Prayer: What Does ‘Dhikr’ Mean, and Does It Include Salawāt on the Prophet and His Progeny?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: What Does ‘Dhikr’ Mean, and Does It Include Salawāt on the Prophet and His Progeny?

English:

Question #485:

What is meant by the term ‘dhikr’? And does it include the ṣalawāt upon the Prophet (s.) and his progeny (a.)?

Answer #485:

All expressions containing the remembrance of Allah are counted as dhikr; and the ṣalawāt upon Muhammad (s.) and the progeny of Muhammad (a.) is one of the best dhikrs. However, obligatory dhikr in rukū‘ is to say subḥāna rabbīal 'azīmi wa biḥamdih once or three subḥānallāh and that in prostration is subḥāna rabbīal 'alā wa biḥamdih or three subḥānallāh. Instead, one may say other dhikrs like alḥamdu lillāh, allāhu akbar in the same amount.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer