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ذِكْرُ الْمَرْءِ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ لِلَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ لِلْمُصَلِّي فِي صَلَاتِهِ

ibnhibban:1898al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Mūsá b. Ayyūb al-Ghāfiqī from his uncle > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir > Lammā Nazalat Fasabbiḥ Biāsm Rabbik al-ʿAẓīm

[Machine] When it was revealed "So exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord, the Great," he said, "Place it in your prostrations."  

ابن حبّان:١٨٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْغَافِقِيُّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ} قَالَ «اجْعَلُوهَا فِي سُجُودِكُمْ»  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī
abudawud:869al-Rabīʿ b. Nāfiʿ Abū Tawbah And Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl al-Maʿná > Ibn al-Mubārak > Mūsá > Abū Salamah Mūsá b. Ayyūb from his uncle > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir > Lammā Nazalat Fasabbiḥ Biāsm Rabbik al-ʿAẓīm

When "Glorify the name of your mighty Lord" was revealed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Use it when bowing, and when "Glorify the name of your most high Lord" was revealed, he said: Use it when prostrating yourself.  

أبو داود:٨٦٩حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ وَمُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْمَعْنَى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مُوسَى قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مُوسَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ { فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ } قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اجْعَلُوهَا فِي رُكُوعِكُمْ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } قَالَ اجْعَلُوهَا فِي سُجُودِكُمْ  

ibnmajah:887ʿAmr b. Rāfiʿ al-Bajalī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Mūsá b. Ayyūb al-Ghāfiqī > ʿAmmī Iyās b. ʿĀmir > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir al-Juhanī > Lammā Nazalat Fasabbiḥ Biāsm Rabbik al-ʿAẓīm

“When the following was revealed: ‘So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Great’,[69:52] the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: ‘Say this in your Ruku’.’ And when the following was revealed: ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.’[87:1] the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: ‘Say this in your prostrations.’”  

ابن ماجة:٨٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ الْبَجَلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ الْغَافِقِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَمِّي إِيَاسَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ} قَالَ

لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اجْعَلُوهَا فِي رُكُوعِكُمْ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى} قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اجْعَلُوهَا فِي سُجُودِكُمْ  

إِيَاسُ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْغَافِقِيُّ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

tabarani:15020[Chain 1] Abū al-Zinbāʿ Rawḥ b. al-Faraj al-Miṣrī > ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-ʿAllāf > Saʿīd b. ʿUfayr > Ibn Lahīʿah > Mūsá b. Ayyūb > Iyās b. ʿĀmir > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir > Lammā Nazalat Fasabbiḥ Biāsm Rabbik al-ʿAẓīm

[Machine] When the verse {So glorify the name of your Lord, the Most Great} was revealed, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Include it in your bowing (rukoo')". And when the verse {So glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High} was revealed, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Include it in your prostration (sujood)".  

الطبراني:١٥٠٢٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْباعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْعَلَّافُ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ ثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ إِيَاسِ بْنَ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ} قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اجْعَلُوهَا فِي رُكُوعِكُمْ وَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اجْعَلُوهَا فِي سُجُودِكُمْ»