Among the formulas prescribed for rising from bowing and standing upright is the ḥadīth that states: “ʿAbdullāh ibn Abī Awfā reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to say”—and in one wording: “he would supplicate when he lifted his head from bowing—‘Allāhumma laka al-ḥamd mil’a as-samāʾ… Allāhumma ṭahhirnī bil-thalji wal-barad…’.” This was recorded by Aḥmad, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, and Ibn Mājah.

I add two remarks:

First: Abū Dāwūd and Ibn Mājah do not contain the phrase “Allāhumma ṭahhirnī…”; it is an extra wording that appears only in some of the other chains.

Second: In none of its routes is there an explicit statement that the Prophet ﷺ uttered this addition after rising from bowing. Rather, it is left unrestricted; Muslim and Aḥmad both say simply: “He used to say: Allāhumma laka al-ḥamd… Allāhumma ṭahhirnī….”

Al-Tirmidhī likewise transmitted this additional phrase (4/272) and declared it sound.

Therefore, limiting it to the post-bowing position requires proof. The opening sentence of this ḥadīth has reached us through several Companions by authentic chains, none of which contain this addition. For that reason we conclude that it is not part of the remembrances said after rising from bowing—unlike the phrase that precedes it—but is rather a general supplication. Consequently, I did not include it among the bowing remembrances in my book “The Prophet’s Prayer Described,” lest I insert into it what does not properly belong, even though Ibn al-Qayyim did so; the two annotators of “Zāduh” (1/221) followed suit, as did the author himself. Reflect on this.