Salat al-Tasbeeh and are there any
valid proof for Salaat-al-Tasaabeh
Question and answer session
Brother, I wanted to know the status
and ruling on "Salat-al-Tasbeeh" as reference is givento it
from Abu’Dawood and Tirimdhi, but without the hadeeth (narration) number
and it says, "Our Beloved Prophet Muhammed (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) said to his uncle (father’s brother) Sayyiduna ‘Abbas (may Allah
be pleased with him), Oh uncle shall I not give you, shall I not grant you,
shall I not award you, shall I not do mercy on you; when you do 10 things Allah
will forgive your sins, of the future and of the past, new and old, those you
have forgotten and those you did knowingly, big and small, hidden and revealed.
Then he (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) taught him the way to pray
Salat al Tasbeeh and then said if you can pray this salah once a day, if you
cannot pray once a day then every Friday, and even if this is not possible then
once a month, and even if this is not possible then once a year, and even if
this is not possible then at least once in a lifetime (Abu’Dawood and Tirimdhi)
and it said that this phrase “Subhan Allahi Wal Hamdulillahi Wa La ilaha illal
Lahu Wallahu Akbar " should be recited in different steps in Salah to make
it to a count of 300. What is the ruling on this and is this from an authentic
source? Published Date: 2011-01-16
Praise be to Allah.
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on
them) differed as to whether Salat al-Tasbeeh is prescribed in Islam. The
reason for this difference of opinion concerning it is the difference of opinion
concerning the soundness of the hadeeth which speaks of it. The prominent
scholars are of the view that it is da‘eef (weak).
1. Ibn Qudamah
(may Allah have mercy on him) said in al-Mughni (1/438):
With regard to Salat al-Tasbeeh, Ahmad
said: I do not like it. It was said to him: Why? He said: There is nothing
saheeh (authentic) about it, and he waved his hand as if dismissing it. End
quote.
2. Al-Nawawi
(may Allah have mercy on him) said in al-Majmoo‘ Sharh al-Muhadhdhab
(3/547-548):
Al-Qadi Husayn, and the authors of
al-Tahdheeb and al-Tatimmah said: Salat al-Tasbeeh is mustahabb (desirable),
because of the hadeeth narrated concerning it. But this view of it as mustahabb
is subject to further discussion, because the hadeeth in question is da‘eef
(weak), and it involves changing the regular format of the prayer, so it should
not be done without a hadeeth (to support it). Al-Tirmidhi said: More than one
hadeeth was narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him) concerning Salat al-Tasbeeh, but not many of them are saheeh. And
al-‘Aqeeli said: There is no proven hadeeth about Salat al-Tasbeeh. End
quote.
3. Shaykh
al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Majmoo‘ al-Fatawa
(11/579):
The best of the reports narrated about
these prayers is the hadeeth about Salat al-Tasbeeh, which was narrated by Abu
Dawood and al-Tirmidhi, but nevertheless none of the four imams spoke of it; in
fact, Ahmad regarded the hadeeth as da‘eef, and these prayers are not mustahabb.
4. Al-Shaykh
Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Majmoo‘ Fatawa Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (14/327):
What seems more likely to be correct in
my opinion is that Salat al-Tasbeeh is not sunnah (from the prophetic
teachings), and that the hadeeth about it is da‘eef. This is for several
reasons:
(i)
The basic principle concerning acts of worship is that they are disallowed
unless there is proven evidence that they are prescribed.
(ii)
The hadeeth is mudtarib (weak); there is a difference of opinion concerning it
for several reasons.
(iii)
None of the imams regarded it as mustahabb.
(iv)
If this prayer was prescribed, the ummah would have narrated a report
concerning which there was no doubt and it would have been well known among
them because of its great benefit. Moreover, it is not like any other act of
worship, because there is no act of worship in which so much choice is given
that it may be done once every day, or once in a week, or once in a month, or
once in a year, or once in a lifetime. Because the weak hadeeth states that it
is of great benefit and because it is not like any other act of worship, yet it
is not well known and was not transmitted, we know that there is no basis for it,
because if an act of worship is different from other acts of worship, and if it
were of great benefit, people would pay attention to it and transmit it, and it
would be popular and well known. Because that is not the case with regard to
this prayer, we know that it is not prescribed. Hence none of the imams
regarded it as mustahabb, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy
on him) said. Among the nafl (voluntary) acts which are proven to be prescribed
in Islam there is a great deal of goodness and barakah (blessing) for the one
who wants more, so he should be content with that which is proven, and he has
no need of that which is the subject of differences of opinion and doubts. End
quote.
And Allah knows best.
Is
there any valid proof for Salaat al-Tasaabeeh?
Is there a hadith that supports Salat
Ul-Tasaabeeh? If so, what is the reference?
Published Date: 2001-04-24
Praise be to Allaah.
There are ahaadeeth concerning Salaat
al-Tasaabeeh which are attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him), and which were classed as hasan by some of the scholars, but may
scholars said that they are da’eef (weak) and that this prayer is not
prescribed in Islam.
The Standing Committee was asked about
Salaat al-Tasaabeeh, and they answered:
Salaat al-Tasaabeeh is a bid’ah
(innovation) and the hadeeth concerning it is not proven, rather it is munkar.
Some of the scholars mentioned it among the mawdoo’ (fabricated)
ahaadeeth.
See Fataawa al-Lajnah
al-Daa’imah, vol. 8, p. 163
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said: Salaat
al-Tasaabeeh is not prescribed, because the hadeeth is da’eef (weak). Imaam
Ahmad said there is no sound evidence for it. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said
it is a fabrication, and he said that none of the imaams recommended it. He
(may Allaah have mercy on him) spoke the truth, because whoever examines this
prayer will find that it is odd in the way it is performed … Moreover, if it
were prescribed, it would have been something that was reported in many reports
because of its great virtue and reward. Since there are no such reports and
none of the imaams described it as being recommended, we know that it is not
proven. The oddness in the way in which it is performed is as described in the
hadeeth narrated concerning it, which says that it is to be performed once
every day, or once every week, or once every month, or once every year, or once
in a lifetime. This indicates that these reports are not sound; if it were
prescribed, it would be something to be done on a regular basis, and one would
not be given such a variety of options.
On this basis, people should not do
this prayer. And Allaah knows best.
Fataawa Manaar al-Islam,
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Islam Q&A by Sheikh Muhammed Salih
Al-Munajjid
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