Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب مَا يُسْتَفْتَحُ بِهِ الصَّلاَةُ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ
Chapter: The Supplication With Which The Prayer Should Be Started.
14 hadith · references 760–774
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Abu Dawud · 760كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ كَبَّرَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ Ali bin Abi Talib said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), then said: I have turned my face, breaking with all others, towards Him Who created the heavens and 7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 761حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ رAli bin Abi Talib said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for (offering) obligatory prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders, and he did so when he finished 8 narratorsAbu Dawud · 763أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَقَدْ حَفَزَهُ النَّفَسُ ، فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَAnas bin Malik said: A man came panting to join the row of worshippers, and said: Allah is most great; praise be to Allah, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he asked: Which6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 764اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا ثَلَاثًا ، Narrated Jubayr ibn Mutim: Jabir saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observing prayer. (The narrator Amr said: I do not know which prayer he was offering. ) He (the Prophet) said: Allah is altogether great; Allah is altogether 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 765حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمThe above mentioned tradition has also been reported by Jubair bin Mutim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: I head the Prophet ﷺ uttering (all these supplications) in a supererogatory prayer; he n7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 766كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ كَبَّرَ عَشْرًا وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَشْرًا وَسَبَّحَ عَشْرًا وَهَلَّلَ عَشْرًا وَاسْتَغْفَرَ عَشْرًا ، وَقَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَعَافِنِي ، وَيَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ ضِيقِ الْمَقNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Asim ibn Humayd said: I asked Aishah: By what words the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would begin his supererogatory prayer at night? She replied: You ask me about a thing of which no one asked me 6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 767كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَفْتَتِحُ صَلَاتَهُ : اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرِيلَ ، وَمِيكَائِيلَ ، وَإِسْرَافِيلَ ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيAbu Salamah bin Abdur-Rahman bin Awf said: I asked Aishah: By what words the Prophet ﷺ used to begin his prayer when he stood up at night (to offer tahajjud prayer). She said: When he stood up at night, he began his pray6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 768حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُوحٍ قُرَادٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ بِلَا إِخْبَارٍ وَمَعْنَاهُ ، قَالَ : كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ بِاللَّيْلِ كَبَّرَ ، وَيَقُولُ : The above mentioned tradition has been reported by ‘Ikramah with a different chain of narrators. This version adds: When he stood up, he said the takbir (Allah is most great) and said. . . .3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 769حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : لَا بَأْسَ بِالدُّعَاءِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَأَوْسَطِهِ وَفِي آخِرِهِ فِي الْفَرِيضَةِ وَغَيْرِهَا . Malik said: There is no harm in uttering supplication in prayer, in its beginning, in its middle, and in the end, in obligatory prayer or other.2 narratorsAbu Dawud · 770كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ ، قَRifaah bin Rafi said: One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listened to him who praised Him. A man behind the Messenger of All6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 771أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ ، يَقُولُ : اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيَّامُIbn Abbas said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for praying at midnight, he said: o Allah, be praise to Thee, Thou art the light of the heavens and the earth; and to Thee be praise; Thou are the maintainer of the 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 772حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ ،حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، أَنَّ قَيْسَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَهُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا طَاوُسٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولIbn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say in his tahajjud prayer (i. e. supererogatory prayer offered in or after the midnight) after he said the takbir; he then narrated the tradition to the same effect.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 773صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَطَسَ رِفَاعَةُ لَمْ يَقُلْ قُتَيْبَةُ رِفَاعَةُ ، فَقُلْتُ : الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ مُبَارَكًا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا يNarrated Rifaah ibn Rafi: I offered prayer behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Rifaah sneezed. The narrator Qutaybah did not mention the name Rifaah (but he said: I sneezed). So I said: Praise be to Allah, praise much, good6 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 774عَطَسَ شَابٌّ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ، فَقَالَ : الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى رَبُّنَا وَبَعْدَ مَاRabiah said: A young man from the Ansar sneezed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was praying. He then said: Praise be to Allah, much, good, blessed, till our Lord is pleased (with us) in the affairs relating to t6 narrators