Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
When one of you sits in the prayer, let him say: "At-tahiyyatu lillahi wa-s-salawatu wa-t-tayyibat. As-salamu alayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. As-salamu alayna wa ala ibadillahi-s-salihin. Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh." When you say that, it reaches every righteous servant in the heavens and the earth.
Sahih al-Bukhari 831, Sahih Muslim 402
What this hadith teaches
The tashahhud is a greeting to Allah, to the Prophet ﷺ and to all righteous servants, ending with the testimony of faith.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Sahih: agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
- Narrator
- Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
- Chapter
- How to pray
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ السَّلاَمُ، فَإِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلِ التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ، وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ، السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ. فَإِنَّكُمْ إِذَا قُلْتُمُوهَا أَصَابَتْ كُلَّ عَبْدٍ لِلَّهِ صَالِحٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 831, as given on sunnah.com.