472. Tashahhud Is a Conversation Of Allah And Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam

By Asma Bint Shameem

There’s no proof that the tashahhud was a conversation between Allaah and the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam. 

And similarly there’s no proof “why” we recite it in our prayers except that it’s the instructions of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam.

We read the tashahhud (at-Tahiyyaat) because that’s what the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam read in his prayer and he taught the Sahaabah and us to do the same. 

Ibn Mas‘ood radhi Allaahu anhu said: 

“The Messenger of Allaah Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam 

taught me the Tashahhud, holding my hand between his hands, just as he would teach me a Surah from the Qur’aan.”

(al-Bukhaari, Muslim) 

Someone asked the scholars of the Standing Committee about the tashahhud originating during the journey of al-Israa’ wal Me’raaj. 

They said:

“With regard to whether the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam recited the tashahhud when he was prostrating at Sidrat al-Muntaha on the night of the Mi‘raj, we do not know of any basis for saying that he prostrated in that place on the night of the Mi‘raj.”

(Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daimah, 7/6,7)

And Allaah knows best.