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- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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- Global / Diaspora
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Summary
Hamd is lexically the opposite of blame and means thanks, contentment and full praise in speech for a voluntary excellence; it is narrower than praise and wider than thanks. 1 2 The fullest form is 'praise belongs to God, Lord of the worlds', which opens the Quran; the expression 'praise that matches His bounties and multiplies them' is also cited. 3 4 Praise is due to God alone, a person may not praise himself, and praising another for what he does not have is forbidden. 2 5 Opening important affairs with praise of God is recommended, in speeches, writings and openings of prayer. 5 6 7 Praise during bowing, prostrating and rising from bowing is disputed among the schools; the follower says 'our Lord, to You be praise', while the lone prayer joins the two in the Shafii view. 7 8 9 10 Praise after prayer is recommended; in the Friday, festival, rain-prayer and eclipse sermons the schools differ on whether it is required. 11 12 13 Praise is recommended at a sudden blessing or the removal of a harm, quietly before one afflicted, after sneezing, at morning and evening, at the loss of a child, at seeing what one loves or dislikes, on entering the market, before the mirror and on mounting a beast. 14 15 16 17 The entry closes at the next headword, hamdala, which is a cross-reference to hamd, and then ḥaml (حمل). 4
People and things also explored
The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)
Sources
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islam.museum contributors. “Hamd (praise of God and thanks)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/hamd-praise/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.