159 - Issue: He said: (If he is a follower [ma'mum], he shall not add to the saying (1): "Rabbana wa laka al-hamd").

I do not know of any disagreement within the school that it is not legislated for the follower to say: "Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah" (Allah hears those who praise Him). This is the opinion of Ibn Mas'ud, Ibn 'Umar, Abu Hurayrah, al-Sha'bi, Malik, and the scholars of the school of opinion (Ashab al-Ra'y). Ibn Sirin, Abu Burdah, Abu Yusuf, Muhammad, al-Shafi'i, and Ishaq said: He should say it just as the Imam does, due to the hadith of Buraydah, and because it is a dhikr legislated for the Imam, so it is legislated for the follower, just like other forms of dhikr. Our argument is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "When the Imam says: 'Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah', you say: 'Rabbana wa laka al-hamd' (2)." This necessitates that their saying: "Rabbana wa laka al-hamd" be immediately after his saying: "Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah" without any separation, because the 'fa' (in the hadith) is for immediate succession. This is a manifest text (zahir) that must be given precedence over analogy and over the hadith of Buraydah, because this (hadith) is authentic and specific to the follower, whereas the hadith of Buraydah contains Jabir al-Ju'fi (3) in its chain of narration and is general; giving precedence to the authentic specific evidence is better. As for saying: "Mil' al-sama'i" (filling the heavens) and what follows, the manifest position of the school is that it is not Sunnah for the follower. Ahmad explicitly stated this in the narration of Abu Dawud and others, and it is the opinion of most of the companions, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) limited his instruction to them to say: "Rabbana wa laka al-hamd". This indicates that nothing else is legislated for them. Al-Athram reported from Ahmad a statement indicating that it is indeed Sunnah. He said: "Nothing is omitted behind the Imam except for: 'Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah'." This is the selection of Abu al-Khattab and the school of al-Shafi'i, because it is a dhikr legislated in the prayer, resembling other forms of dhikr.

Section: The position for saying: "Rabbana wa laka al-hamd" in the case of the Imam and the individual praying alone is after standing upright from bowing (al-i'tidal), because at the moment of his rising, it is legislated for him to say: "Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah".