Does one vary in the opening supplication?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. We said regarding the two supplications that if we hesitated and did not assert with certainty... that they are in the opening supplication. Is it prescribed for a person to change the opening supplication to the one of 'Umar and the hadith of Abu Hurayrah in the obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh : Does one combine them?
The questioner : Change between them, meaning he opens with something other than them.
The Shaykh : Whatever is authentic from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he opens with it in the obligatory and voluntary prayers. Whatever is authentic, you open with it once with this and once with that.
The questioner : What is authentic in the voluntary or the obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh : In the obligatory and voluntary prayers. Whatever is authentic from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding opening supplications in the obligatory and voluntary prayers, except for what is specified for the night prayer, which is exclusive to it.
The questioner : For example...
The Shaykh : "O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mikail, and Israfil, Opener of the heavens and the earth." This is specific to the night prayer.
The questioner : What do we add to these two supplications in the obligatory prayer? We want a supplication other than them?
The Shaykh : We do not add to them. That is why, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed Abu Hurayrah, he mentioned to him only one form, meaning he does not combine two forms.
The questioner : We do not combine, Shaykh. But others in the obligatory prayer: "Praise be to Allah, much good praise, blessed."
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. This is it. Whatever is reported, do it in the obligatory and voluntary prayers, except for what evidence establishes as specific to the voluntary prayer, which is exclusive to it.
The Shaykh : Does one combine them?
The questioner : Change between them, meaning he opens with something other than them.
The Shaykh : Whatever is authentic from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he opens with it in the obligatory and voluntary prayers. Whatever is authentic, you open with it once with this and once with that.
The questioner : What is authentic in the voluntary or the obligatory prayer?
The Shaykh : In the obligatory and voluntary prayers. Whatever is authentic from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding opening supplications in the obligatory and voluntary prayers, except for what is specified for the night prayer, which is exclusive to it.
The questioner : For example...
The Shaykh : "O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mikail, and Israfil, Opener of the heavens and the earth." This is specific to the night prayer.
The questioner : What do we add to these two supplications in the obligatory prayer? We want a supplication other than them?
The Shaykh : We do not add to them. That is why, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed Abu Hurayrah, he mentioned to him only one form, meaning he does not combine two forms.
The questioner : We do not combine, Shaykh. But others in the obligatory prayer: "Praise be to Allah, much good praise, blessed."
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. This is it. Whatever is reported, do it in the obligatory and voluntary prayers, except for what evidence establishes as specific to the voluntary prayer, which is exclusive to it.