888 — Muhammad ibn Rumh al-Misri narrated to us: Ibn Lahi‘ah informed us, from ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Ja‘far, from Abu al-Azhar, from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say when he bowed: "Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent" three times, and when he prostrated he said: "Glory be to my Lord, the Most High" three times.

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Ibn Khuzaymah recorded this hadith of his as (600) and (670), as did al-Hakim in 1/225 and 2/477, and Ya‘qub ibn Sufyan mentioned him in "al-Ma‘rifah wa al-Tarikh" among the trustworthy narrators of Egypt. The rest of his narrators are trustworthy.

Abu Dawud also recorded it (869) via the path of ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, with this chain of transmission.

It is also found in "Musnad Ahmad" (17414) and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (1898).

Abu Dawud also recorded it (870) from Ahmad ibn Yunus, from al-Layth, from Ayyub ibn Musa or Musa ibn Ayyub, from a man of his people, from ‘Uqbah, with the addition: "And the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), when he bowed, would say: 'Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent, and with His praise' three times, and when he prostrated he would say: 'Glory be to my Lord, the Most High, and with His praise' three times." Abu Dawud said: "We fear that this addition may not be preserved."

We say: However, it has supporting witnesses that strengthen it, even though none of them is free from criticism. Among them is the hadith of Ibn Mas‘ud in Abu Dawud (886) and al-Tirmidhi (261), which will come later as number (889), and its chain is interrupted. See the rest of its supporting witnesses there.

Al-Tirmidhi said: "The practice according to this among the people of knowledge is that they recommend that a man not go below three glorifications in bowing and prostration."

We say: There is also in this chapter a hadith from Hudhayfah, but without restricting the remembrance in bowing and prostration to a specific number, and it is in Muslim (772), and it will come in the commentary of the following hadith.

(1) The hadith is authentic without the restriction to three times, but this chain is weak. Ibn Lahi‘ah — who is ‘Abd Allah — is weak due to his confusion after his books were burned, and Abu al-Azhar — who is the Egyptian — is unknown.

It was also recorded at length by Muslim (772), Abu Dawud (871), al-Tirmidhi (261) and (262), and al-Nasa’i in 2/176–177, 195, and 224, via the path of al-A‘mash, from Sa‘d ibn ‘Ubaydah, from al-Mustawrid ibn al-Ahnaf, from Silah ibn Zufar al-‘Absi, from Hudhayfah — without mentioning the number.