The word · The heart
التَّسْبِيح
Tasbih
Declaring Allah free of every imperfection, most often in the words subhan Allah.
Also written · Tasbeeh · Tesbih · Tasbi · Tasbih Fatimah · Subhanallah · Subhan Allah · Misbaha · Masbaha · Prayer beads · Rosary · Tasbih beads · Dhikr beads · Counting dhikr
The meaning
What Tasbih means in Islam
The Prophet peace be upon him said two phrases are light on the tongue and heavy on the scale, subhan Allah wa bihamdih and subhan Allah al-azim, in Bukhari and Muslim, and he taught the counts said before sleeping. He counted on his fingers and told the women to do the same, since the fingers will be asked to testify, in Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi. Counting with beads was not the practice of his time; most later scholars allowed it as a tool, while some regarded it as an unwarranted addition.
Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
- Dawud: Zabur & IronThe Path · chapter 21
- Surah Al-HashrSurah 59 · The Exile
- Surah As-SaffSurah 61 · The Ranks
Words that sit beside it
- DhikrRemembrance of Allah, in set phrases and in the wider habit of not forgetting Him.الذِّكْر
- AdhkarThe set remembrances of the day: morning, evening, sleeping, waking, eating, travel and distress.الأَذْكَار
- WirdA personal daily portion of remembrance or recitation that a person keeps to.الوِرْد
- SalawatAsking Allah to honour the Prophet, usually in the words sall Allahu alayhi wa sallam.الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى النَّبِيّ
More from The heart
- 'AfwPardon: dropping a wrong you are owed, without the other person having to earn it.العَفْو
- GhibahMentioning something about a person, behind their back, that they would dislike hearing.الغِيبَة
- Kaba'irMajor sins: the ones the texts single out with a punishment, a curse, or a warning of the Fire.الكَبَائِر
- MuraqabahLiving with the awareness that Allah sees you, at the moment you are acting.المُرَاقَبَة
- RuqyaReciting Qur'an and prophetic supplications over a sick or afflicted person as treatment.الرُّقْيَة
- TabarrukSeeking blessing through a person, place or object, which scholars permit narrowly and dispute widely.التَّبَرُّك