Mustaḥab Acts regarding Tashahhud
Issue No.989- It is recommended that in the state of tashahhud, one should sit on his left thigh, placing the instep of the right foot on the sole of the left foot, and utter these phrases: “اَلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ” or “بِسْمِ اللّهِ وَ بِاللّهِ وَ الحَمْدُ لِلّهِ وَ خَيْرُ الاْسْماءِ لِلّهِ” before reciting tashahhud. It is also recommended to place one’s hands on the thighs, with joined fingers, and to look at the lap, and to say “وَ تَقَبَّلْ شَفْاعَتَهُ وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ” after finishing the first tashahhud [1]. (O Allah please accept the intercession of the holy prophet (ṣ) and elevate his status)
