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266. 'Ali bin Abi Tālib narrated: "When Allāh's Messenger ﷺ would raise his head from bowing he would say: (Sami' Allāhu liman ḥamidah. Rabbanā wa lakal-ḥamd, mil'as-samāwāti wa mil'al-arrḍi wa mil'a mā bainahumā wa mil'a mā shi'ta min shay'in ba'd.) 'Allāh listens to those who praise Him. O our Lord! And to You is the praise that fills the heavens and fills the earth, and fills what is between them, and fills whatever there is beyond that You will.'
He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar, Ibn 'Abbās, Ibn Abi Awfa, Abū Juḥaifah, and Abū Sa'eed. (Ṣaḥīḥ)
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Ali is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth, and this is acted upon by some of the people of knowledge.
It is the view of Ash-Shāfi'i, he said: "One says this for the obligatory and the voluntary prayers."
Some of the people of Al-Kūfah said that this is said for the voluntary prayers but not for the obligatory prayers.
[Abū 'Eisā said: Al-Mājiṣhūnī is only called that because he is one of the children of Al-Mājiṣhūn.]
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It is agreed that a person offering prayer individually will say both phrases 'Sami' Allāhu liman ḥamidah, Rabbanā wa lakal-ḥamd'; but the dispute is in whether the follower, in the case of congregation, will say either the second phrase only 'Rabbanā wa lakal ḥamd' or the first 'Sami' Allāhu liman ḥamidah' as well; as the Imām says the both. The scholars hold both views. The preferred view is that the Imām will say both phrases and the follower as well. The third opinion is that the Imām will say the first phrase and the follower will say the second one, it is weak in light of evidences. This opinion is totally against the calmness in prayer.
