What is to be recited in the middle (first) Tashahhud in

prayer: by Shaikh Muqbil Ibn Hādi Al-Wādi’ee.

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Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid 28 March

2017

Regarding the middle Tashahhud of the prayer, ‘Abdullah Ibn Mas’ood said: Allah’s
Messenger ( ) said: “When one of you sits in the prayer, let him recite:
َ َ ‫ﻋﻠ َﻴ‬
[arabic-font]‫ﻪ‬ ِ ‫ﺔ اﻟﻠ‬ ُ ‫ﻤ‬َ ‫ﺣ‬ ْ ‫وَر‬ َ ‫ﻬﺎ اﻟﻨﺒ ِﻲ‬ َ ‫ﻚ أﻳ‬ ْ َ ‫م‬ ُ َ ‫ اﻟ ﺴ ﻼ‬،‫ت‬ ُ ‫واﻟﻄﻴﺒ َﺎ‬ َ ‫ت‬ُ ‫ﻮا‬ َ َ ‫واﻟ ﺼﻠ‬ َ ،‫ﻪ‬
ِ ‫ت ﻟ ِﻠ‬ُ ‫ﺤﻴﺎ‬ ِ ‫اﻟﺘ‬
َ
‫ﻬﺪ ُ أ ن‬ ‫ﺷ‬ْ َ ‫أ‬ ‫و‬ ، ‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫إ‬ ‫ﻪ‬ َ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫إ‬ َ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ن‬ َ ‫أ‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻬ‬ ْ
‫ﺷ‬ َ ‫أ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ‫ﺤ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﺼ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫د‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫ﻰ‬َ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ َ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫م‬ َ ‫ﻼ‬ ‫ﺴ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ، ‫ﻪ‬ ‫ﺗ‬ ‫ﺎ‬َ ‫ﻛ‬ ‫ﺮ‬
َ َ ُ ِ َ ِ ْ ُ َ َ ِ ِ ِ ِ َ ِ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ ُ ُ َ َ ‫وﺑ‬
َ
‫ﻪ‬
ُ ُ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﺳ‬ ‫ر‬ ‫و‬
ُ َ َ ُ ‫ه‬ُ ‫ﺪ‬ْ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﻋ‬
َ ‫ا‬ ً ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﺤ‬ َ ‫ﻣ‬
ُ [/arabic-font]
«All dominion and greatness is for Allah, and all the prayers, and all good speech and action
is for Him. Peace be upon you O Prophet, and likewise the Mercy of Allah and His Blessings.
And peace be upon us, and upon the pious servants of Allah. [1] I testify that there is none
who has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant
and Messenger.»

Then he may make any du’ā (invocation) that pleases him.”

Reported by Bukhāri (831) and Muslim (402)

[1] The Prophet ( ) added here as reported by Bukhāri and Muslim: “When you say
this it reaches every righteous servant of Allah in the heavens and the earth.”

The Shaikh, the Great Scholar of hadeeth, Muqbil Ibn Hādi al-Wādi’ee (‫)رﺣﻤﻪ اﻟﻠﻪ‬
stated: “After this it is for you to either make a supplication or to stand up [for the
third rak’ah].”

Additional notes by the daughter of the Shaikh:

The proof for that is the hadeeth of Ibn Mas’ood (‫ )رﺿﻲ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ‬reported in Saheeh Al-
Bukhāri (no. 835) and in Saheeh Muslim (402) which states that the Messenger ( ) said:
“Then he may make any du’ā (invocation) that pleases him.” And in a wording of
Muslim: “Then he may choose from whatever he wishes to ask for.”

