Ruling 991 — Prayer (Ṣalāh)

In the third and fourth rakʿahs of prayers, a person can either recite one Sūrat al-Ḥamd or say one al‑tasbīḥāt al‑arbaʿah, i.e. he can say once: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ subḥānal lāhi wal ḥamdu lillāhi wa lā ilāha illal lāhu wallāhu akbar I declare emphatically that Allah is free from imperfections, and all praise is for Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is greater [than what He is described as]. ...and it is better that he says this three times. A person can recite Sūrat al-Ḥamd in one rakʿah and say al‑tasbīḥāt al‑arbaʿah in the second rakʿah, although it is better that he says al‑tasbīḥāt al‑arbaʿah in both the rakʿahs.