Abstract:

“Subḥānaka” is one of the prayers (duā) of the Prophet recited by him before Sūrat al-Fātiḥah in his all prayers (salāt), and Ḥanafī and Ḥanbalī jurists preferred to be recited it in ṣalāt before Fātiḥa. In the basic hadith sources, there are a few narrations indicating that the Prophet and his Companions recited “this duā” including the expressing of “wa jalla thanāuke”, but these narrations were transmitted without any chain (isnād). However, ḥadīth books transmitted two different prayers apart from Subḥânaka which include the statement “wa jalla thanāuke”. According to the famous narrations about Subḥânaka prayer, it doesn’t include “wa jalla thanāuke”, therefore it was discussed by Hanafi scholars and these discussions took place in their books whether it should be recited in ṣalāt along with “wa jalla thanāuke”, and jurists put forward different views. Nevertheless, the majority of jurists held the opinion that Subḥânaka must be recited with “wa jalla thanâuka” in all prayers. On the other hand, the view regarding this expression can be added in the funeral prayers, because the funeral prayer is just a prayer rather than ṣalāt. But this view turned into almost a necessity and application especially in catechism (ilmiḥāl) books. In this study, therefore we will study the situation of the mentioned duā in basic hadith books and the views of Ḥanafī jurists on whether it should be recited in the prayer, by considering the sources of ḥadīth and fiqh.

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