What is the well-known supplication for opening the prayer?
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The questioner : What is the well-known supplication for opening the prayer?
The Shaykh : The well-known one is:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 243Hasan (Darussalam) But the most authentic of them is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, in which he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what he should say? He said: Bulugh al-Maram 2:150 This is more authentic than the first. However, if a person were to recite this one, then recite this one another time, and also recite others from what was reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) besides these two, that would be better.
The questioner : Or combine the two?
The Shaykh : No, one does not combine the two.
The questioner : One does not combine the two.
The Shaykh : One does not combine the two, because when Abu Hurayrah asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) what he should say, he did not answer him with anything but one only.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not say: "I say such and such," and this indicates that combining them is not prescribed.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The well-known one is:
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 غيركI say, 'O Allah! Keep me apart from my sins (faults) as you have kept apart the east and west. O Allah clean me from my sins as a white garment is cleaned from dirt. O Allah wash me of my sins with water, snow and hail
أقول اللهم باعد بيني وبين خطاياي كما باعدت بين المشرق والمغرب، اللهم نقني من خطاياي كما ينقى الثوب الأبيض من الدنس، اللهم اغسلني من خطاياي بالماء والثلج والبردThe questioner : Or combine the two?
The Shaykh : No, one does not combine the two.
The questioner : One does not combine the two.
The Shaykh : One does not combine the two, because when Abu Hurayrah asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) what he should say, he did not answer him with anything but one only.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not say: "I say such and such," and this indicates that combining them is not prescribed.
The questioner : Yes.