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The Supplication With Which The Prayer Should Be Started

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 767 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 204

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767. It was reported from Abū Salamah bin 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin 'Awf, that he said: "I asked 'Āishah what invocation Allāh's Prophet ﷺ would begin his night prayer with. She said: 'When he used to stand up at night, he would open his prayer with: "Allāhumma Rabba Jibrīla wa Mīkā'ila wa Isrāfil, Fāṭiras-samāwāti wal-arḍi, 'ālimal-ghaibi wash-shahādāti, anta taḥkumu baina 'ibādika fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifun, ihdinī limakhtulifa fīhi minal-ḥaqqi bi'idhnika innaka anta tahdī man tashā'u ilā ṣirāṭin mustaqīm (O Allāh! The Lord of Jibrīl, and Mīkā'il, and Isrāfil. The Originator of the heavens and earth, the Knower of the unseen and the seen: You judge between Your servants concerning which they differ over. Guide me to the truth with Your Permission in that which has been differed over. You guide whom You will to the Straight Path.)" (Saḥīḥ)

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767 - حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْتَتِحُ صَلَاتَهُ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ؟ قَالَتْ: كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَفْتَتِحُ صَلَاتَهُ «اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ، اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ»،

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