Salāt At-Tasbeeh: Ten things, if you say them, Allah will

forgive your sins, the first of them and the last of them,
the older sins and the newer sins, the unintentional
ones and the deliberate ones, the minor sins and the
major ones. The Tasbeeh Prayer and its Regulations
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Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid 21 February 2021

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all creation, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be
upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and all his Companions.

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās narrated that the Messenger of Allah (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam)
said to Al-‘Abbās ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib (radiyallāhu ‘anhu):

ِ ‫اﷲُ ﻟَ َﻚ َذ ْﻧﺒَ َﻚ أَ ﱠوﻟَ ُﻪ َو‬

‫آﺧ َﺮ ُه َﻗ ِﺪﯾ َﻤ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎل إِ َذا أَْﻧ َﺖ َﻓ َﻌ ْﻠ َﺖ َذﻟِ َﻚ َﻏ َﻔ َﺮ ﱠ‬
ٍ ‫ﺼ‬َ ‫ﻻ أَ ْﻓ َﻌ ُﻞ ﺑِ َﻚ َﻋ ْﺸ َﺮ ِﺧ‬
َ َ‫ُﻮك أ‬
َ ‫ﻻ أَ ْﺣﺒ‬
َ َ‫ﻻ أَ ْﻣﻨَ ُﺤ َﻚ أ‬ َ ‫ﻻ أُ ْﻋ ِﻄ‬
َ َ‫ﯿﻚ أ‬ َ َ‫ﺎس ﯾَﺎ َﻋ ﱠﻤﺎ ُه أ‬
ُ ‫ﯾَﺎ َﻋﺒﱠ‬
َ َ
‫ﯿﺮ ُه ِﺳ ﱠﺮ ُه َو َﻋﻼﻧِﯿَﺘ ُﻪ‬ َ
َ ِ‫ﯿﺮ ُه َوﻛﺒ‬ َ ‫ﺻ ِﻐ‬ َ َ َ
َ ‫َو َﺣ ِﺪﯾﺜ ُﻪ َﺧﻄﺄ ُه َو َﻋ ْﻤ َﺪ ُه‬

“Abbās, my uncle! Shall I not give you something, bestow upon you something and grant
it to you? Shall I inform you of ten things that if you do them, Allah will forgive your sins,
the first of them and the last of them, the older sins and the newer sins, the unintentional
ones and the deliberate ones, the smaller sins and major sins, the hidden ones and public
ones?

‫ﻮر ًة َﻓﺈِ َذا َﻓ َﺮ ْﻏ َﺖ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻟ ِﻘ َﺮا َء ِة ِﻓﻲ أَ ﱠو ِل َر ْﻛ َﻌ ٍﺔ َوأَْﻧ َﺖ َﻗﺎﺋِ ٌﻢ ُﻗ ْﻠ َﺖ‬ ْ ‫ﺼﻠﱢ َﻲ أَ ْرﺑَ َﻊ َر َﻛ َﻌ ٍ ُ ُ ﱢ‬ َ ُ‫ﺎل أَ ْن ﺗ‬
َ ‫ﺎب َو ُﺳ‬ ِ َ‫ﺎت ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ ِﻓﻲ ﻛﻞ َر ْﻛ َﻌ ٍﺔ َﻓﺎﺗِ َﺤ َﺔ اﻟ ِﻜﺘ‬ ٍ ‫ﺼ‬ َ ‫َﻋ ْﺸ َﺮ ِﺧ‬
‫ﻮع‬ ُ ‫ﺲ َﻋ ْﺸ َﺮ َة َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻛ ُﻊ َﻓﺘَ ُﻘﻮﻟُ َﻬﺎ َوأَْﻧ َﺖ َرا ِﻛ ٌﻊ َﻋ ْﺸ ًﺮا ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻓ ُﻊ َر ْأ َﺳ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ َ ‫اﷲُ أَ ْﻛﺒَ ُﺮ َﺧ ْﻤ‬
‫اﷲُ َو ﱠ‬ ‫ﻻ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻻ إِﻟَ َﻪ إِ ﱠ‬َ ‫اﷲِ َو ْاﻟ َﺤ ْﻤ ُﺪ ِﱠﷲِ َو‬
‫ﺎن ﱠ‬
ِ ‫اﻟﺮﻛ‬ َ ‫ُﺳ ْﺒ َﺤ‬
َ ُ ْ ُ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ ُ َ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ ُ ُ َ ُ ُ ُ
َ َ َ
‫اﻟﺴ ُﺠﻮ ِد ﻓﺘﻘﻮﻟ َﻬﺎ َﻋﺸ ًﺮا ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﺗ ْﺴ ُﺠ ُﺪ ﻓﺘﻘﻮﻟ َﻬﺎ َﻋﺸ ًﺮا ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﺗ ْﺮﻓ ُﻊ‬ َ َ
‫ﺎﺟ ٌﺪ َﻋﺸ ًﺮا ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﺗ ْﺮﻓ ُﻊ َرأ َﺳﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ َ
ِ ‫ﺎﺟ ًﺪا ﻓﺘﻘﻮﻟ َﻬﺎ َوأ ْﻧ َﺖ َﺳ‬ ِ ‫َﻓﺘَﻘﻮﻟ َﻬﺎ َﻋﺸ ًﺮا ﺛ ﱠﻢ ﺗ ْﻬ ِﻮي َﺳ‬
َ ْ
‫ﺼﻠﱢﯿَ َﻬﺎ ِﻓﻲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﯾَ ْﻮ ٍم َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة َﻓﺎ ْﻓ َﻌ ْﻞ‬ َ ُ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻄ ْﻌ َﺖ أَ ْن ﺗ‬ ْ ‫ﺎت إِ ِن‬ ٍ ‫ُﻮن ِﻓﻲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َر ْﻛ َﻌ ٍﺔ ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻌ ُﻞ َذﻟِ َﻚ ِﻓﻲ أَ ْرﺑَ ِﻊ َر َﻛ َﻌ‬ َ ‫ﺲ َو َﺳ ْﺒﻌ‬ ٌ ‫َر ْأ َﺳ َﻚ َﻓﺘَ ُﻘﻮﻟُ َﻬﺎ َﻋ ْﺸ ًﺮا َﻓ َﺬﻟِ َﻚ َﺧ ْﻤ‬
‫ُﺮ َك َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﱢ‬
ِ ‫َﻓﺈِ ْن ﻟَ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻌ ْﻞ َﻓ ِﻔﻲ ُﻛﻞ ُﺟ ُﻤ َﻌ ٍﺔ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة َﻓﺈِ ْن ﻟَ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻌ ْﻞ َﻓ ِﻔﻲ ُﻛﻞ َﺷ ْﻬ ٍﺮ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة َﻓﺈِ ْن ﻟَ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻌ ْﻞ َﻓ ِﻔﻲ ُﻛﻞ َﺳﻨَ ٍﺔ َﻣ ﱠﺮ ًة َﻓﺈِ ْن ﻟَ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻌ ْﻞ َﻓ ِﻔﻲ ُﻋﻤ‬

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There are ten things: you should pray four Rak’ahs, reciting in each one Surah Al-Fātihah
and then another Surah. When you finish the recitation, you should recite fifteen times
while standing: Subhānallāh wal-hamdulillāh wa lā ilāha illallāh wallāhu akbar
(how perfect is Allah, free from all imperfections, and praise be to Allah, none has the
right to be worshipped except Allāh, and Allāh is greater than all besides Him). Then you
should bow (Rukoo’) and say it again ten times while in Rukoo’. Then you should raise
your head after Rukoo’ and say it again ten times. Then you should kneel down in
prostration (Sajdah) and say it ten times while prostrating yourself. Then you should raise
your head from prostration and say it ten times (between the two Sajdahs). Then you
should prostrate yourself again and say it ten times. Then raise your head after the second
Sajdah and say it again ten times. That is 75 times for each Rak’ah, and you should
do that in each of the four Rak’ahs. If you are able to pray it once a day, then do it. If not,
then pray it once every Friday. If not, then once a month. If not, then once a year. If not,
then at least once in your lifetime.”

Authenticity: Reported by Abu Dawood in his Sunan, no. 1297 from Ibn ‘Abbās; no.
1298 from Abul-Jawzā from Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr; no. 1299 from ‘Urwah ibn Ruwaim from
an Ansāri Companion―and graded saheeh, hasan and saheeh respectively by Shaikh Al-
Albāni (rahimahullāh). Also reported by Ibn Mājah no. 1386. A group of scholars have
verified and authenticated this hadeeth, such as Abu Bakr Al-Ājurri, Abul-Hasan Al-
Maqdisi, Al-Bayhaqi, Ibn Al-Mubārak, An-Nawawi, Tāj As-Subki, Ibn Hajr, As-Suyooti,
As-Sindi, Az-Zubaydi, Muhammad bin Abdur-Rahmān Al-Mubārakfūri (author of
Tuhfatul-Ahwadhi bi Sharhi Jāmi’ At-Tirmidhi), ‘Ubaydullāh Ar-Rahmāni Al-
Mubārakfūri (author of Mar’āt Al-Mafātīh Sharh Mishkāt Al-Masābīh), Ahmad Shākir
and Al-Albāni among others.

Benefits and notes:

1. This hadeeth is a mercy for the people and an escape from despair for their sins, a great
opportunity to attain forgiveness from their Lord.
2. This hadeeth encompasses all the believers even though the Prophet (salallāhu ‘alaihi
wasallam) was addressing his uncle. That is because the statements of the Prophet
(salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) address the whole Ummah unless there is proof for specificity.
3. One does not solely rely on this hadeeth and imagine that he can embark upon sins and
transgression freely because this prayer will protect him from punishment for his
wrongdoing and oppression. Allah has stated:

