Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (3/147)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

143 / Further Remembrances Related to Prayer

We are still discussing the remembrances related to prayer. Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) reported in his Sahih from Abdullāh ibn Abbās (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: “The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) drew back the curtain while the people were standing in rows behind Abū Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and said, ‘O people, nothing remains of the glad tidings of prophethood except a righteous dream that a Muslim sees or that is seen concerning him. Indeed, I have been forbidden to recite the Quran while bowing. As for bowing, proclaim the greatness of the Lord, Glorious and Exalted, therein; and as for prostration, strive earnestly in supplication, for your supplications are likely to be answered.’” 1.

In this hadith, the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) explained the particular forms of remembrance appropriate to the postures of these two great pillars of prayer—bowing and prostration—after mentioning the prohibition against reciting the Quran in them. This is because both are states of humility, submission, self-abasement, and lowering oneself. As for bowing, which is a state of lowering oneself in humility and submission, the Muslim is prescribed to remember therein the greatness of his Lord: that He, Glorious is He, is the Magnificent, to whom belong all the attributes of greatness and majesty, such as strength, might, perfect power, vast knowledge, perfect glory, and all His other attributes of grandeur and greatness; and that no one besides Him deserves to be magnified, exalted, revered, and glorified. His servants must therefore magnify Him with their hearts, tongues, and deeds.

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “The very best words that one who is bowing can say are, ‘Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent.’ Allah, Glorious is He, commanded His servants to say this, and the one who conveyed from Him—the emissary between Him and His servants—designated this posture for this remembrance. When the verse, ‘So exalt the name of your Lord, the Magnificent,’ 2 was revealed, he said, ‘Say it during your bowing.’ In sum, the essence of bowing is to magnify the Lord—exalted is

(1) Sahīh Muslim (no. 479). (2) Sūrat al-Wāqiʿa, verse 74.

١٤٣ / ومن الأذكار المتعلقة بالصلاة لا نزال في الحديث عن الأذكار المتعلقة بالصلاة، خرج الإمام مسلم ﵀ في كتابه الصحيح عن عبد الله بن عباس ﵄، قال: "كَشَفَ رسولُ الله ﷺ السِّتَارَةَ والنَّاسُ صفوفٌ خلفَ أبي بكر ﵁ فقال: أيُّها الناس إنَّه لَم يَبْقَ من مُبَشِّرات النُّبُوَة إلاَّ الرؤيا الصالحَة يراها المسلمُ أو تُرَى له، ألاَ وإنِّي نُهيتُ أن أقرأَ القرآنَ راكعاً، فأمَّا الركوع فعظِّموا فيه الرَّبَّ ﷿، وأمَّا السُّجُود فاجْتَهدوا في الدُّعاء فقَمِنٌ أن يُستجابَ لَكم" ١. فقد أوضح النَّبِيُّ ﷺ في هذا الحديث ما يَختَصُّ به هذان الرُّكنان العظيمان؛ الركوع والسجود من ذكر يُناسب هيئتَهما بعد ذكره للنهي عن قراءة القرآن فيهما؛ لأنَّهما حالتَا ذلٍّ وخضوع وتطامن وانخفاض، فأمَّا الركوعُ وهو حال انخفاض وتطامن وخضوع، فيُشرع للمسلم فيه أن يَذكر عظمةَ ربِّه، وأنَّه سبحانه العظيم الذي له جميع معاني العظمة والجلال، كالقوَّة والعزَّة وكمال القدرة وسعة العلم وكمال المجد وغيرها من أوصاف العظمة والكبرياء، وأنَّه لا يَستحق أحدٌ التعظيمَ والتكبيرَ والإجلالَ والتمجيدَ غيره، فيَستحق على العباد أن يُعظِّموه بقلوبهم وألسنتِهم وأعمالهم. قال ابن القيم ﵀: "فأفضل ما يقول الراكع على الإطلاق سبحان ربي العظيم، فإن الله سبحانه أمر العباد بذلك وعين المبلغ عنه السفير بينه وبين عباده هذا المحل لهذا الذكر لما نزلت: ﴿فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ﴾ ٢، قال: "اجعلوها في ركوعكم" وبالجملة فسِرُّ الركوع تعظيمُ الرب جل

١ صحيح مسلم (رقم:٤٧٩) . ٢ سورة: الواقعة، الآية (٧٤) .