What is the Shortened Version of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ?
Source: Fatāwā Amunpūrī by Shaykh Ghulām Mustafa Zaheer Amunpūrī
What is the shortened version of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ (Prayer of Glorification)?
Sayyidunā Anas bin Mālik رضي الله عنه narrated:
إن أم سليم، غدت على النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقالت: علمني كلمات أقولهن فى صلاتي، فقال: كبري الله عشرا، وسبحي الله عشرا، واحمديه عشرا، ثم سلي ما شئت، يقول: نعم نعم.
“One morning, Sayyidah Umm Sulaym رضي الله عنها came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘Teach me some words that I can say in my prayer.’ He replied: ‘Say Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest) ten times, Subhān Allāh (Glory be to Allah) ten times, and Alḥamdu lillāh (All praise is due to Allah) ten times, then ask for whatever you wish; it will be granted to you.’”
(Sunan al-Tirmidhī: 481; Sunan al-Nasā’ī: 1299 – Chain is ḥasan)
Imām al-Tirmidhī رحمه الله has declared this ḥadīth as “ḥasan gharīb,” Imām Ibn Khuzaymah رحمه الله (850), Imām Ibn Ḥibbān رحمه الله (201) graded it as ṣaḥīḥ, and Imām al-Ḥākim رحمه الله (1/318) declared it authentic upon the conditions of Imām Muslim, a grading agreed upon by Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī رحمه الله.
Some scholars have derived from this narration the concept of a shortened form of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ, although in reality, no scholar has actually practiced or advocated this specific version of the prayer.
❀ Muḥaddith Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Mubārakpūrī رحمه الله commented:
قال العراقي: إيراد هذا الحديث فى باب صلاة التسبيح فيه نظر، فإن المعروف أنه ورد فى التسبيح عقب الصلوات لا فى صلاة التسبيح
“Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī رحمه الله said: Citing this ḥadīth under the chapter of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ is debatable, for what is known is that the tasbīḥ (glorification) mentioned here pertains to after the formal prayers (ṣalāh), not to Salāt al-Tasbīḥ itself.”
(Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī, 1/350)
➤ The ḥadīth of Umm Sulaym رضي الله عنها does mention a practice of glorification within prayer (10x takbīr, 10x tasbīḥ, 10x taḥmīd),
➤ However, this is not a basis for establishing a new or shortened form of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ as a formal or specific act of worship.
➤ Authentic narrations indicate this glorification was to be said during personal supplication within ṣalāh, not as a structured optional prayer.
Source: Fatāwā Amunpūrī by Shaykh Ghulām Mustafa Zaheer Amunpūrī
❖ Question:
What is the shortened version of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ (Prayer of Glorification)?
✿ Answer:
Sayyidunā Anas bin Mālik رضي الله عنه narrated:
إن أم سليم، غدت على النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقالت: علمني كلمات أقولهن فى صلاتي، فقال: كبري الله عشرا، وسبحي الله عشرا، واحمديه عشرا، ثم سلي ما شئت، يقول: نعم نعم.
“One morning, Sayyidah Umm Sulaym رضي الله عنها came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘Teach me some words that I can say in my prayer.’ He replied: ‘Say Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest) ten times, Subhān Allāh (Glory be to Allah) ten times, and Alḥamdu lillāh (All praise is due to Allah) ten times, then ask for whatever you wish; it will be granted to you.’”
(Sunan al-Tirmidhī: 481; Sunan al-Nasā’ī: 1299 – Chain is ḥasan)Imām al-Tirmidhī رحمه الله has declared this ḥadīth as “ḥasan gharīb,” Imām Ibn Khuzaymah رحمه الله (850), Imām Ibn Ḥibbān رحمه الله (201) graded it as ṣaḥīḥ, and Imām al-Ḥākim رحمه الله (1/318) declared it authentic upon the conditions of Imām Muslim, a grading agreed upon by Ḥāfiẓ al-Dhahabī رحمه الله.
Some scholars have derived from this narration the concept of a shortened form of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ, although in reality, no scholar has actually practiced or advocated this specific version of the prayer.
❀ Muḥaddith Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Mubārakpūrī رحمه الله commented:
قال العراقي: إيراد هذا الحديث فى باب صلاة التسبيح فيه نظر، فإن المعروف أنه ورد فى التسبيح عقب الصلوات لا فى صلاة التسبيح
“Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿIrāqī رحمه الله said: Citing this ḥadīth under the chapter of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ is debatable, for what is known is that the tasbīḥ (glorification) mentioned here pertains to after the formal prayers (ṣalāh), not to Salāt al-Tasbīḥ itself.”
(Tuḥfat al-Aḥwadhī, 1/350)
Conclusion:
➤ The ḥadīth of Umm Sulaym رضي الله عنها does mention a practice of glorification within prayer (10x takbīr, 10x tasbīḥ, 10x taḥmīd),
➤ However, this is not a basis for establishing a new or shortened form of Salāt al-Tasbīḥ as a formal or specific act of worship.
➤ Authentic narrations indicate this glorification was to be said during personal supplication within ṣalāh, not as a structured optional prayer.
