251 – Fadalah ibn ʿUbayd reported: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a man making supplication in his prayer without first praising Allah and without sending blessings upon the Prophet. He said, ‘This man has been hasty.’ The Prophet then called him and said, ‘When any of you performs the prayer, let him begin by glorifying his Lord and praising Him, then send blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, and only thereafter supplicate for whatever he wishes.’ ” Narrated by Ahmad and the three Sunan compilers, and declared authentic by al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Ḥibbān, and al-Ḥākim. (1)

Degree of authenticity:
The hadith is sound (ṣaḥīḥ). It appears in the three Sunan through four chains conveying the same meaning, though their wording differs slightly. All the routes are reliable except one of al-Tirmidhi’s two chains, which contains Rashdīn ibn Saʿd, a weak narrator; however, his weakness is absorbed by the other three good isnāds.

I say: Rashdīn is spelled with a rā’, followed by a quiescent shīn, then a dāl with kasrah, then a yā’, and ends with a nūn.

Points derived from the hadith:
1 – The Prophet ﷺ heard a man, while in the final tashahhud of his prayer, begin his duʿāʾ (supplication) before praising Allah Most High and before invoking blessings upon His Prophet. He therefore said, “This man has been hasty in his supplication,” because he had omitted these two important preludes.