Upon Mounting Means of Transportation

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`Ali bin Rabee`ata said: I witnessed Ali bin Abi Tãib when he was given a beast of burden to mount, just when he put his foot in the mount he said: In the name of Allah [ Bismillahi ], then when he had ascended upon its back, he said: All praise be to Allah [ Al-hamdu lil-lãh ], then he said: Subhãnal-lathee sakh-khara lanã hãthã wa mã kunnã lahu muqrineena. Wa'innã 'lã rabbinã lamunqaliboona.⁽²⁰⁹⁾.

Then he said Al-hamdu lil-lãhi 3 times then he said: 'Allãhu 'akbaru, 3 times , then he said: Subhãnaka 'allãhumma 'inne thalamtu nafsee, faghfirlee, fa'innahu lã yaghfiruth-thunooba 'illã 'anta⁽²¹⁰⁾,

then he laughed, so he was asked: O' Commander of the faithful! why did you laugh? He said: I saw the Prophet do as I have done, then he laughed, so I asked him: O' Messenger of Allah! Why do you laugh? He said "Your Lord Glorified and Exalted is He, admires when one of His bondservants says: Lord forgive me my sins, he knows that no one else forgives sins besides Me [Allah]".

Footnotes
⁽²⁰⁹⁾ Surat 'Az-Zukhruf (#43) Glory be to Him who has availed this to our use, for we were not bound to it. And to our Lord surely we will be returning (V 13, 14).
⁽²¹⁰⁾ Glorified are You my ilãh I have transgressed upon myself, so forgive me, for no one forgives sins other than You.

Reporters
Reported by Abu Dãwood, An-Nisã'ee, and At-Tirmithi, and he said it was comely-sound. Al-Albãni said it was as he said, that Ibn Hibbãn (#2380, 2381) also said it was sound, and so did Al-Hãkim, An-Nawawi, and others. He said that Al-Hãkim's ascription was through another channel by way of `Ali bin Rabee`ata. As for the channel of Abu Dãwood, At-Tirmithi, and An-Nisã'ee it is faulted due to 'Abi 'Ishãq 'As-Subai`ee's, who is in the chain of narration, skiping of two people between himself and 'Ibn Rabee`ata as has been certified by Ibn Hajar (see Sharh Ibn `Illãn). Al-Albãni included this hadeeth The Authentic of Good Sayings as #138.

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Once ascended upon his camel, if the Prophet was going on a journey he would say: 'Allãhu 'akbaru⁽²¹¹⁾, three times , then he would say: Subhãnal-lathee sakh-khara lanã hãthã wa mã kunnã lahu muqrineena. Wa'innã 'lã rabbinã lamunqaliboona.⁽²¹²⁾.

'Allãhumma 'innã nas'aluka fee safarinã hãthã 'al-birra wat-taqwã, wa minal-`amali mã tardhã, 'allãhumma hawwin `alaynã safaranã hãthã watwi ``anna bu`dahu, 'anta 'as-sãhibu fissafari, wal-khalifatu fil 'ahli, allãhumma 'innee 'a`outhu bika min wa`thã'is-safari, wa ka'ãbatil-manthari, wa sou'il munqalabi fil mãli wal 'ahli.⁽²¹³⁾
Then when he would return he would say the same words, and would add to them: 'ãyiboona, tã'iboona, `abidoona, li-rabbinã hãmidoona⁽²¹⁴⁾

Footnotes
⁽²¹¹⁾ Allãh is greater [than everything].
⁽²¹²⁾ Surat 'Az-Zukhruf (#43) Glory be to Him who has availed this to our use, for we were not bound to it. And to our Lord surely we will be returning (V 13, 14).
⁽²¹³⁾ O' my ilãh we ask You in this journey of ours reverence and piety, and deeds that You approve of, O' my ilãh facilitate this journey for us, fold up its distance for us, You are the companion in journey, and the One that remains guardian over the family, O' my ilãh I solicit Your protection frm the hardship of journeying, distressful scenery, and ill happenings regarding property and family.
⁽²¹⁴⁾ Coming back [we are]; in repentance; in worship; and of our Lord, in praise.

Reporters
Reported by Muslim, and is #139 in The Authentic of Good Sayings.

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In another respect: The Messenger of Allah and his companions were such that if they were ascending mountain passages they would make Takbeer [ say 'Allãhu 'akbaru ⁽²¹⁵⁾
] and if they were descending they would make Tasbeeh [say Subhãna 'allahi ⁽²¹⁶⁾
]

Footnotes
⁽²¹⁵⁾ Meaning Allah is greater [than everything].
⁽²¹⁶⁾ Meaning Glorified is Allah and removed from any imperfections.

Reporters
Al-Albãni said that it was reported, with two or more narrators in succession missing from its chain, by way of Ibn Juraij in Sunan 'Abi Dawood. He said that it was merged into hadeeth #196 which Muslim reported by way of 'Ibn `Umar. Al-Albãni pointed out that Ibn Hajar said it was among the most precise [difficult to detect] mergings into a hadeeth. Merging is the addition of explanatory comments which are not part of the hadeeth into the hadeeth by one of its narrators. Al-Albãni said that this hadeeth was similarly reported in Saheeh 'Al-Bukhãri. The wording was like this: "We used to when climbing make Takbeer, and when descending make Tasbeeh." Al-Albãni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #140.

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