Abu Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Qaffal informed us; Abu Mansur Ahmad ibn al-Fadl al-Barwanjirdi informed us; Abu Ahmad Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Sayrafi informed us; Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Qurashi narrated to us; Hajjaj ibn Muhammad narrated to us from Ibn Jurayj, from Musa ibn Uqbah, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever sits in a gathering in which there is much idle talk, then, before rising, says: ‘Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You,’ it will be an expiation for what took place during that gathering.” (1)
Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said: Its meaning is: Pray to Allah when you rise from your place. (2)
Al-Dahhak and al-Rabi said: When you rise for prayer, say: “Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. Blessed is Your Name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no deity besides You.” (3)
Abu Uthman al-Dabbi informed us; Abu Muhammad al-Jarahi informed us; Abu al-Abbas al-Mahbubi narrated to us; Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi narrated to us; al-Hasan ibn Arafah and Yahya ibn Musa said: Abu Muawiyah narrated to us from Harithah ibn Abi al-Rijal, from Amrah, from Aishah, who said: Whenever the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, began the prayer, he would say: “Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. Blessed is Your Name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no deity besides You.” (4)
Al-Kalbi said: It refers to remembering Allah verbally from the time you rise from your bed until you begin the prayer.
Abu Tahir Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Qashani informed us; Abu Umar al-Qasim ibn Jafar ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Hashimi informed us; Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Umar al-Lului informed us; Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashath narrated to us: