Chapters on Supplication

Abu Hurairah [may Allah be pleased with him] said: “The Messenger of Allah used to order that when one of us went to sleep, he should say: ‘O Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earths, and our Lord, and the Lord of everything, splitter of the seed-grain and date-stone, and Revealer of the Tawrah and the Injil and the Qur’an. I seek refuge in You from the evil of every evil that You are holding by the forelock. You are the First, there is nothing before You, You are the Last, there is nothing after You, and Az-Zahir, there is nothing above you, and Al-Batin, there is nothing below You. Relieve me of my debt, and enrich me from poverty (Allahumma Rabbas-Samawati Wa Rabbal-Ardina WA Rabbana, Wa Rabba Kulli Shai’in, Faliqal-Habbi Wan-Nawa, Wa Munzilat-Tawrati Wal-Injili Wal-Qur’an. A’udhu Bika Sharri Kulli Dhi Sharrin Anta Akhidhun Binasiyatihi, Antal-Awwalu Falaisa Qablaka Shai’un, Wa Antal-Akhiru Falaisa Ba’daka Shai’un, Waz-Zahiru Falaisa Fauqaka Shai'un Wal-Batinu Falaisa Dunaka Shai’un, Iqdi Annid-daina Wa Aghnini Minal-Faqr).’”

Abu Hurairah [may Allah be pleased with him] narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: “When one of you leaves his bed then returns to it, then let him brush it off with the edge of his Izar three times, for indeed, he does not know what succeeded him upon it after him. When he lies down, let him say: ‘In Your Name, my Lord, I lay my side down, and in Your Name I raise it. And if You take my soul, then have mercy upon it, and if You release it, then protect it with that which You protect Your righteous worshippers (Bismika Rabbi Wada’tu Janbi Wa Bika Arfa’uhu, Fa’in Amsakta Nafsi Farhamha Wa In Arsaltaha Fahfazha Bima Tahfazu Bihi Ibadakas-Salihin)’ And when he awakens, let him say: All praise is due to Allah, Who healed me in my body, and returned to me my soul, and permitted me to remember Him (Al-Hamdulillah Alladhi Afani Fi Jasadi Wa Radda Alayya Ruhi Wa Adhina Li Bidhikrih).’”

Aishah narrated that: Every night, when the Prophet would go to his bed, he would join his hands, then blow in them, as he recited in them: “Say: He is Allah, the One.” And “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of Al-Falaq” and “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind.” Then he would wipe as much as he was able to off his body with them, beginning with them first of his head and face, and the front of his body. He would do this three times.

Farwah bin Nawfal, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that: He came to the Prophet and said: “O Messenger of Allah, teach my something that I may say when I go to my bed.” SO he said: “Recite: Say: ‘O you disbelievers’ for verily it is a disavowal of Shirk.”Shu’bah said: “Something he would say: ‘One time’ and sometime he would not say it.

Jabir said: “The Prophet would not sleep until he reached Tanzil as-Sajdah and Tabarak.”

Aishah [may Allah be pleased with her] said: “The Propehet would not sleep until he recite Az-Zumar and Banu Isra’il.”Muhammad bin Ismail informed me: “This is Abu Lubabah’s (a narrator in the chain) name is Marwan, the freed slave of Abdur-Rahman bin Ziyad. He heard from Aisha, and Hammad bin Zaid heard from him.”

Ar-Irbad bin Sariyah [may Allah be pleased with him] narrated that: The Prophet would not sleepy until he had recite Al-Musabbihat, and he would say: “In them is an Ayah that is better than a thousand Ayah.”

A man from Banu Hanzalah said: “I accompanied Shaddad bin Aws [may Allah be pleased with him] on a journey, so he said: ‘Should I not teach you what the Messenger of Allah used to teach us? That you say: “O Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in the affair and I ask You for determination upon guidance, and I ask You to make me grateful for Your favor, and excellence in worshipping You, and I ask You for a truthful tongue and a sound heart, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You know, and I ask You for the good of what You know, and I seek Your forgiveness for that which You know. Verily, You are the Knower of all that is hidden (Allahumma Inna As’alukath-Thabata Fil-amri Wa As’aluka Shukra Ni’matika, Wa Husna Ibadika, Wa As’aluka Lisanan Sadiqan Wa Qalban Saliman, Wa A’udhu Bika Min Sharri Ma Ta’lamu, Wa As’aluka Min Khairi Ma Ta’lamu, Wastaghfiruka Mimma Ta’lamu Innaka Anta Allamul-ghuyub).’” He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah said: “There is no Muslim who lays down to sleep while reciting a Surat from Allah’s Book, except that Allah entrusts an angel, so that nothing approaches him to harm him until he awakens, whenever he awakens.”

Ali [may Allah be pleased with him] said: “Fatimah complained to me about her hands blistering from grinding flour. So I said: ‘If you were to approach your father and ask him for a servant?’ So he (the Prophet) said: ‘Should I not direct the two of you, to that which is better for you than a servant? When the two of you lay down to sleep, say thirty-three, thirty-three, thirty-four, or At-Tahmid, At-Tasbih, and At-Takbir.”

Ali [may Allah be pleased with him] said: “Fatimah went to the Prophet complaining of her hands blistering, so he ordered her to say At-Tasbih, At-Takbir, and At-Tahmid.”

Abdullah bin `Amr [may Allah be pleased with both of them] said: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘There are two characteristics over which a Muslim man does not guard, except that he enters Paradise. And indeed, they are easy, and those who act upon them are few: He glorifies Allah at the end of every prayer ten times (saying Subhan Allah) and praises Him ten times saying (Al-Hamdullilah) and extols His greatness ten times (saying Allahu Akbar).’”He said: “And I have seen the Messenger of Allah counting them with his hand. He said: ‘So this is one hundred and fifty with the tongue, and one thousand and five hundred on the Scale. When you go to bed, you glorify Him, extol His greatness, and praise Him a hundred times, so this is one hundred with the tongue and one thousand on the Scale. Which of you perform two thousand and five hundred evil deeds in a single day and night?’ They said: ‘How could we not guard over them?’ He said: ‘Shaitan comes to one of you when he is in his Salat and says: “Remember such and such, remember such and such” until he turns perhaps he will not do it. And he comes to him and he is lying down and makes him sleepy until he falls asleep.’”

Abdullah bin Amr [may Allah be pleased with him] said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah counting At-Tasbih.”

Ka’b bin Ujrah narrated that: The Prophet said: “There are Mu’aqqibat, he who says them shall not be miserable. Glorify Allah at the end of every prayer thirty-three times, and praise him thirty-three times, and extol His greatness thirty-four times.”

[Zaid bin Thabit [may Allah be pleased with him] said: “We were ordered to say the Tasbih at the end of every Salat thirty-three times, and to say the Takbir thirty-four times.” He said: “Then a man from the Ansar had a dream in which someone said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ordered you to say the Tasbih at the end of every Salat thirty-three times, and to say the Tahmid thirty-three times, and to say the Takbir thirty-four times?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Then make them twenty-five and add the Tahlil (Saying La Ilaha Illallah) to them.’ The next day he went to the Prophet and informed him, so he said: “Do it.”]

Ubadah bin As-Samit, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever wakes up in the night and say, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone, without partner, to Him belongs the Dominion, and to Him is the praise, and He has power over all things. And Glory is to Allah, and all the praise is to Allah, and ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and Allah is the greatest, and there is no might nor power except by Allah (La Ilaha Illallah, Wahdahu La Sharika Lahu, Lahul-Mulku Wa Lahul-Hamdu, Wa Huwa ala Kulli Shai’in Qadir. Wa Subhan Allah, Walhamdullilah, Wa La Ilaha Illallah, Wa Allahu Akbar, Wa La Hawla Wa La Quwwata Illa Billah.)’ – then he said: ‘O my Lord, forgive me (Rabbighfirli)’ – or he said – ‘then he supplicates, he shall be responded to. So he makes a firm determination, then performs Wudu, then he performs Salat, his Salat shall be accepted.”

Maslamah bin Amr said: “Umar bin Hani used to perform a thousand prostrations every day and recite a thousand Tabihat every day.”

Rabi’ah bin Ka’b Al-Aslami said: “I used to spend the night at the door of the Prophet, so that I may give him his water for Wudu, and I would hear him, for a long period of the night, saying: ‘Allah hears the one who praise Him (Sami Allahu Liman Hamidah).’ And I would hear him, for a long period saying: ‘All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the all that exists. (Al-Hamdullilahi Rabbil-Alamin).’”

Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman [may Allah be pleased with him] narrated that when the Prophet wanted to sleep, he would say: “O Allah, in Your Name I dies and I live (Allahumma Bismika Amutu Wa Ahya).” And when he would wake, he would say: “Allah praise is due to Allah who revived my soul after causing its death and to Him is the resurrection (Al-Hamdulillah, Alladhi Ahya Nafsi Ba’da Ma Amataha Wa Ilaihin-Nushur).”

Abdullah bin Abbas [may Allah be pleased with them] narrated, : that when the Messenger of Allah would stand for prayer during the middle of the night, he would say: “O Allah, to You is the Praise, You are the Light of the heavens and the earth, and to You is the Praise, You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth, and To You is the praise, You are the Lord of the heaves and the earth, and those in them, You are the truth, and Your Promise is the truth, and Your meeting is true, and Paradise is true, and the Fire is true, and the Hour is true, O Allah, to You have I submitted, and in You have I believed , and in You have I relied, and to You have I turned, and by You have I argued, and to You have I referred for judgment. So forgive me what I have done before and after, and that which I have hidden and that which I have done openly. You are my Diety, no has the right to be worshipped but You (Allahumma Lakal-Hamd, Anta Nurus-Samawati Wal-Ard, Wa Lakal-Hamd, Anta Qayyamus-Samawati Wal-Ard, Wa Lakal-Hamd, Anta Rabbus-Samawati Wal-Ard, Wa Man Fihim, Antal-Haqq, Wa Wa’dukal-Haqq, Wa Liqa’uka Haqq, Was-Sa’atu Haqq. Allahumma Laka Aslamtu Wa Bika Khasamtu Wa Ilaika Hakamtu, Faghfirli Ma Qaddamtu Wa Ma Akhartu, Wa Ma Asrartu Wa Ma A’lantu, Anta Ilahi La Ilaha Illa Ant).”

Ibn Abbas said: “One night, When he (pbuh) exited his Salat, I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: ‘O Allah, I ask You of Your mercy, that You guide by it my heart, and gather by it my affair, and bring together, that which has been scattered of my affairs, and correct with it, that which is hidden from me, and raise by it, that which is apparent from me, and purify by it my actions, and inspire me by it, with that which contains my guidance, and protect me by it, from that which I seek protection, and protect me by it from every evil. O Allah give me faith and certainty after which there is no disbelief, and mercy, by which I may attain the high level of Your generosity in the world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for success [in that which You grant, and relief] in the Judgment, and the positions of the martyrs, and the provision of the successful, and aid against the enemies. O Allah, I leave to You my need, and my actions are weak, I am in need of Your mercy, so I ask You, O Decider of the affairs, and O Healer of the chests, as You separate me from the punishment of the blazing flame, and from seeking destruction, and from the trial of the graves. O Allah, whatever my opinion has fallen short of, and my intention has not reached it, and my request has not encompassed it, of good that You have promised to anyone from Your creation, or any good You are going to give to any of Your slaves, then indeed, I seek it from You and I ask You for it, by Your mercy, O Lord of the Worlds. O Allah, Possessor of the strong rope, and the guided affair, I ask You for security of the Day of the Threat, and Paradise on the Day of Immortality along with the witnesses, brought-close, who bow and prostrate, who fulfill the covenants, You are Merciful, Loving, and indeed, You do what You wish. O Allah, make us guided guiders and not misguided misguiders, an ally to Your friends, an enemy to Your enemies. We love due to Your love, those who love You, and hate, due to Your enmity those who oppose You. O Allah, this is the supplication (that we are capable of), and it is upon You to respond, and this is the effort (that we are capable of), and upon You is the reliance. O Allah, appoint a light in my heart for me, and a light in my grave, and light in front of me, and light behind me, and light on my right, and light on my left, and light above me, and light below me, and light in my hearing, and light in my vision, and light in my hair, and light in my skin, and light in my flesh, and light in my blood, and light in my bones. O Allah, magnify for me light, and appoint for me a light. Glory is to the One who wears Glory and grants by it. Glory is to the One for Whom glorification is not fitting except for Him, the Possessor of Honor and Bounties, Glory is to the Possessor of Glory and Generosity, Glory is to the Possessor of Majesty and Honor’ (Allahumma Inni As’aluka Rahmatan Min Indika Tahdi Biha Qalbi, Wa Tajma’u Bika Amri, Wa Talammu Biha Sha’athi, Wa Tuslihu Biha Gha’ibi, Wa Tarfa’u Biha Shahidi, Wa Tuzakki Biha Amali, Wa Tulhimuni Biha Rushdi, Wa Taruddu Biha Ulfati, Wa Ta’simuni Biha Min Kuli Sww’in, Allahumma A’tini Imanan Wa Yaqinan Laisa Ba’adahu Kufr. Wa Rahmatan Analu Biha Sharafa Karamatika Fid-Dunyya Wal-Akhira, Allahumma Inni As’alukal-Fawza [Fil-Ata’i Wa Yurwi] Fil-Qada’I Wa Nuzulash-Shuhada’I Wa Aisha-Su’ada’I Wan-Nasra Alal-A’da, Allahumma Inni Unsilu Bika Hajati Wa In Qasura Ra’iy Wa Da’ufa Amali Itaqartu Ila Rahmatik, Fa’sa’luka Ya Qadiyal-Umur, Wa Ya Shafiyas-Sudur, Kama Tujiru Bainal-Buhur, An Tujrani Min Adhabis-Sa’ir, Wa Min Da’watith-Thubur, Wa Min Fitnatil-Qubur. Allahumma Ma Qaura Anhu Ra’iy Wa Lam Tablughhu Niyyati Wa Lam Tablughhu Mas’alatu Min Khairin Wa’adtahu Ahadan Min Khalqika Aw Khairin Anta Mu’tihi Ahadan Min Ibadika Fa Inni Arghabu Ilaika Fihi Wa Asa’luka Bi-Rahmatika Rabbal-Alamin. Allahumma Dhal-Hablish-Shadid, Wal-Amrir-Rashid, As’aluka Al-Amna Yawm Al-Wa’id, Wal-Jannata Yawmal-Khulud Ma Al-Muqarrabinash-Shuhud, Ar-Rukka’is-Sujud, Al-Mufina, Bil-Uhud, Anta Rahimun Wadud, Wa Innaka Taf’alu Ma Turid. Allahummaj’alna Hadina Muhtadina Ghaira Dallina Wa La Mudillna Silman Li-Awliya’ika Wa Aduwwan Li0Ada’ika, Nuhibbu Bihubbika Man Ahabbaka Wa Nu’adi Bi’adawatika Man Khalafa. Allahumma Hadhah-Du’a’u Wa Alaikal-Ijabatu Wa Hadhal-Juhdu Wa Alaikat-Taklan. Allahummaj’alli Nuran Fi Qabli Wa Nuran Fi Qabri, Wa Nuran Min Baini Yadayya, Wa Nuran Min Khaldi, Wa Nuran An Yamini, Wa Nuran An Shimali, Wa Nuran Min Fawqi, Wa Nuran Min Tahti, Wa Nuran Fi Sam’I, Wa Nuran Fi Basari, Wa Nuran Fi Sha’ri, Wa Nuran Fi Bashari, Wa Nuran Fi Lahmi, Wa Nuran Fi Dami, Wa Nuran Wa A’tini Nuran Waj’alli Nuran, Subhanal-Ladhi Ta’ttafal-Izza WA Qala Bihi, Suhanal-Ladhi Labisal-Majda Wa Takarrama Bihi Subhanal-Ladhi La Yanbaghit-Tasbihu Illa Lahu, Subhana Dhil-Fadli Wan-Ni’am, Subhana Dhil-Majdi Wal-Karam, Subhana Dhil-Jalali Wal-Ikram).”

Abu Salamah said: “I asked Aishah [may Allah be pleased with her]: ‘With what did the Prophet used to open his Salat when he stood up in the night?’ She said: ‘When he stood up in the night, he would open his Salat by saying: “O Allah, Lord of Jibra’il, Mika’il, and Israfil; Originator of the heavens and the earth, [and] Knower of the hidden and the seen; You judge between Your slaves concerning that which they used to differ, guide me through that which there has been difference concerning the truth, verily, You are upon a straight path (Allahumma RAbba Jibra’ila Wa Mika’ila Wa Israfil, Fatira-Samawati Wal-Ardi [Wa] Alinal-Ghaibi Wash-Shahadati Anta Tahkumu Baina Ibadika Fima Kanu Fihi Taktalifun, Ihdini Limakhtulifa Fihi Minal-Haqqi Bi’idhnika Innaka Ala Siratin Mustaqim).”

Ali bin Abi Talib narrated that whenever the Messenger of Allah would stand for Salat, he would say: “I have directed my face towards the One who created the Heavens and the earth, as a Hanif, andI am not of the idolaters. Indeed, my Salat, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying is for Allah, the Lord of all that exists, there is no partner for Him, and with this have I been ordered, and I among the Muslims. O Allah, You are the King, there is none worthy of worship except You. You are My Lord, and I am Your slave, I have wronged myself, and I admit to my sin, so forgive me all my sins, verily, there is none who forgives sins but You. And guide me to the best of the manners, none guides to the best of them except You, and turn the evil of them away from me, [verily,] none can turn the evil of them away from me except You. I have believed in You. Blessed are You and Exalted are You, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to you (Wajjahtu Wajhi Lilladhi Fataras-Samawati Wal-Arda Hanifan Wa Ma Ana Min Al-Mushrikin, Inna Salati Wa Nusuki Wa Mahyaya Wa Mamati Lillahi Rabbil-Alamin, La Sharika Lahu Wa Bidhalika Umirtu Wa Ana Min Al-Muslimin. Allahumma Antal-Maliku La Ilaha Illa Ant, Anta Rabbi, Wa Ana Abduka Zalamtu Nafsi Wa’taraftu Bidhanbi Faghfirli Dhunubi Jami’an, Innahu La Yaghfir Adh-Dhunuba Illa Ant. Wahdini Li-Ahsanil-Akhlaqi La Yahdi Li-Ahsaniha Illa Ant. Wasrif Anni Sayyi’aha [Innahu] La Yasrifu Anni Sayyi’aha Illa Ant. Amantu Bika Tabarakta Wa Ta’alaita Astaghfiruka Wa Atubu Ilaik).” And when he would bow in Ruku, he would say: “O Allah, to You I have bowed, and in You I believe, and to You have I submitted. My hearing, my sight, my brain, my bones and my sinew are humbled to you (Allahumma Laka Raka’tu Wa Bika Amantu Wa Laka Aslamtu Khasha’a Laka Sam’I Wa Basari Wa Mukhkhi Wa Azmi, Wa Asabi)” Then when he would raise his head, he would say: “O Allah, our Lord, to You is praise the fill of the Heavens and the earths and the fill of whatever You will of things. (Allahumma Rabbana Lakal-Hamdu Mil’as-Samawati Wal-Ardina Wa Ma Bainahuma, Wa Mil’a Ma Shi’ta Min Shai).” Then, when he prostrated, he would say: “O Allah, to You have I prostrated, and in You have I believed, and to You have I submitted, my face has prostrated to the One Who created it and fashioned it, and gave it its hearing and its sight. So Blessed is Allah, the Best of creators (Allahumma Laka Sajadtu Wa Bika Amantu Wa Laka Aslamtu, Sajada Wajhi Lilladhi Khalaqahu Wa Suwwarahu Wa Shaqqa Sam’ahu Wa Basarahu Fatabarak Allahu Ahsanul-Khaliqin).” Then the last of what he would say between At-Tashah-hud and As-Salam would be: “O Allah, forgive me what I have done before and after, and what I have hidden and what I have done openly, and what You know more of it than I, You are the One who sends forth and the One who delays, there is none worthy of worship except You. (Allahummaghfirli Ma Qaddamtu Wa Ma Akhkhartu Wa Ma Asrartu Wa Ma A’lantu Wa Ma Anta A’lamu Bihi Minni Antal-Muqaddimu Wa Antal-Mu’akhkhiru, La Ilaha Illa Ant).”

Ali bin Abi Talib narrated that whenever the Messenger of Allah would stand for Salat, he would say: “I have directed my face towards the One who has created the heavens and the earth, as a Hanif, and I am not of the idolaters. Indeed, my Salat, my sacrifice, my living, my dying, is for Allah, the Lord of all that exists, without partner, and with this have I been ordered and I am of the Muslims. O Allah, You are the King, there is none worthy of worship except You. You are My Lord, and I am Your slave, I have wronged myself and I admit to my sin, so forgive me all my sins, verily, there is none who forgives sins but You, and guide me to the best of manners, none guides to the best of them except You, and turn away from me the evil of them, none can turn away from me the evil of them, none can turn away from me the evil of them except You. Here I am in obedience to You, and in aiding Your cause, and the good, all of it is in Your Hands, and the evil is not attributed to You, I am reliant upon You and ever-turning towards You, Blessed are You and Exalted are You I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to you (Wajjahtu Wajhi Lilladhi Fataras-Samawati Wal-Arda Hanifan Wa Ma Ana Min Al-Mushrikin, Inna Salati Wa Nusuki Wa Mahyaya Wa Mamati Lillahi Rabbil-Alamin, La Sharika Lahu Wa Bidhalika Umirtu Wa Ana Min Al-Muslimin. Allahumma Antal-Maliku La Ilaha Illa Ant, Anta Rabbi, Wa ana Abduka Zalamtu Nafsi Wa’taraftu Bidhanbi Faghfirli Dhanbi Jami’an, Innahu La Yaghfir Agh-Dhunuba Illa Ant. Wahdini Li-Ahsanil-Alkhlaqi La Yahdi Li-Ahsaniha Illa Ant. Wasrif Anni Sayy’aha, La Yasrifu Anni Sayy’aha Illa Ant. Labaika Wa Sa’daika Wal-Khairu Kulluhu Fi Yadaika, Wash-Sharru Laisa Ilaik, Tabarakta Wa Ta’alaita Astaghfiruka Wa Atubu Ilaik).” And when he would bow in Ruku he would say: “O Allah, to You have I bowed, and in You have I believed, and to You have I submitted. My hearing, my sight, my bones, and my sinew are humbled to you (Allahumma Laka Raka’tu Wa Bika Amantu Wa Laka Aslamtu Khasha’a Laka Sam’I Wa Basari Wa Asmi, Wa Asbi).” And when he would rise he would say: “O Allah, our Lord, to You is praise filling the heaven and filling the earth, and filling what is between them, and filling whatever You have wished of things afterward (Allahumma Rabbana Lakal-Hamdu Mil’as-Samawati Wa Mil’al-Ard Wa Mil’a Ma Bainahuma, Wa Mil’a Ma Shi’ta Min Shai’in Ba’d).” Then, when he prostrated, he would say: “O Allah, to You have I prostrated, and in You have I believed, and to You have I submitted (in Islam), my face has prostrated to the One Who created it, and fashioned it, and gave it its hearing and sight, [so] Blessed is Allah, the Best of Creators (Allahumma Laka Sajadtu Wa Bika Amantu Wa Laka Aslamtu, Sajada Wajhi Lilladhi Khalaqahu Fa Sawwarahu Wa Shaqqa Sam’ahu Wa Basarahu Fatabarak Allahu Ahsanul-Khaliqin).” Then the last of what he would say between At-Tashahud and At-Taslim was: “O Allah, forgive me what I have done, before and after, and what I have hidden, and what I have done openly, and what I have transgressed the limit in, and what You know about more than me, You are the One Who sends forth and the One Who delays, there is none worthy of worship except You (Allahummaghfirli Ma Qaddamtu Wa Ma Akhkhartu Wa Ma Asrartu A’laantu Wa Ma Wa Ma Asraftu, Wa Ma Anta A’lamu Bihi Minni, Antal-Muqaddimu Wa Antal-Mu’akhkhiru, La Ilaha Illa Ant).”

Ali bin Abi Talib narrated that : when the Messenger of Allah would stand for the obligatory prayer, he would raise his hands to the level of his shoulder, and he would do this [also] when he finished his recitation and intended to bow, and he would do it when he raised his head from Ruku, and he would not raise his hands in any of his prayers while he was seated. When he would rise from the two prostrations, he would likewise raise his hands, and say the Takbir, and when he opened his Salat after the Takbir, he would say: “I have directed my face towards the One who has created the heavens and the earth, as a Hanif, and I am not of the idolaters. Indeed, my Salat, my sacrifice, my living, my dying, is for Allah, the Lord of all that exists, without partner, and with this have I been ordered and I am of the Muslims. O Allah, You are the King, there is none worthy of worship except You. Glorified are You, You are My Lord, and I am Your slave, I have wronged myself and I admit to my sin, so forgive me all my sins, verily, there is none who forgives sins but You, and guide me to the best of manners, none guides to the best of them except You, and turn away from me the evil of them, none can turn away from me the evil of them, none turns away from me the evil of them except You, I am here in Your obedience and aiding Your cause, and I am reliant upon You and ever-turning towards You, [and] there is no refuge from You nor hiding place from You except (going) to You, I seek Your forgiveness, and I repent to you (Wajjahtu Wajhi Lilladhi Fataras-Samawati Wal-Arda Hanifan Wa Ma Ana Min Al-Mushrikin, Inna Salati Wa Nusuki Wa Mahyaya Wa Mamati Lillahi Rabbil-Alamin, La Sharika Lahu Wa Bidhalika Umirtu Wa Ana Min Al-Muslimin. Allahumma Antal-Maliku La Ilaha Illa Anta Subhanaka, Anta Rabbi, Wa Ana Abduka Zalamtu Nafsi Wa’taraftu Bidhanbi Faghfirli Dhanbi Jami’an, Innahu La Yaghfir udh-Dhunuba Illa Ant. Wahdini Li-Ahsanil-Akhlaqi La Yahdi Li-Ahsaniha Illa Ant. Wasrif Anni Sayyi’aha Illa Ant. Labaika Wa Sa’daika Wa Ana Bika Wa Ilaika, [Wa] La Manja Minka Wa La Milja Illa Ilaik, Astaghfiruka Wa Atubu Ilaik).” Then he would recite, then when he would bow, his speech in his Ruku, would be to say: “O Allah, to You have I bowed, and in You have I believed, and to You have I submitted (in Islam), and You are my Lord. My hearing, my sight, my brain and my bones are humbled to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds all that exists (Allahumma Laka Raka’tu Wa Bika Amantu Wa Laka Aslamtu Wa Anta Rabbi, Khasha’a Sam’I Wa Basari Wa Mukhkhi Wa Azmi Lillahi, Rabbil-Alamin).” Then, when he raised his head from Ruku he would say: “Allah hears the one who praises him (Sami Allahu Liman Hamidah).” Then he would follow it with: “O Allah, our Lord, to You is praise filling the heavens and the earth and filling whatever You wish of things afterward (Allahumma Rabban Lakal-Hamdu Mil’as-Samawati Wal-Ardi Wa Mil’a Ma Shi’ta Min Shai’in Ba’d).” Then, when he would prostrated he would say in his prostration: “O Allah, to You have I prostrated, and in You have I believed, and to You have I submitted (in Islam), and You are my Lord, my face has prostrated to the One that created it, and grated its hearing and sight, Blessed is Allah, the Best of Creators (Allahumma Laka Sajadtu Wa Bika Amantu Wa Laka Aslamtu, Wa Anta Rabbi, Sajada WAjhi Lilladhi Khalaqahu Wa Shaqqa Sam’ahu Wa Basarahu, Tabarak Allahu Ahsanul-Khaliqin).” When he was finished with his Salat, we would say: “O Allah, forgive me what I have done, before and after, and what I have hidden, and what I have done openly, and You are my Deity, there is none worthy of worship except You (Allahummaghfirli Ma Qaddamtu Wa Ma Akhkhartu Wa Ma Asrartu Wa Ma A’lantu, Wa Anta Ilahi, La Ilaha Illa Ant).”

