{dir="rtl"} Tashahhud of A’ishah...

{dir="rtl"} Tashahhud of A’ishah: In al-Muwatta’, Malik reports from A’ishah, the Prophet’s wife, that she used to say in tashahhud: (التحيات الطيبات لله الزاکيات لله) {dir="rtl"} dropping the word (Allah) after (التحيات و الصلوات) contrary to what is cited in the hadith approved by Umar and Ibn Mas’ud, which is supported by sanad. She even added to hadith of Umar the words (وحده لا شريک له) which she confirmed too in the hadith of Abu Musa that was reported by Muslim.

Tashahhud of Abu Musa al-Ash’ari: Muslim and Abu Dawud reported that Abu Musa was citing tashahhud in this way: 134 (التحيات الطيبات الصلوات لله وحده لا شريک له). {dir="rtl"} Tashahhud of Samurah ibn Jundab: (التحيات الطيبات و الصلوات و الملک لله ... الخ). {dir="rtl"} Tashahhud of Ibn Umar: In al-Muwatta’, Malik reported on the authority of Nafi’ that Ibn Umar used to say in tashahhud: بسم الله التحيات لله الصلوات لله، السلام علي النبي ... الخ) .

{dir="rtl"} (with dropping the letter (kaf) of addressing and the word (ayyuha). Then Nafi’ said: When finishing his tashahhud and intending to say taslim, he would say: السلام علي النبي و رحمة الله و برکاته، السلام علينا و علي عباد الله الصالحين.

{dir="rtl"} Which has reiteration of tashahhud, and was reported by al-Bukhari on the authority of Ibn Mas’ud under “bab al-isti’dhan” (asking permission) stating that he said at the end of it: “and I witness that Muhammad is His servant and apostle.” When he (S) was alive, but after his demise we used to say: “peace be upon the Prophet.” In his comment on this, Ibn Hajar said: Through the chains of transmission of Ibn Mas’ud’s hadith we can observe words indicating a kind of separation between his (S) lifetime, that was expressed by terms of addressing, and the post-obit period when it was referred to him by expressions of third person singular (absent).

Under “bab al-isti’dhan” in Sahih al-Bukhari, it is reported on the authority of Abu Mu’ammar, from Ibn Mas’ud who, after citing hadith of tashahhud, said: We used to say this when he (S) was still alive, but after his demise we would say: “peace be upon the Prophet.” Al-Sabki in Sharh al-Minhaj is reported to have said: If what is reported from the Sahabah be true, it would indicate that to address the word salam (peace) after the word al-Nabi (the Prophet) is not obligatory.

So it should be said ‘peace be upon the Prophet’. Al-Hafiz said: This is undoubtedly correct.