Abdullah bin Abi Awfa said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listens to him who praises Him. O Allah, our lord, to Thee be the praise in the heavens and in all the earth, and all that it please Thee to create afterwards. Abu Dawud said: Sufyan al-Thawri and Shubah bin al-Hajjaj reported on authority of Ubaid bin al-Hasan: There is no mention of the words “after bowing” in this tradition. Sufyan said: we met al-shaikh Ubaid bin al-Hasan; he did not say the words “bowing” in it. Abu dawud said: Shubah narrated this from Abi ‘Ismah, from al-Amash, on the authority of Ubaid, saying: “after bowing”.
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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The primary purpose of prayer (salah) is the remembrance of Allah.
The command of the Lord is:
﴿وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي﴾ (Ta-Ha: 14)
“Establish the prayer for My remembrance.” For this reason, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) taught us many supplications (adhkar) to recite during the bowing (ruku‘), prostration (sujud), standing (qiyam), sitting (jalsah), etc., of the prayer.
These supplications and prayers should be memorized,
and should be recited regularly in the prayers.
Especially in the night prayer (tahajjud), one should strive to attain as much reward and closeness to Allah as possible by reciting lengthy supplications and remembrances.
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In some narrations, after the above words, this addition is found:
(أَهْلَ الثَّنَاءِ وَالْمَجْدِ، لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ، وَلَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ)
“O Possessor of praise and majesty! Whatever a servant says in Your praise, the truest statement is this, and we are all Your servants.
O Allah! Whatever You grant, none can withhold, and whatever You withhold, none can give.
The grandeur of any (worldly) person of status cannot benefit him in saving himself from Your wrath.”
(Sahih Muslim, The Book of Prayer, Chapter: What is to be said when raising the head from bowing, Hadith: 477)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 878