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'Ikrimah reports from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah
said to 'Abbas ibn 'Abdal-Mutalib: "O 'Abbas, O Uncle,
shall I not give you, shall I not present to you, shall I not
donate to you, shall I not tell you ten things which, if you
do, Allah will forgive your first and last sins, past and
present sins, intentional and unintentional sins, private and
public sins? The ten actions are: pray four rak'at, reciting
in every rak'ah al-Fatihah and a surah. And when you finish
the Qur'anic recitation of the first rak'ah, say, while
standing, 'Subhanallah, al-hamdulillah, wa la ilaha illallah,
wa Allahu Akbar' ['Glory be to Allah. All praise is due to
Allah. There is no God except Allah. Allah is the greatest.']
fifteen times. Then make ruku', and while you are in ruku',
say the same ten times; then stand, and say the same ten
times. Then go down and make sajdah, and while you're in
sajdah, say the same ten times. Then sit after the sajdah, and
say the same ten times. Then make sajdah, and say the same ten
times. Then sit after the second sajdah, and say the same
another ten times. That is seventy-five [repetitions of the
phrases] in each rak'ah. Do that in each of the four rak'at.
If you can pray it once a day, do so. If you cannot, then once
every Friday. If you cannot do that, then once a year. And if
you cannot do that then once in your life." This is
related by Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Ibn Khuzaimah in his sahih,
and at-Tabarani. About this hadith al-Munzhiri says:
"This hadith has been related through many chains and
from a number of companions. The best of them is this one from
'Ikrimah. A group of scholars have graded it to be sahih,
including al-Hafez Abu Bakr al-'Ajari, (al-Munzhiri's
teachers), Abu Muhammad 'Abdurrahim al-Misri, and Abu al-Hassan
al-Maqdisi." Ibn alMubarak says: "The tasbih prayer
is a greatly desired act and it is desirable that one should
punctually observe it and never neglect it.
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