The Ruling on the Opening Supplication and Its Formulations
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Question:
Among his questions, he asks about the opening supplication: What is its ruling? Does it have specific formulations?
Answer:
The opening supplication has formulations. Yes. Among them is: "Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise, Blessed is Your name, Exalted is Your rank, and there is no god but You." And among them isMishkat al-Masabih 1212.
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) usually used to say it in the night prayer, when he would stand for the night prayer. There are types of opening supplications reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so whichever one he opens with, it is valid. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) compiled an independent treatise on the types of opening supplications reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is printed in the collected fatwas of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Yes.
Among his questions, he asks about the opening supplication: What is its ruling? Does it have specific formulations?
Answer:
The opening supplication has formulations. Yes. Among them is: "Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise, Blessed is Your name, Exalted is Your rank, and there is no god but You." And among them is
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 مستقيمThe Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) usually used to say it in the night prayer, when he would stand for the night prayer. There are types of opening supplications reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), so whichever one he opens with, it is valid. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) compiled an independent treatise on the types of opening supplications reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is printed in the collected fatwas of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7054- حكم دعاء الاستفتاح وصيغته - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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