Taḥmīd in Qawmah

Question:

Country: United Kingdom

Does one say Rabbana lakal hamd or Rabbana WA lakal hamd. Which one is better to say?

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Answer:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

There are four ways to read the taḥmīd:

1. Allāhumma rabbanā wa laka l-ḥamd
2. Allāhumma rabbanā laka l-ḥamd
3. Rabbanā wa laka l-ḥamd
4. Rabbanā laka l-ḥamd

The first is the most virtuous, followed in virtue by the second, then the third, and then the fourth.

And Allah knows best

(Mufti) Bilal al-Mahmudi

25 Jumād al-Ukhrā 1440 / 03 March 2019

Concurred by: Mufti Faisal al-Mahmudi


قال في الدر المختار: وأفضله: اللهم ربنا ولك الحمد، ثم حذف الواو، ثم حذف اللهم فقط

قال ابن عابدين في حاشيته: (قوله ثم حذف اللهم) أي مع إثبات الواو، وبقي رابعة وهي حذفهما والأربعة في الأفضلية على هذا الترتيب كما أفاده بالعطف بثم. (رد المحتار مع الدر المختار. ج ١، ص ٤٩٧. دار الفكر)

(أحسن الفتاوى. ج ٣، ص ٤٢. سعيد)

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