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سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Salat ut-Tasbeeh

Four rak'ahs. Three hundred tasbeehat. A gift the Prophet ﷺ gave to his uncle 'Abbas — and through him, to us.

The Gift

The Prophet ﷺ said to his uncle: "O 'Abbas, O my uncle! Shall I not give you, shall I not bestow upon you, shall I not gift you ten qualities — if you act upon them, Allah will forgive your sins: the first and the last, the old and the new, those done by mistake and those done deliberately, the small and the great, the secret and the open?" He then taught him this prayer.

— Sunan Abi Dawud 1297, Sunan Ibn Majah 1387

The phrase

One Sentence, Repeated 300 Times

Every single tasbeeh in this prayer is the same beautiful sentence — you already know it.

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

SubhanAllah, wal-hamdu lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar

"Glory be to Allah, and all praise is for Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest."

Inside one rak'ah

Where the 75 Tasbeehat Go

Pray the rak'ah exactly as you always do. The tasbeeh is simply added at seven moments — 15 after the recitation, then 10 at every position.

1

Standing, after reciting

Recite al-Fatihah + any surah. Then, still standing with arms folded, say the tasbeeh 15 times.

15
2

In ruku'

Bow as usual, say Subhana Rabbiyal-'Azim, then add the tasbeeh 10 times before rising.

10
3

Standing up from ruku'

Say Sami'allahu liman hamidah, stand straight, then the tasbeeh 10 times.

10
4

The first sujud

Prostrate as usual, say Subhana Rabbiyal-A'la, then the tasbeeh 10 times.

10
5

Sitting between the two sujud

Rise to the sitting position, say Rabbighfir li, then the tasbeeh 10 times.

10
6

The second sujud

Prostrate again, say Subhana Rabbiyal-A'la, then the tasbeeh 10 times.

10
7

The brief rest before standing

Before rising for the next rak'ah (or before the tashahhud in the last one), sit briefly and say the tasbeeh 10 times.

10

75 tasbeehat per rak'ah

x 4 rak'ahs

300 tasbeehat in the whole prayer

The whole prayer

Putting It Together

The shape of it

  • 4 rak'ahs of voluntary prayer
  • Pray them as 2 + 2 — tashahhud and salam after every two rak'ahs
  • Each rak'ah: al-Fatihah + any surah, then the seven tasbeeh moments
  • Any surah will do — al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq and an-Nas are easy favourites

How often?

The Prophet ﷺ laid out a ladder of mercy in the hadith itself:

  • Pray it every day if you can
  • If not, once a week
  • If not, once a month
  • If not, once a year
  • If not, once in your lifetime

When and where

  • Any time voluntary prayer is allowed — at home is best for nafl
  • Many pray it before Jumu'ah salah, or on the nights of Ramadan
  • Alone or in family — it takes about 15-25 minutes with calm recitation
  • Lost count? Keep going — Allah looks at the heart, not the arithmetic

The promise

"...Allah will forgive your sins: the first and the last, the old and the new, those done by mistake and those done deliberately, the small and the great, the secret and the open." — Abu Dawud 1297. A whole ledger of sins, met by one prayer.

Know your sources

References & Authenticity

Where the hadith is recorded

  • Sunan Abi Dawud — no. 1297
  • Sunan Ibn Majah — no. 1387
  • Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah — no. 1216
  • Al-Mustadrak of al-Hakim — vol. 1, p. 318
  • Sunan al-Kubra of al-Bayhaqi — vol. 3, p. 51
  • Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir of al-Tabarani

All from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas: the Prophet ﷺ teaching his uncle al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib.

A word on its authenticity

The hadith comes through several chains, and the scholars weighed them honestly. Shaykh al-Albani graded it hasan (sound) because of those supporting chains — in Sahih al-Targhib (no. 677) and Silsilah al-Ahadith as-Sahihah (vol. 1, pp. 116-123) — and many scholars before him, including Imam Ibn al-Mubarak, acted upon it. Others, such as Ibn al-Jawzi, considered it weak. Praying it is therefore a matter of sincere difference; the five daily prayers remain the obligation, and this is a gift on top.

Nothing invented here

Everything on this page — the phrase, the seven positions, the counts of 15 and 10, the four rak'ahs, the ladder of daily to once-in-a-lifetime — comes directly from the wording of the hadith in Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah. No additions, no folklore. What the scholars added is only the well-known arrangement of praying it as 2 + 2.

Start with one

Once a week is already a garden of forgiveness. Set it as a goal and keep it.

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