And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.

The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted, in the context of the hadiths in the chapter on the virtue of dhikr and the exhortation to it: "From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The nearest a servant come to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication often.

أقرب ما يكون العبد من ربه وهو ساجد فأكثروا الدعاء

Sunan Abi Dawud 875Sahih (Al-Albani)

Narrated by Muslim, and from him (may Allah be pleased with him)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say in his prostration: Allahum-maghfir li dhanbi kullahu: diqqahu wa jillahu, wa 'awwalahu wa akhirahu, wa alaniyatahu wa sirrahu (O Allah! Forgive all my sins, the small and the great, first and the last, the open and the secret).

أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يقول في سجوده: اللهم اغفر لي ذنبي كله دقه وجله وأوله وآخره وعلانيته وسره

Riyad as-Salihin 1429

Narrated by Muslim".

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
These two hadiths explain specific supplications and dhikr that the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in the chapter on the virtue of supplication. Among them is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: This is because when a person prostrates, he places the most noble of his limbs in the places trodden by feet, and he also places the highest part of his body level with the lowest part of his body; that is, his face is the highest part of his body and his feet are the lowest, so he places them on the same level in humility before Allah (Mighty and Majestic). For this reason, he is closest to his Lord when he is in prostration. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) previously commanded increasing supplication during prostration, so the posture and the words come together in humility before Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Therefore, a person says in his prostration: "Glory be to my Lord, the Most High", indicating that He (Exalted and Majestic is He) is the Most High in His essence and His attributes, and that the human being is low and humble in comparison to the majesty and greatness of Allah the Exalted. As for the second hadith, it states that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say in his prayer: This is a matter of expanding in supplication and being generous with it, because supplication is worship, and the more a person repeats it, the more he increases in worship of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Furthermore, in this repetition, he brings to mind all his sins, the secret and the open, as well as what he concealed, and both the small and the large. This is the wisdom in the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) detailing after the general statement. A person should strive to adhere to the supplications reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), because they are the most comprehensive and most beneficial supplications. May Allah guide me and you to what is good and righteous.