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Status of Hadeeth “Do not call me Sayyid in your prayer”

Question: 141710

It says in the hadeeth, “Do not call me Sayyid in your prayers”. Is this hadeeth (report) saheeh (authentic)? I would prefer to say “Allahumma salli ‘ala sayyidina Muhammad” and not just “Allahumma salli ‘ala Muhammad”.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

The wording mentioned does not appear in any hadeeth from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). This has been stated by
the scholars: 

Al-Imam al-Sakhawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It has
no basis. End quote. 

Al-Maqasid al-Hasanah, p. 135. 

Ibn Hajar al-Haythami (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It
has no basis. End quote. 

Al-Fatawa al-Fiqhiyyah al-Kubra, 1/151 

Most of those who compiled books of fabricated hadeeths
agreed with them. See: al-Masnoo‘ fi Ma‘rifat al-Mawdoo‘, by al-Mulla ‘Ali
al-Qari, p.205. 

Many of the fuqaha (jurists) have stated in their books that
this hadeeth is rejected, as it says in Radd al-Muhtar (1/513), al-Fawakih
al-Dawani (2/359) and Nihayat al-Muhtaj (1/530). 

The scholars of the Standing Committee said: 

The hadeeth “Do not call me Sayyid…” has no basis, as was
stated by the author of Kashf al-Khifa. As for the hadeeth, “I will be the
leader (Sayyid) of the children of Adam on the Day of Resurrection, and but
I do not boast about it,” it is part of a lengthy hadeeth that was narrated
by al-Imam al-Tirmidhi from Abu Sa‘eed al-Khudri; he said: It is a hasan
saheeh hadeeth (sound and authentic report). 

As for calling the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) “Sayyid” in cases other than the adhan (call to prayer), iqamah
(final call to prayer) and prayer, this is permissible because of the
hadeeth quoted above. 

With regard to the adhan, iqamah and tashahhud (sitting
position) in prayer, one should say it as it is narrated in the Sunnah
(prophetic teachings) and not add anything to what is prescribed, because
the adhan, iqamah and prayer are acts of worship, and worship is strictly to
be done in accordance with the text of the Quran and Sunnah, so it is
limited to what is mentioned in the evidence. End quote. 

‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baz, ‘Abd al-Razzaq ‘Afeefi, ‘Abd-Allah
ibn Ghadyan 

Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daimah (vol. 3/265) 

With regard to the ruling on adding the word “Sayyidina” in
al-Salah al-Ibraheemiyyah (a supplication said in the final sitting position
of the formal prayer), it is one of the matters concerning which the
scholars differed. We have mentioned above that it should not be said and
that it is better to limit oneself to what is mentioned in the Sunnah,
because prayer is an act of worship and is strictly to be done in accordance
with the text of the Quran and Sunnah, so nothing should be added to it
except on the basis of shar‘i (legal, religious) evidence. 

And Allah knows best.

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