English translation
242. Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī narrated: "When Allāh's Messenger ﷺ stood for Ṣalāt during the night, he would say the Takbīr (Allāhu Akbar), then say: (Subhānaka Allāhumma wa Biḥamdika wa Tabārakasmuka, wa Ta'āla Jadduka wa lā ilāha ghairuk.) 'Glorious You are O Allāh, and with Your praise, and blessed is Your Name, and exalted is Your majesty, and none has the right to be worshipped but You.' Then he would say: (A'ūdhu Billāhi As-Samī'il-'Alīmi min Ash-Shaitānir-Rajīmi, min Hamzihi Wa Nafkhihi wa Nafthihi.) 'Allāh is undoubtedly the greatest.' (Allāhu Akbaru Kabīra) Then he would say: 'I seek refuge in Allāh the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the cursed Shaitān, from his madness, his arrogance, and his poetry.' (Hasan) [Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī, 'Āishah, 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd, Jābir, Jubair bin Muṭ'im, and Ibn 'Umar. Abū 'Eisā said: The Ḥadīth of Abū Sa'eed is the most popular Ḥadīth on this topic. There are those among the people of knowledge who acted upon this Ḥadīth. As for most of the people of knowledge, they say that it has only been reported that the Prophet ﷺ would say: (Subḥānaka Allāhumma wa biḥamdika wa tabārakasmuka, wa ta'āla jadduka wa lā ilāha ghairuk.) "Glorious You are O Allāh, and with Your praise, and blessed is Your Name, and exalted is Your majesty, and none has the right to be worshipped but You." And this is what has been reported from 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb and 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd. This is what is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge among the Tābi'īn and others. The chain of the Ḥadīth of Abū Saʿeed has been criticized: Yahya bin Saʿeed has criticized ‘Alī bin ‘Alī [Ar-Rifāʿī]. Aḥmad said: “This Ḥadīth is not correct.”