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901. It was narrated from Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ addressed us and explained the Sunnah for us, and he taught us our prayer. He said: 'When you perform prayer, and you are sitting, let the first thing you say be: At-Tahiyyâtut-tayyibâtus-salawâtu lillâh; as-salâmu 'alayka ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa rahmatullâhi wa barakâtuhu; as-salâmu 'alayna wa 'ala 'ibâdillâhis-sâlihin. Ashhadu an lâ ilâha illallâh wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa Rasuluhu (All compliments, good words and prayers are due to Allâh; peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allâh and His blessings; peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allâh. I bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allâh and I
bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger). Seven phrases which are the greeting of the prayer.”
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Commentary
a. The order in which the recitals of the prayer have been taught to us must be strictly maintained unless the context tells us otherwise.
b. The Tashah-hud has been described by the Prophet ﷺ as containing seven phrases or sentences, since the expressions Tahiyât, Salawât, and Tayyibât, although apparently a single group of three words, they in fact constitute three momentous concepts. The fourth sentence is the supplication for the Prophet ﷺ, and the fifth is the supplication for all the righteous slaves. The two testimonies pertaining to Allâh's Oneness and the Prophesy of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ constitute the sixth and the seventh sentence respectively. And Allâh knows best.
