)
- Dhū al-Futūḥāt al-Rabbāniyyah (4/314)
- Ḥāshiyah al-Tarshīkh (p. 49)
✿ ➌ Ḥadīth of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar and ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (رضي الله عنهما)
◈ Reported in:
- Sunan Abī Dāwūd (1298)
◈ Strengthening Support:
- ʿImrān ibn Muslim supports the narration of ʿAmr ibn Mālik, lending it greater strength.
Reference: al-Nukat al-Ẓirāf (6/281)
✔ Strengthening Principle Applied
According to the principle of collective strengthening in hadith science:
If a hadith is ḥasan li-dhātihi (intrinsically reliable) and is supported by other similar chains, it can be elevated to ṣaḥīḥ li-ghayrihi (authentic due to corroboration).
◈ This principle clearly applies here.
◈ The combined weight of multiple ḥasan-grade narrations justifies the classification of these reports as ṣaḥīḥ li-ghayrihi.
✅ Conclusion:
Given the number of narrations, their acceptable chains, and mutual corroboration, the ḥadīths about Ṣalāt al-Tasbīḥ reach the level of ṣaḥīḥ li-ghayrihi.
➤ Acting upon it is valid and established in light of this collective strength.
والحمد لله على ذلك
ھٰذا ما عندي، والله أعلم بالصواب
