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“Subhana Rabbiyal-‘Azim (Glory is to my Lord, the Most Great)” three times, and when he prostrated he said: “Subhana Rabbiyal-A’la (Glory is to my Lord the Most High)” three times.  

ابن ماجة:٨٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الأَزْهَرِ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا رَكَعَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd
abudawud:870 – Aḥmad b. Yūnus > al-Layth / Ibn Saʿd > Ayyūb b. Mūsá or Mūsá b. Ayyūb > a man from Qawmih > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir Bimaʿnāh Zād

The above (No 868) tradition has also been reported through a different chain of narrators by Uqbah ibn Amir to the same effect. This version adds: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bowed, he said: "Glory and praise be to my mighty Lord" three times, and when he prostrated himself, he said: "Glory and praise be to my most high Lord" three times. Abu Dawud said: We are afraid the addition of the word "praise" is not guarded.  

أبو داود:٨٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى أَوْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ بِمَعْنَاهُ زَادَ قَالَ

فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَكَعَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ثَلاَثًا وَإِذَا سَجَدَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى وَبِحَمْدِهِ ثَلاَثًا  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهَذِهِ الزِّيَادَةُ نَخَافُ أَنْ لاَ تَكُونَ مَحْفُوظَةً قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ انْفَرَدَ أَهْلُ مِصْرَ بِإِسْنَادِ هَذَيْنِ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ حَدِيثِ الرَّبِيعِ وَحَدِيثِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يُونُسَ
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