English translation
899. It was narrated from Muḥammad bin Maslamah that when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood to offer a voluntary prayer he would say: “Allāhu Akbar wajahtu wajhi lilladhi faṭaras-samāwāt wal-arda ḥanīfa muslimān wa mā anā minal-mushrikīn. Inna ṣalāti wa nusukī wa mahyāya wa mamātī lillāhi rabbil-‘ālamīn, lā sharīka lahu, wa bidhālika umirtu wa anā awwalul-muslimīn. Allāhuma antal-maliku lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka wa biḥamdik (Allāh is Most Great. Verily, I have turned my face toward Him Who has created the heavens and the Earth Ḥanīfa (worshipping none but Allāh alone), as a Muslim, and I am not of the idolators. Verily, my Salâh, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allâh, the Lord of the all that exists. He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims.[1] O Allâh, You are the Sovereign, there is none worthy of worship but You, glory and praise be to You.)” Then he would recite. (Sahîh)