ten times and say Takb?r ten times. Other times, he ( - ) used to recite each of the aforementioned Athk?r eleven times. (1)

If time is not enough to recite the full Tasb?h, one could resort to the tens and hence practicing the Sunnah and being able to satisfy one’s need.

Dear muslim, may All?h ( - ) guide me and you; the variable wordings of the Athk?r is one of All?h’s ( - ) bounties on muslims for the numerous benefits one could gain from them, some of which are the following :

(a) Doing an act of worship in variable ways and wordings increases one’s concentration while practicing them for if one does a thing so often in the same manner, he is going to do it automatically without paying much attention or being fully given to it, unlike doing it in many different ways.

(b) One may choose the easiest amongst these ways for one reason or the other and hence performing this act of worship so easily.

(c) In every way, there is an extra statement that does not exist in the other and hence appraising All?h ( - ) more.

To conclude, some of the Athk?r recited after Sal?t have many wordings, when a muslim recites any of which, he has indeed done a good deed. It is better though to recite them alternately.

[2/ 49] In case one wants to leave the mosque [before reciting the Athk?r], he must not do so before the Im?m turns away from the direction of Qiblah.

Shaikul Isl?m Ibn Taymiyyah said: ‘The Ma’m?m should not leave his praying place till the Im?m moves away from the direction of the Qiblah. The period the Im?m should stay after reciting Tasl?m facing the Qiblah must not exceed the period enough to seek All?h’s ( - ) forgiveness thrice and say “Al?humma Antas Sal?m,