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Question Re: Salaatul Tasbeeh
Rabia
04/25/04 at 19:33:26
As Salaamu Alaikum, wa Rahmatullahi, wa Barakatuh :-)

For years now I have wanted to perform Salaatut Tasbeeh. The rewards for performing it seem great (as it's said that Allah [SWTA] will forgive ten types of sins), but I'm not sure how it's correctly done. In the only book that I've ever seen it in, "The Prescribed Prayer Made Simple" (p. 114), it says that one should offer four raka`ahs of Sunnah prayer, and after the first raka`ah the following tasbeeh should be recited:
          Subhaanallah W al hamdulilllah wa laa ilaaha illallah Wallahu Akbar

It says that one should then bow into Ruku`u and recite it 10 times, stand in Rafu`u and say it 10 times, fall into Suju`ud say it 10 times, then sit in Juluus say it 10 times, (prostrate again) Sujuud say it 10 times and Juluus and say it 10 times.

In all, this should add up to 75 times, but it doesn't. There has to be a misprint in the book, but whenever I try to contact the company, I get nothing. And many people are not familiar with it or have heard of it but never performed it. It seems that this tasbeeh would be recited 15 times in the beginning; I can't see how else it would add to 75 (instead of 61) ???  

If anyone can help me I'd really appreciate it. Jazaka`allahu...
~Rabia  :-)
Re: Question Salaatul Tasbeeh
anon
04/25/04 at 22:35:09
[slm]

Al-Salam `alaykum


from sunnipath:
[url]http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/qa00001254.aspx[/url]

The Tasbih Prayer

It is recorded in Sunan Abi Dawud and other books of hadith that Rasulullah (sallallahu `alayhi wasallam once said to his uncle Hadrat `Abbas (r.a.) : O Abbas! O my uncle! Shall I not give you a gift? Shall I not show you something by means of which Allah Ta`ala will forgive your sins, the first and the last of them, the past and recent, the unintentional and the intentional, the small and huge, the secret and open?

Rasulullah (sallallahu `alayhi wasallam) then taught him the Salah al-Tasbih. Furthermore he advised him that it be offered daily, if possible. If not then every Friday or once a month or once a  year or at least once in one's life time.

 Salah al-Tasbih consists of 4 raka`at. It can be performed any time of the day or night except at the makruh times.

The following tasbih is recited seventy-five times in each rak`ah totalling 300 in the 4 raka`at.  

Subhaanallaahi walhamdu lillaahi walaa ilaaha illallaahu wallaahu akbar

The method of this salah is as follows:

After beginning the salah by saying Allah-u-Akbar recite the thana ', Sura al-Fatiha and a Sura followed by the above tasbih 15 times.
Then go into Ruku and after reciting the usual tasbih for ruku` recite the above tasbih 10 times.
After standing up from ruku` recite the usual Rabbana Lakal Hamd and thereafter recite the tasbih 10 times.
Then go into Sajda and after reciting the usual tasbih for sajda recite the above tasbih 10 times.
Then sit up from sajda and recite the tasbih 10 times between the two sajdas.
Thereafter go into sajda again and after reciting the usual tasbih for sajda recite the above tasbih 10 times.
Then sit after the 2nd sajda (i.e. before standing up for the second rak`ah) and recite the tasbih 10 times.
This adds up to 75 times in one rak`ah. Do the same for the remaining 4 raka`at.

Abu Usamah
Re: Question Salaatul Tasbeeh
Rabia
04/26/04 at 12:56:04
AHHHHHHH! :-* :-* :-*

AGAIN, JAZAKA`ALLAHU!!! You constantly come though. It finally makes sense, it just wasn't adding up correctly the way the book instructed you to do it. Insha'allah, I'll certainly make duah for you!
Re: Question Salaatul Tasbeeh
sal
04/27/04 at 01:52:48
al-anon  [slm]
I know the tasbeeh is done after the salah is over
and any where at any time but i have  never heard of  such a prayer called  salah al  tasbeeh where the  tasbeeh is recited during the salah

Is  this kind of SALAH done by the PROPHET [saw]?

I just want to  know because this is new  to me and  JAZAK  ALLAH KHAIR


[wlm]

Re: Question Salaatul Tasbeeh
anon
04/27/04 at 03:14:08
It is recorded in Sunan Abi Dawud and other books of hadith that Rasulullah (sallallahu `alayhi wasallam once said to his uncle Hadrat `Abbas (r.a.) : O Abbas! O my uncle! Shall I not give you a gift? Shall I not show you something by means of which Allah Ta`ala will forgive your sins, the first and the last of them, the past and recent, the unintentional and the intentional, the small and huge, the secret and open?  

Rasulullah (sallallahu `alayhi wasallam) then taught him the Salah al-Tasbih. Furthermore he advised him that it be offered daily, if possible. If not then every Friday or once a month or once a  year or at least once in one's life time.
Re: Question Salaatul Tasbeeh
Abu_Hamza
04/28/04 at 01:06:02
[slm]

Bismillah ...

The Prophet [saw] commanded the believers to seek knowledge of this Deen.  He is reported to have said in an authentic narration: [i]Talab al-ilm fareeDatun 3alaa kulli Muslim[/i] [tr. seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim].  And it is also known that we do not worship our Lord (swt) in ignorance.  

It is for this purpose that I wanted to point this out to you all, so that you can become aware of it if you are not already:

The authenticity of the hadith from Sunan Abu Dawud regarding Salat al-Tasbeeh is extensively debated amongst the muhadditheen [hadith scholars].  Some have said it is hasan, while others have said it is da'eef.  Allah knows best.  You can consult a book called [i]The Three Abandoned Prayers[/i] which discusses the various opinions regarding Salat al-Tasbeeh in detail.  The author himself, however, opines that performing salat al-tasbeeh is mustahabb, wallahu a'lam.

It is upto each one of us to choose whatever we want to do.  And it is definitely from the ethics of our ulemaa to *respect* (and not demean) the different scholarly opinions, no matter which one we adhere to ourselves.  However I wanted to share something with you that I heard from one shaykh, while he was talking to us about difference of opinion.  He said to us, hafidhahullah:

If a particular matter is considered a bid'ah [innovation] by one group of the scholars and mustahabb [recommended] by another group, it is better to avoid it.  Because if you performed the act, and it was indeed a bid'ah, you may be sinful for it in the sight of Allah.  However, if you avoided it, and it was indeed mustahabb, you would lose the reward but you would definitely not be sinful.  Thus whenever the ikhtilaaf causes a matter to swing between bid'ah and mustahabb, be on the safe side and avoid the matter altogether.

Wallahu ta'ala a'lam.

Wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
Re: Question Salaatul Tasbeeh
Rabia
04/28/04 at 11:28:24
[slm]

Abu_Hamza, I would like to thank you for your input. I too have heard that it's better to avoid something that isn't established as being either bid`ah or mustahabb. This prayer, if it is mustahabb, could be a wonderful and beautiful thing, but I would rather earn barakah in other ways than gain Allah's (SWTA) disapproval doing something that isn't obligatory or widely known about.

Jazaka`allahu :-) :-) :-)


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