Formulas for the Opening Supplication

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Question:
Is there a specific form for the opening supplication, Honorable Doctor?

Answer:
There are various forms of opening supplication reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Among them is his saying:

Subhanak Allahumma wa bi hamdika, wa tabarakas- muka wa ta’ala jadduka, wa la ilaha ghayruk

سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك، تبارك اسمك، تعالى جدك، ولا إله غيرك

Sunan Ibn Majah 806Hasan (Darussalam)

, then he seeks refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan, then he says: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Also among them is saying: O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mikail, and Israfil,

Say, "O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, You will judge between your servants concerning that over which they used to differ."

فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ أَنتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِي مَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

[Az-Zumar 39:46]

, guide me to the truth in which there is disagreement by Your permission, for You guide to a straight path. And among them is his saying:

I have turned my face as a hanif * towards Him who created the heavens and the earth, and I am not a polytheist. My prayer and my devotion, my life and my death belong to God the Lord of the universe, who has no partner. That is what I have been commanded, and I am a Muslim.

وجهت وجهي للذي فطر السماوات والأرض حنيفا وما أنا من المشركين إن صلاتي ونسكي ومحياي ومماتي لله رب العالمين لا شريك له، وبذلك أمرت وأنا أول المسلمين

Mishkat al-Masabih 813

. So with which of these openings should one begin, from what is reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), whether this or others? Indeed, that is recommended and carries great reward. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، صيغ دعاء الاستفتاح - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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