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Rising from the Bowing
Rise from the bowing saying "Sami'allahu liman hamidah", Allah hears the one who praises Him, and once standing straight say "Rabbana wa lakal-hamd", Our Lord, and to You belongs all praise. Ibn 'Umar described the Prophet ﷺ saying both.
Stand fully upright before going down. 'A'ishah said that when he raised his head from bowing he would not prostrate until he had stood up straight, and Abu Humayd said he stood until every vertebra returned to its place.
Behind an imam, the Prophet ﷺ said: "When the imam says 'Sami'allahu liman hamidah', say 'Allahumma rabbana lakal-hamd'." One man behind him added "hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fih", much good and blessed praise, and the Prophet ﷺ said he saw more than thirty angels hurrying to write it down.
سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ
Sami'allahu liman hamidah. Rabbana wa lakal-hamd.
Allah hears the one who praises Him. Our Lord, and to You belongs all praise.
The four schools differ on some details. Show them
Each school's ruling, with the schools that share it named together.
Who says "Sami'allahu liman hamidah" and who says "Rabbana wa lakal-hamd"?
2 of 4 schools agree. Differing: Shafi'i, Hanbali.
Show each school
- Imam says only sami'; follower only rabbanaHanafi · Maliki
- Everyone says bothShafi'i
- Imam says both; follower only rabbanaHanbali
- Hanafi
- In Abu Hanifah's view the imam says only "Sami'allahu liman hamidah", the follower only "Rabbana lakal-hamd", and one praying alone says both; his two companions held that the imam says both.
- Maliki
- The imam says "Sami'allahu liman hamidah", the follower says "Rabbana wa lakal-hamd", and one praying alone says both.
- Shafi'i
- The imam, the follower and one praying alone all say both phrases.
- Hanbali
- The imam and one praying alone say both phrases, while the follower says only "Rabbana wa lakal-hamd".
- Sahih al-Bukhari 735 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 789 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih Muslim 498Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 828 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 796 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
- Sahih al-Bukhari 799 Sahih · in the two Sahihs
What the hadith grades mean
- Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
- Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
- Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
- Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
- Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
- The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
- Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
- Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.
The positions of the four schools are summarised from their standard references and are pending review by a qualified scholar. Follow the school you were taught, and for your own situation, ask a scholar.
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