Remembrance & praise

What to say when your back is bent

Recited in rukūʿ, and it fits in one breath.

سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Subḥānaka wa bi-ḥamdika lā ilāha illā ant.

“Glory be to You and praise. There is no god but You.”

The full narration

Ibn Juraij reported:I asked 'Ata': What do you recite when you are in a state of bowing (in prayer)? He said:" Hallowed be Thou, and with Thy praise, there is no god but Thou." Son of Abd Mulaika narrated to me on the anthority of 'A'isha (who reported): I missed one night the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (from his bed). I thought that he might have gone to one of his other wives. I searched for him and then came back and (found him) in a state of bowing, or prostration, saying: Hallowed be Thou and with Thy praise; there is no god but Thou. I said: With my father mayest thou be ransomed and with my mother. I was thinking of (another) affair, whereas you are (occupied) in another one

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 1089

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