namely, that he looked at the moon and said, “You will surely see your Lord as you see this moon; you will not have to crowd one another to see Him. So, if you can avoid being overcome so that you miss the prayer before sunrise and the prayer before sunset, then do so.” He then recited: “So glorify your Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting” (a) (Qaf 50:39).

11- Also, in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (1) it is related that the Prophet ﷺ was asked, “Which words are best?” He replied, “That which Allah has chosen for His angels and for His servants: Subḥāna-llāh wa bi-ḥamdih (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him).”

12- And in the two Ṣaḥīḥs (2), Abū Hurayrah reports that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Two phrases are beloved to the All-Merciful, light upon the tongue yet heavy on the scales: Subḥāna-llāh wa bi-ḥamdih, Subḥāna-llāh al-ʿAẓīm (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him; Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent).”

The pairing of takbīr with tahlīl in the adhān and when one ascends a height

13- As for the takbīr, it is consistently coupled with the tahlīl:

(1) In the adhān, for the caller to prayer pronounces both takbīr and tahlīl.

(2) In the takbīr of ascension: whenever he ﷺ climbed a rise in the ground he would pronounce the takbīr three times and then say: