Are there specific opening supplications for the obligatory prayer and others for the voluntary prayer?
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The questioner : He asks: Are there specific opening supplications for the obligatory prayer, and others for the voluntary prayer?
The Shaykh : There is nothing specific except for the night prayer, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to open it by saying:Mishkat al-Masabih 1212.
As for the rest, the obligatory and the voluntary are equal in this, so one opens with either:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 243Hasan (Darussalam).
Or with:Sunan an-Nasa'i 895Sahih (Darussalam).
The Shaykh : There is nothing specific except for the night prayer, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to open it by saying:
O God, the Lord of Gabriel, Michael and Israfil, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, who knowest the unseen and the seen, Thou decidest among Thy servants concerning their differences. Guide me on account of different opinions regarding the truth by Thy permission; verily Thou guidest whom Thou wilt to a straight path.
اللهم رب جبرائيل وميكائيل وإسرافيل ، فاطر السماوات والأرض ، عالم الغيب والشهادة أنت تحكم بين عبادك فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون ، اهدني لما اختلف فيه من الحق بإذنك ، إنك تهدي من تشاء إلى صراط مستقيمAs for the rest, the obligatory and the voluntary are equal in this, so one opens with either:
Glorious You are O Allah, and with Your praise, and blessed is Your Name, and exalted is Your majesty, and none has the right to be worshipped but You.
سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك ، وتبارك اسمك ، وتعالى جدك، ولا إله غيركOr with: