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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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

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The reader: And may prayers and peace 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 dhikr in the morning and evening: "From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)
Narrated AbuHurayrah: AbuBakr as-Siddiq said: Messenger of Allah! command me something to say in the morning and in the evening. He said: Say "O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Who knowest the unseen and the seen, Lord and Possessor of everything. I testify that there is no god but Thee; I seek refuge in Thee from the evil within myself, from the evil of the devil, and his (incitement to) attributing partners (to Allah)." He said: Say this in the morning. أن أبا بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه قال: يا رسول الله مرني بكلمات أقولهن إذا أصبحت وإذا أمسيت، قال: قل: اللهم فاطر السموات والأرض عالم الغيب والشهادة رب كل شيء ومليكه، أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت أعوذ بك من شر نفسي وشر الشيطان وشركه، قال: قلها إذا أصبحت وإذا أمسيت وإذا أخذت مضجعك
Sunan Abi Dawud 5067Sahih (Al-Albani)
Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, who said: 'A good, authentic hadith'"
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
This is among the dhikr recited in the morning and evening which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) taught to Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), where he said, "Teach me," so he (peace and blessings be upon him) taught him a dhikr and supplication to recite whenever he wakes up in the morning and whenever he goes to bed at night. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "The beginning of the hadith, the very first words of the Messenger, what did he say?"
The student:
Allahumma fatiras-samawati wal-ardi اللهم فاطر السماوات والأرض
Riyad as-Salihin 1454
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The Shaykh :
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Recite these words: 'Allahumma fatiras-samawati wal-ardi, 'alimal-ghaibi wash-shahadati, Rabba kulli shai'in wa malikahu قال: قل: اللهم فاطر السماوات والأرض عالم الغيب والشهادة رب كل شيء ومليكه
Riyad as-Salihin 1454
Say: "O Allah, Creator of the heavens," meaning, O Allah, O Creator of the heavens and the earth, and the Creator of both, meaning that He (Mighty and Majestic) created them without any prior example, rather He originated them and brought them into existence from nothing without any prior example.
Knower of the unseen and the witnessed عالم الغيب والشهادة
That is, Knower of what is hidden from creation and what they have witnessed, for Allah the Exalted knows the present, the future, and the past.
Lord and King of everything رب كل شيء ومليكه
Sunan Abi Dawud 5058Sahih in chain (Al-Albani)
That is, O Lord of all things and its Sovereign. So Allah the Exalted is the Lord of all things and the Sovereign of all things. The difference between the Lord (Rabb) and the Owner (Malik) in this hadith is that the Lord is the one who brings things into existence and creates them, while the Owner is the one who disposes of them as He wills.
I testify that there is no god but Thou أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت
Sunan Abi Dawud 4859Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani)
I acknowledge with my tongue and my heart that there is no true object of worship but You. So whatever is worshipped besides Allah is invalid, having no right to be worshipped, and there is no right to be worshipped except for Allah alone (Mighty and Majestic).
I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul أعوذ بك من شر نفسي
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3529Hasan (Darussalam)
For the self has evils, as He the Exalted said:
And I do not acquit myself. Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy وما أبرئ نفسي إلا النفس لأمارة بالسوء إلا ما رحم ربي
[Yusuf 12:53]
So if Allah does not protect you from the evils of your self, it will harm you and command you to do evil. But if Allah protects you from its evil, He will guide you to all good.
from the evil of Shaitan and his Shirk ومن شر الشيطان وشركه
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3529Hasan (Darussalam)
And in another wording:
And his associates وشرَكه
That is, you ask Allah to protect you from the evil of Shaytan and the evil of his associates, meaning what he commands you of shirk (associating partners with Allah), or shirak (a trap), and shirak is what is used to catch fish and birds and the like. For Shaytan has a shirak (trap) with which he catches the children of Adam, either through desires, doubts, or otherwise.
or that I should do some evil to myself or bring it upon a Muslim وأن أقترف على نفسي سوءا أو أجره إلى مسلم
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3529Hasan (Darussalam)
So this dhikr is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded Abu Bakr to say when he wakes up in the morning, when he goes to bed at night, and when he lies down to sleep. We ask Allah for guidance and success for us and for you to what He loves and is pleased with.
Source alathar.net

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