Al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ubaidullah bin Abi Yazid said: “Ibn Juraij said to me: “Ubaidullah bin Abi Yazid informed me that Ibn Abbas said: “A man came to the Prophet and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! I had a dream at night while I was sleeping, in which I was praying behind a tree, when I prostrated, the tree prostrated along with me. Then I heard it saying: “O Allah! Record for me, a reward with You for it, remove a sin from me by it, and store it away for me with You for it, and accept it from me as You accepted it from Your worshipper Dawud (Allahumma Aktub Li Biha Indaka Ajran, Wada Anni Biha Wizran, Waj’alha Li Indaka Dhukhran, Wa Taqabbalta Min Abdiki Dawud).” Al-Hasan said: “Ibn Juraij said to me: ‘Your grandfather said to me: “Ibn Abbas said: ‘So the Prophet recited (an Ayah of) prostration them prostrated.’” [He said] “So Ibn Abbas said: ‘I listened to him, and he was saying the same as the man informed that the tree had said.’”

Aishah narrated: “When the Messenger of Allah would prostrate (for recitation of) the Qur’an, he would say: ‘I have prostrated my face to the One Who created it, and made its hearing and vision, through His ability and power (Sajada Wajhi Lilladhi Khalaqahu Wa Shaqqa Sam’ahu Wa Basarahu Bi Hawli Wa Quwwatih.)’”

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever says – that is: when he leaves his house – ‘In the Name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, there is no might or power except by Allah (Bismillah, Tawakkaltu Alallah, La Hawla Wa La Quwwata Illa Billa)’ it will be said to him: ‘You have been sufficed and protected,’ and Shaitan will become distant from him.”

Umm Salamah narrated that : When the Prophet would leave his house, he would say: “In the Name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah. O Allah! We seek refuge in You from slipping unintentionally or becoming misguided, or committing oppression or being oppressed, or acting ignorantly or being treated ignorantly (Bismillah, Tawwakultu Alallah. Allahumma, Inna Na’udhu Bika Min An Nazilla Aw Nadilla, Aw Nazlima Aw Nuzlam, Aw Najhala Aw Yujhal Alaina).”

Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that : the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever enters the marketplace and say: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Allah, Alone, without partner, to Him belongs the dominion, and to Him is all the praise, He gives life and causes death, He is Living and does not die, in His Hand is the good, and He has power over all things, (La Ilaha Illallah, Wahdahu La Sharika Lahu, Lahul-Mulku Wa Lahul-Hamdu, Yuhiyu Wa Yumitu, Wa Huwa Hayyun La Yamutu, Biyadihil-Khairu, Wa Huwa Ala Kulli Shai’in Qadir)’ Allah shall record a million good deed for him, wipe a million evil deeds away from him, and raise a million ranks for him.”

Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar narrates from his father, from his grandfather, that : the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever states in the marketplace: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Allah, Alone, without partner, to Him belongs the dominion, and to Him is all the praise, He gives life and causes death, and He is Living and does not die, in His Hand is the good, and He has power over all things, (La Ilaha Illallah, Wahdahu La Sharika Lahu, Lahul-Mulku Wa Lahul-Hamdu,Yuhyi Wa Yumitu, Wa Huwa Hayyun La Yamutu, Biyadihil-Khairu, Wa Huwa Ala Kulli Shai’in Qadir)’ Allah shall record a million good deeds for him, wipe a million evil deeds away from him, and build a house in Paradise for him.