Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3423

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Khallal narrated to us; Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Hashimi narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad narrated to us, from Musa ibn ‘Uqbah, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, from ‘Abd al-Rahman al-A‘raj, from ‘Ubaydullah ibn Abi Rafi‘, from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): When he stood for an obligatory prayer, he raised his hands level with his shoulders. He did likewise after completing his recitation when he was about to bow, and when he raised his head from bowing. He did not raise his hands at any point in his prayer while seated. When he rose after two prostrations, he raised his hands in the same way and said the takbir. At the opening of the prayer, after the takbir, he would say: ‘I have turned my face toward the One who originated the heavens and the earth, inclining toward the truth, and I am not one of the polytheists. Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my life, and my death are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. He has no partner; this is what I have been commanded, and I am among the Muslims. O Allah, You are the King; there is no god but You. Glory be to You; You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and acknowledged my sin, so forgive all my sins, for none forgives sins but You. Guide me to the best character, for none guides to the best of it but You; and turn its evil away from me, for none turns its evil away from me but You. Here I am, answering Your call; I am through You and toward You. There is no escape from You and no refuge except with You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.’ Then he would recite. When he bowed, he would say: ‘O Allah, to You I bow, in You I believe, and to You I submit; You are my Lord. My hearing, sight, mind, and bones are humbled before Allah, Lord of the worlds.’ When he raised his head from bowing, he would say: ‘Allah hears whoever praises Him.’ Then he would follow it with: ‘O Allah, our Lord, to You belongs praise, filling the heavens and the earth and whatever else You will.’ When he prostrated, he would say: ‘O Allah, to You I prostrate, in You I believe, and to You I submit; You are my Lord. My face has prostrated to the One who created it and opened its hearing and sight. Blessed is Allah, the best of creators.’ When finishing the prayer, he would say: ‘O Allah, forgive me what I have sent ahead and what I have left behind, what I have concealed and what I have made public. You are my God; there is no god but You.’ He said: ‘This is a hasan sahih hadith. Al-Shafi‘i and some of our companions acted according to this. Abu ‘Isa said: Ahmad did not hold this view. Some scholars of Kufa and elsewhere say this is said in voluntary prayers, but not in the obligatory prayer.’ I heard Abu Isma‘il al-Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Isma‘il ibn Yusuf, say: ‘I heard Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Hashimi mention this hadith and say: “To us, this is like the hadith of al-Zuhri, from Salim, from his father.”’