When Bowing, Getting up from a Bow, Prostrating, or Sitting in Between Prostrations

Authentic Supplications of the Prophet

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When Bowing, Getting up from a Bow, Prostrating, or Sitting in Between Prostrations (91)

The Messenger of Allah

used to say Sami`al-lãhu liman hamidahu⁽¹⁰⁶⁾

while lifting his spine from the bow, then he would say in the upright position: Rabbanã walakal-hamdu⁽¹⁰⁷⁾,

and in one narration: Rabbanã lakal-hamdu⁽¹⁰⁸⁾

Footnotes

⁽¹⁰⁶⁾ Allah hears the one that praises Him.

⁽¹⁰⁷⁾ Our Lord, and to You is all praise.

⁽¹⁰⁸⁾ Our Lord: to You is all praise.

Reporters

Ibn Taymiya said that Rabbanã lakal-hamdu is a sound expression. He said that the coinciding expressions that are in both [Saheeh 'Al-Bukhãri and Saheeh Muslim are: Rabbanã wa lakal-hamdu, and Allãhumma rabbanã lakal hamdu. Al-Albani included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #74.

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