An-Nasā’ee (2/238) and Ahmad (7/227) reported from Abul-Ahwas from Abdullah Ibn
Mas’ood (‫ )رﺿﻲ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ‬who said: We used to not know what to say after every two
rak’ahs in the prayer other than glorifying (tasbeeh), exalting (takbeer) and praising
(tahmeed) our Lord. Then Muhammad ( ) taught us the openings of goodness and its
finalities. He said: “When you sit at the end of every two rak’ahs (the middle
tashahhud), say:
َ َ ‫ اﻟﺴﻼ َم ﻋ َﻠ َﻴ‬،‫ واﻟﺼﻠ َﻮات واﻟﻄﻴﺒﺎت‬،‫ﺤﻴﺎت ﻟ ِﻠﻪ‬
[arabic-font]،‫ﻪ‬ ُ ُ ‫ﺔ اﻟﻠﻪِ وَﺑ ََﺮﻛ َﺎﺗ‬
ُ ‫ﻤ‬
َ ‫ﺣ‬ْ ‫ﻚ أﻳﻬَﺎ اﻟﻨﺒ ِﻲ وََر‬ ْ ُ ُ َ َ ُ َ َ ِ ُ ِ ‫اﻟﺘ‬
َ َ
ْ ‫ وَأ‬،‫ﻪ‬ َ َ َ َ
ْ ‫ﻦ وأ‬ َ َ َ
ُ ‫ﺤﻤﺪ ًا ﻋ َﺒ ْﺪ ُه‬
َ ‫ﻣ‬
ُ ‫ﺷﻬَﺪ ُ أن‬ ُ ‫ﻪ إ ِﻻ اﻟﻠ‬
َ ‫ن ﻻ إ ِﻟ‬
ْ ‫ﺷﻬَﺪ ُ أ‬ َ ‫ﺤﻴ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﻋﺒ َﺎد ِ اﻟﻠﻪِ اﻟﺼﺎﻟ‬
ِ ‫م ﻋ َﻠﻴ ْﻨ َﺎ وَﻋ َﻠﻰ‬ُ ‫اﻟ ﺴ ﻼ‬
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ُ ُ ‫ﺳ ﻮﻟ‬
‫ﻪ‬ ُ ‫[ وََر‬/arabic-font]
«All dominion and greatness is for Allah, and all the prayers, and all good speech and action
is for Him. Peace be upon you O Prophet, and likewise the Mercy of Allah and His Blessings.
And peace be upon us, and upon the pious servants of Allah. [1] I testify that there is none
who has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant
and Messenger.»

َ َ
‫ﺟﻞ‬ َ ‫ﻪ إ ِﻟ َﻴ ْﻪِ ﻓَﻠ ْﻴ َﺪ ْع ُ اﻟﻠ‬
َ َ‫ﻪ ﻋ َﺰ و‬ ُ َ ‫ﺠﺒ‬
َ ْ ‫ﻦ اﻟﺪﻋ َﺎِء أﻋ‬
َ ‫ﻣ‬ ْ ُ ‫ﺣﺪ ُﻛ‬
ِ ‫ﻢ‬ َ َ ‫وَﻟ ْﻴ َﺘ‬
َ ‫ﺨﻴْﺮ أ‬

[Then] choose any supplication you please and call upon Allah, the Mighty and
Majestic, with it.” Its chain of narration is saheeh and its origins can be found in Bukhāri
and Muslim.

Shaikh Al-Albānee (‫ )رﺣﻤﻪ اﻟﻠﻪ‬said in his Aslu Sifat is-Salāh: “I say: what is apparent from
the hadeeth is that it proves that it is prescribed to supplicate in every tashahhud,
even if it is not followed by the salām. And that is the saying of Ibn Hazm (‫رﺣﻤﻪ‬
‫)اﻟﻠﻪ‬.”

Ibn Rajab (‫ )رﺣﻤﻪ اﻟﻠﻪ‬said in Fathul-Bāri (7/341):

“The saying of the Messenger ( ): ‘Thereafter choose any supplication you please and call
upon Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, with it.’ There has preceded in the narration of
Imām Ahmad clearly that this du’ā is specific for the final tashahhud of the prayer.
As for the first (or middle) tashahhud then no supplication is made after it
according to the majority of the scholars; and most of them say there is no
increase to be made to it – to the point that Ath-Thawri (died 161H) said in a
narration reported from him that whoever does that deliberately, then his prayer
is invalidated. However, Ash-Shāfi’ee (died 204H) said: [After the first tashahhud] he
sends peace and blessings upon the Prophet ( ) alone and not his family. Mālik
(died 179H) said: He supplicates in the first tashahhud as he would do in the final
tashahhud and that has been reported from Ibn ‘Umar (‫)رﺿﻲ اﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ‬.”

From the book, Sifatus-Salāh an-Nabi of Shaikh Muqbil Ibn Hādi (may Allah have mercy
upon this great scholar), Dār al-Imām al-Bukhāri, pp. 106-110, with some editing.

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