َ َ ٌَ ُُ َ ُ‫ُﺆﺗ‬ َ ‫َوٱﻟﱠ ِﺬ‬

َ ‫ﱢﻬ ْﻢ َٰر ِﺟﻌ‬
‫ُﻮن‬ ِ ‫ﻰ َرﺑ‬ ٰ ‫ﻮن َﻣﺂ َءاﺗَﻮ ﱠوﻗﻠﻮﺑُ ُﻬ ْﻢ َو ِﺟﻠﺔ أﻧﱠ ُﻬ ْﻢ إِﻟ‬ ْ ‫ﯾﻦ ﯾ‬
َ ‫ٱﻟ َﺨ ْﯿ َٰﺮ ِت َو ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻟَ َﻬﺎ َﺳـ ٰﺒِ ُﻘ‬
‫ﻮن‬ ْ ‫ﻮن ِﻓﻰ‬ َ ‫أُ ﻟَـ ٰٓﺌِ َﻚ ﯾ‬
َ ‫ُﺴـ ِٰﺮ ُﻋ‬

“And they who give what they give while their hearts are fearful (that it may
not be accepted) because they will be returning to their Lord. It is these who
hasten in the good deeds, and they are foremost in performing them.” (Al-
Mu’minoon: 60-61)
4. As for the sins that are connected to the rights of the people and transgressions done
against them, then this hadeeth does not encompass them. A person is under the threat of

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Allah’s punishment until the rights of people have been restored, such as returning what
has been stolen to its owner (or compensating him), or apologising to the one you have
wronged and seeking his pardon, or correcting the slander of the one you have slandered
and praising the one you wrongfully maligned in the same gatherings you spoke ill of him,
etc., or at the very least supplicating for their guidance and that Allah shows them mercy
and forgives them. This is needed if one wants his repentance to be complete. Al-Hasan
(d. 110H, rahimahullāh) said: “We met a people (i.e. Sahābah) who were more fearful that
their good deeds would not be accepted than you are of being punished for your sins.” (Al-
Qutubi in Al-Jāmi’ 12/132). So the Salātut-Tasbeeh is a good deed and the believer should
be fearful that it may not be accepted, and he should know that deeds are accepted in
accordance with one’s sincerity, truthfulness and humility to Allah, yearning and hoping
for His acceptance and reward.
5. There is no specified Surah that needs to be recited after Al-Fātihah, rather a person
can recite whatever is easy for them―and likewise there is no time restriction as to when
it can be prayed (except that you should avoid the forbidden times such as sunrise up
until the sun has arisen, the late afternoon before sunset, at sunset until the sun has fully
set, and midday).
6. The adhkār (the ten praises and glorification) in Rukoo’, in Sujood, etc., are to be
recited after the obligatory recitations that are normally said in these places. So in Rukoo’,
they are recited after saying Subhānạ Rabbīyal-ʿadhīm. Standing from Rukoo’, they are
recited after saying Samiʾ Allāhu liman hamidah
̣ Rabbanā wa lakal-hamd.
̣ In Sajdah,
after reciting Subhānạ Rabbīyal-Aʾlá, etc.
7. If someone makes a mistake that requires Sujood as-Sahw, then he does not make the
ten remembrances of glorification and praise in those prostrations of forgetfulness.

And all praise is for Allah.

Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wāhid.

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Umm Layaan says:

21st February 2021 at 8:08 pm
Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. Regarding the mode of praying
these 4 raka’aat, do we return to the asl which is that the prayers are done in pairs, or do
we pray them consecutively? Baarak Allaahu feek for this tremendous benefit.

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Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid says:
22nd February 2021 at 8:36 am
Wa-alaikumus-salām-wa-rahmatullāhi-wa-barakātuhu

It is prayed as a four rak’ah prayer.

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As-Salamu ‘alaikum

Should one recite another Surah after Fatihah in the 3rd and 4th raka’ats as well?

Barak Allah Feek.

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Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid says:
22nd February 2021 at 8:35 am
Wa-alaikumus-salām-wa-rahmatullāhi-wa-barakātuhu

No need.

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Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid says:

22nd February 2021 at 8:35 am
As-salāmu-alaikum-wa-rahmatullāh

Yes.

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BintAhmad says:
22nd February 2021 at 12:51 am
This is a tremendous article, may Allaah aid us and you in establishing this prayer daily.

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Abu Burhan Qazafi says:

22nd February 2021 at 6:46 am
JazaakAllahu khayran Ustādh

Beautiful instruction and reminder of so many ways to attain Allāh‘s mercy & forgiveness.

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Khaaalid says:
22nd February 2021 at 2:32 pm
May Allah reward you, I needed this.

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Ummu Maryam says:
22nd February 2021 at 4:08 pm
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Does the “subhānallāh wal-hamdulillāh wa lā ilāha illallāh wallāhu akbar” to be recited

before or after the tashahud?

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Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid says:
23rd February 2021 at 8:45 am
Wa-alaikumus-salām-wa-rahmatullāhi-wa-barakātuhu

Before the tashahhud and Allah knows best.

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Shy says:
24th February 2021 at 3:57 pm
Asalamu alaikum.
I was in the understanding that this salat was not authentic and I left it out for many
years. My mum used to pray this and I used to say this is not sunnah.
But jazaakallahu khairan.

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