Discussion regarding the takbir and the supplication of opening.
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The Shaykh : The takbir of ihram, without which the prayer does not become valid, in which one says: Allahu Akbar. Then he opens with what came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Several opening supplications came from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the most authentic of which is what Abu Hurayrah narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he This is one. Sunan an-Nasa'i 60Sahih (Darussalam) This is two. Sunan Ibn Majah 805Sahih (Darussalam) This is the opening supplication. This is the most authentic hadith reported regarding the opening. And yet, most Muslims today do not know about this opening and do not use it. What do most people open with? They say: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 243Hasan (Darussalam) Opening with this is correct, because it is authentic from 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to open with it aloud so that people would know it. However, regarding the chain of narration, the hadith of Abu Hurayrah is more authentic than it, because al-Bukhari and Muslim and others narrated it from Abu Hurayrah from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Read the first one for us.
The student:Sunan an-Nasa'i 895Sahih (Darussalam)
The Shaykh : Well done. May Allah reward you. Rest.
When he would say the takbir for prayer, he would pause for a moment, meaning he would pause briefly. So Abu Hurayrah said to him: O Messenger of Allah, what do you say in your silence between the takbir and the recitation? He said: I say: O Allah, distance me from my sins as You have distanced the East from the West.
كان إذا كبر للصلاة سكت هنيهة يعني سكت قليلاً فقال له أبو هريرة : يا رسول الله أرأيت سكوتك بين التكبير والقراءة ما تقول قال أقول : اللهم باعد بيني وبين خطاياي كما باعدت بين المشرق والمغربO Allah, cleanse me of of sin as a white garment is cleansed from filth
اللهم نقني من خطاياي كما ينقى الثوب الأبيض من الدنسO Allah, cleanse me of my sins with water and snow and hail
اللهم اغسلني من خطاياي بالماء والثلج والبردGlorious 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 غيركThe student:
Allahuma ba'id bayni wa bayna khatayaya kama ba'adta bayna al-mashriqi wal-maghrib; Allahumma naqqini min khatayaya kama yunaqqa ath-thawb al-abyad min ad-danas; Allahumma ighsilni min khatayaya bil ma'i wa ath-thalji wal-barad. (O Allah, put a great distance between me and my sins, as great as the distance You have made between the East and the West; O Allah, cleanse me of my sins as a white garment is cleansed from filth; O Allah, wash away my sins with water and snow and hail).
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 Shaykh : Well done. May Allah reward you. Rest.