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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you bows down in prayer, he should say, 'Subhan Rabbiyal Adheem' (Glory be to my Lord, the Most Great) three times, for his bowing is complete and that is the least. And when he prostrates, he should say, 'Subhan Rabbiyal A'la' (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High) three times, for his prostration is complete and that is the least." This is narrated by 'Awn ibn Abdullah, who did not reach Abdullah ibn Mas'ud.  

البيهقي:٢٥٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْمُزَكِّي ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أنبأ ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَوْنٍ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَكَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَدْ تَمَّ رُكُوعُهُ وَذَلِكَ أَدْنَاهُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى يَعْنِي ثَلَاثًا فَقَدْ تَمَّ سُجُودُهُ وَذَلِكَ أَدْنَاهُ هَذَا مُرْسَلٌ عَوْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:886 – ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān al-Ahwāzī > Abū ʿĀmir And ʾAbū Dāwud > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Isḥāq b. Yazīd al-Hudhalī > ʿAwn b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you bows, he should say three time,:"Glory be to my mighty Lord," and when he prostrates, he should say: "Glory be to my most high Lord" three times. This is the minimum number. Abu Dawud said: The chain of this tradition is broken. The narrator 'Awn did not see 'Abd Allah (b. Mas'ud).  

أبو داود:٨٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ الأَهْوَازِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْهُذَلِيِّ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَكَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ وَذَلِكَ أَدْنَاهُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَلْيَقُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى ثَلاَثًا وَذَلِكَ أَدْنَاهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هَذَا مُرْسَلٌ عَوْنٌ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ
tirmidhi:261 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Isḥāq b. Yazīd al-Hudhalī > ʿAwn b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn Masʿūd

the Prophet said: "When one of you bows then says while he is bowing: (Subhana Rabbiyal Azim) 'Glorious is my Lord the Magnificent' three times, then he has completed his bowing. And that is the least of it. And when he prostrates and says while prostrating: (Subhana Rabbiyal A'la) 'Glorious is my Lord the Most High' three times, then he has completed his prostrations, and that is the least of it.'"  

الترمذي:٢٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْهُذَلِيِّ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا رَكَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقَالَ فِي رُكُوعِهِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَدْ تَمَّ رُكُوعُهُ وَذَلِكَ أَدْنَاهُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَقَالَ فِي سُجُودِهِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَدْ تَمَّ سُجُودُهُ وَذَلِكَ أَدْنَاهُ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ وَعُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ لَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِمُتَّصِلٍ عَوْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ لَمْ يَلْقَ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَسْتَحِبُّونَ أَنْ لاَ يَنْقُصَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ تَسْبِيحَاتٍ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَسْتَحِبُّ لِلإِمَامِ أَنْ يُسَبِّحَ خَمْسَ تَسْبِيحَاتٍ لِكَىْ يُدْرِكَ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ ثَلاَثَ تَسْبِيحَاتٍ وَهَكَذَا قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ
ibnmajah:890 – Abū Bakr b. Khalāad al-Bāhilī > Wakīʿ > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Isḥāq b. Yazīd al-Hudhalī > ʿAwn b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn Masʿūd

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘When anyone of you bows, let him say in his bowing: “Subhana Rabbiyal-‘Azim (Glory is to my Lord, the Most Great)” three times; if he does that his bowing will be complete. And when anyone of you prostrates, let him say in his prostration, ‘Subhana Rabbiyal-A’la (Glory if to my Lord, the Most High)” three times; if he does that, his prostration will be complete, and that is the minimum.’”  

ابن ماجة:٨٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْهُذَلِيِّ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَكَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ فِي رُكُوعِهِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ ثَلاَثًا فَإِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ تَمَّ رُكُوعُهُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ فِي سُجُودِهِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى ثَلاَثًا فَإِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ تَمَّ سُجُودُهُ وَذَلِكَ أَدْنَاهُ  

bayhaqi:2689 – Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī And ʾAbū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Aṣam > Baḥr b. Naṣr > Quriʾ > Ibn Wahb Akhbarak Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Isḥāq b. Yazīd al-Hudhalī > ʿAwn b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

the Prophet said: "When one of you bows then says while he is bowing: (Subhana Rabbiyal Azim) 'Glorious is my Lord the Magnificent' three times, then he has completed his bowing. And that is the least of it. And when he prostrates and says while prostrating: (Subhana Rabbiyal A'la) 'Glorious is my Lord the Most High' three times, then he has completed his prostrations, and that is the least of it.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 261)   

البيهقي:٢٦٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي وَأَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى ابْنِ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَكَ ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْهُذَلِيِّ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا رَكَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَدْ تَمَّ رُكُوعُهُ وَذَلِكَ أَدْنَاهُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَدْ تَمَّ سُجُودُهُ وَذَلِكَ أَدْنَاهُ  

suyuti:1915a –

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘When anyone of you bows, let him say in his bowing: “Subhana Rabbiyal-‘Azim (Glory is to my Lord, the Most Great)” three times; if he does that his bowing will be complete. And when anyone of you prostrates, let him say in his prostration, ‘Subhana Rabbiyal-A’la (Glory if to my Lord, the Most High)” three times; if he does that, his prostration will be complete, and that is the minimum.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 890)   

السيوطي:١٩١٥a –

"إِذَا ركع أحدُكُمْ فليُقلْ في رُكوعُه: سبحانَ ربِّى الْعَظيم، ثلاثًا،

فإِذا فعلَ ذلكَ فقد تمَّ (ركوعُه، وذلك أدناه، وإِذا سَجَدَ فليقلْ في سجوده: سبحانَ ربى الأعلى، ثلاثًا، فإِذا فعل ذلك فقد تمَّ) سجودُه، وذلك أدناه.  

الشافعي، [ش] ابن أبى شيبة [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [هـ] ابن ماجة [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن ابن مسعود