What is the evidence for supplication after the opening takbir?
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The questioner : The supplication in the prayer after the opening takbir: the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate with a supplication before the supplication of opening. What is the evidence, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : There is no evidence.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : There is no evidence that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated between the iqamah and the takbir. There is no evidence.
The questioner : After the opening takbir.
The Shaykh : What is the evidence? The hadith of Abu Hurayrah, he said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:150 This is a type of the supplications of opening, the second type. Jami` at-Tirmidhi 243Hasan (Darussalam)
The questioner : Shaykh, what is the ruling on the mention of supplication?
The Shaykh : Which supplication?
The questioner : The supplication...
The Shaykh : The one after the opening takbir.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : I said the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do it. If you are able to supplicate with it, then supplicate to Allah with it: "O Allah, distance me from my sins as You have distanced the East from the West."
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It is a recommended practice (sunnah). You say this sometimes, and you say "Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise, and blessed is Your name, and Exalted is Your majesty, and there is no god but You" sometimes.
The questioner : Individually, meaning you do not combine them.
The Shaykh : No, you do not combine them. You do not combine them. And here this meeting ends, until a future meeting, if Allah wills, after our iftar on the sixth of Shawwal. May Allah grant us and you goodness, and make us among those who fast and stand in prayer in Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward.
The Shaykh : There is no evidence.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : There is no evidence that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated between the iqamah and the takbir. There is no evidence.
The questioner : After the opening takbir.
The Shaykh : What is the evidence? The hadith of Abu Hurayrah, he said:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he would say the takbir for the prayer, would remain silent for a while. So I said, "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah, what do you say?" He said, "I say: O Allah, distance me from my sins as You have distanced the East from the West. O Allah, purify me from my sins as the white garment is purified from dirt. O Allah, wash me from my sins with water, snow, and hail."
كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا كبر للصلاة سكت هينئة فقلت بأبي وأمي يا رسول الله ماذا تقول قال 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 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 questioner : Shaykh, what is the ruling on the mention of supplication?
The Shaykh : Which supplication?
The questioner : The supplication...
The Shaykh : The one after the opening takbir.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : I said the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do it. If you are able to supplicate with it, then supplicate to Allah with it: "O Allah, distance me from my sins as You have distanced the East from the West."
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It is a recommended practice (sunnah). You say this sometimes, and you say "Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise, and blessed is Your name, and Exalted is Your majesty, and there is no god but You" sometimes.
The questioner : Individually, meaning you do not combine them.
The Shaykh : No, you do not combine them. You do not combine them. And here this meeting ends, until a future meeting, if Allah wills, after our iftar on the sixth of Shawwal. May Allah grant us and you goodness, and make us among those who fast and stand in prayer in Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward.