What is the recommended practice after the takbir of ihram?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, what is the ruling for one who says takbir and then, after the takbir of ihram, says: “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan,” in order to avoid the whispers of the Shaytan?
The Shaykh : The recommended practice after the takbir of ihram is to recite the opening supplication, saying:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 243Hasan (Darussalam) or saying: Sunan an-Nasa'i 895Sahih (Darussalam) then saying: “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.” This is the recommended practice.
The questioner : Who starts, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Whoever starts is said to have deviated from the recommended practice. Between you and seeking refuge, you should recite the opening supplication. Recite the opening supplication, then seek refuge.
The Shaykh : The recommended practice after the takbir of ihram is to recite the opening supplication, saying:
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 غيركAllahuma 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 questioner : Who starts, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Whoever starts is said to have deviated from the recommended practice. Between you and seeking refuge, you should recite the opening supplication. Recite the opening supplication, then seek refuge.