neglect any of these Athk?r has caused one of these positions to be empty of remembering All?h ( - عز وجل -).

As for the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) had?th: ‘when he [i.e. the Im?m] says: “Samiall?hu Liman Hamidah”, you [ma’m?m?n] should say, “Rabban? walakal Hamd”, the Sh?fi’iyyah interpreted it to mean ‘you should say ‘Rabbana Walakal Hamd’ after reciting that which you have already been taught, i.e. ‘Sami’all?hu Liman Hamidha’’. The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) attracted the Sah?bah’s attention to the later statement [‘Rabbana Walakal Hamd’] because he ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) used to recite it secretly in Sal?t unlike the former [i.e. Sami‘all?hu Liman Hamidah] which he ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) used to recite loudly for all the Ma’m?m?n to hear.

Indeed, the Sah?bah deeply comprehended the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) had?th which states, ‘Perform your Sal?t as you have seen me performing it’, and keenly applied the general order of taking him ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) as their model.

They followed the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) in reciting ‘Sami‘all?hu Liman Hamidah’, since they could easily hear him doing so, and were ordered to recite ‘Rabbana Walakal Hamad’ for it was recited secretly, so there was a need to attract their attention to it. All?h knows best’. (1)

It is crystal clear that Ab? Hurairah’s ( - رضي الله عنه -) narration states the two statements; one recited when rising from Ruk?‘ and the other recited when fully standing from it.

If a ma’m?m does not recite the first statement when rising from Ruk?‘ , he will resort to the second one as the majority, of muslims do; as soon as the Im?m says, ‘Sami‘all?h Liman Hamidah’ the ma’m?m?n says, ‘Rabbana Walakal Hamd’ while raising from Ruk?‘ the thing which totally contradicts the Sunnah. In case a mam?m says, ‘Rabbana Walakal Hamd’ after totally rising from Ruk?‘ so as to avoid doing the aforementioned mistake, he would fall in another one which is doing a part of Sal?t [i.e. rising from Ruk?‘ ] empty of any remembrance. (2)