Jami' at-Tirmidhi 242

Translation

"When Allah;s Messenger stood for Salat during the night, he would say the Takbir (Allahu Akbar), then say: (Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika wa Tabarakasmuka wa Ta'ala Jadduka wa la ilaha ghairuk.) 'Glorious You are O Allah, and with Your praise, and blesses is Your Name, and exalted is Your majesty, and none has the right to be worshipped but You' Then he would say: (A'udhu Bilahi As-Sami'il-Alimi min Ash-Shaitanir-Rajimi, min Hamzihi Wa Nafkhihi wa Nafthihi.)" 'Allah is undoubtedly the greatest.' (Allahu Akbaru Kabira). Then he would say: 'I seek refuge in Allah the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the cursed Shaitan, from his madness, his arrogance, and his poetry.'

Notes

• قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَائِشَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَجَابِرٍ وَجُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَشْهَرُ حَدِيثٍ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ وَقَدْ أَخَذَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَأَمَّا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فَقَالُوا بِمَا رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ وَهَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ وَقَدْ تُكُلِّمَ فِي إِسْنَادِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ كَانَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرِّفَاعِيِّ وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ لاَ يَصِحُّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ

  machine translationAbū ʿĪsā said: On this topic there are narrations from ʿAlī, ʿĀʾishah, ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd, Jābir, Jubayr b. Muṭʿim and Ibn ʿUmar. Abū ʿĪsā said: The ḥadīth of Abū Saʿīd is the most well-known ḥadīth on this topic, and some of the people of knowledge have adopted this ḥadīth. But most of the people of knowledge held to what was narrated from the Prophet ﷺ, that he used to say: "Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise; blessed is Your name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no god other than You." It was likewise narrated from ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb and ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd. The practice accords with this according to most of the people of knowledge among the Tābiʿūn and others. The chain of transmission of the ḥadīth of Abū Saʿīd has been criticized: Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd used to criticize ʿAlī b. ʿAlī al-Rifāʿī, and Aḥmad said: This ḥadīth is not authentic. Report a problem

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• al-Tirmidhi

  كان يحيى بن سعيد يتكلم في علي بن علي

  machine translationYaḥyā b. Saʿīd used to criticize ʿAlī b. ʿAlī. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 247
• Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

  قال عبد الله سألت أبي عنه فلم يخبر إسناده

  machine translationʿAbdullāh said: I asked my father about it, and he did not report its chain of transmission. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 247
• Ibn Khuzaymah

  لا نعلم في الافتتاح بسبحانك اللهم خبرا ثابتا وأحسن أسانيدههذا

  machine translationWe do not know of any established report regarding opening the prayer with "Subḥānaka Allāhumma," and the best of its chains is this one. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 247
• Ibn Khuzaymah

  وقال ابن خزيمة لا نعلم في الافتتاح بسبحانك اللهم خبرا ثابتا وأحسن أسانيده حديث أبي سعيد ثم قال لا نعلم أحدا ولا سمعنا به استعمل هذا الحديث على وجهه

  machine translationIbn Khuzaymah said: We do not know of any established report regarding opening the prayer with "Subḥānaka Allāhumma," and the best of its chains is the ḥadīth of Abū Saʿīd. Then he said: We do not know anyone, nor have we heard of anyone, who acted upon this ḥadīth in its proper manner. Report a problem

  in جامع الترمذي, p. 247

Same hadith, other wordings

• Hisnul Muslim 28سُبْـحانَكَ اللّهُـمَّ وَبِحَمْـدِكَ وَتَبارَكَ اسْمُـكَ وَتَعـالى جَـدُّكَ وَلا إِلهَ غَيْرُك
• Jami at-Tirmidzi 243كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ
• Bulughul Maram 271وَنَحْوُهُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ مَرْفُوعًا عِنْدَ اَلْخَمْسَةِ.
• Shahih Muslim 255bكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ
• Misykatul Mashabih 815وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ: «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ». رَ
• Sunan Abu Dawud 775كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ
• Sunan Abu Dawud 776كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اسْتَفْتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ
• Sunan Ibnu Majah 804كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتَفْتِحُ صَلاَتَهُ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ
• Sunan Ibnu Majah 806كَانَ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ
• Sunan an-Nasa'i 899كَانَ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ
• Sunan an-Nasa'i 900كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ
• Misykatul Mashabih 1217عَن أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ» ثُمَّ يَقُ

Other narrations of this report

al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 10143al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 8357

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

   He and his father were Companions (ṣuḥbah).d. 63 AH, or 64 AH, or 65 AH, or 74 AH
   أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّله ولأبيه صحبة
   عن
2. 2
   Abū al-Mutawakkil

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 102 AH, or: 103 AH, or: 108 AH
   أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِثقة
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAlī b. ʿAlī

   no harm in him (lā baʾsa bih), accused of Qadarism (qadar). And he was a devout worshipper, it is said: he resembled the Prophet ﷺd. between 161 and 170 AH
   عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرِّفَاعِيِّلا بأس به ، رمي بالقدر . وكان عابدا ، ويقال : كان يشبه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
   عن
4. 4
   Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān

   Truthful (ṣadūq) and ascetic (zāhid), but he leaned towards Shiʿism.d. 178 AH
   جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الضُّبَعِيُّصدوق زاهد ، لكنه كان يتشيع
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Muḥammad b. Mūsá al-Ḥarashī

   weak (layyin)d. 248 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْبَصْرِيُّلين
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Tirmidhī

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 279 AH, in Ikmāl al-Tahdhīb: 275 AH
   التِّرْمِذِيُّثقة حافظ

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