what is intended; praise is not to be set apart from glorification. Rather, glorifying Allah is itself an act of praise.

Tasbīḥ as a term may denote prayer in general—and more particularly the voluntary prayers.

181 — In current usage the word tasbīḥ refers to the category of prayer as such (a).

Sometimes, however, it is applied specifically to the non-obligatory prayers; once the obligatory prayer had its own distinctive name, this word was assigned to the supererogatory acts.

182 — Thus the hadith states: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would offer the voluntary prayer on his mount wherever it was facing.” (1)

183 — And another report says: “He used to perform the forenoon voluntary prayer.” (2)

184 — Muslim likewise relates in his Ṣaḥīḥ (3) on the authority of Ḥafṣah: “I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray his tasbīḥ sitting down until a year before his death.” In another wording it reads: “—or two years.” (4)