The ruling on reciting the opening supplication before the opening takbir
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Question:
This questioner says, O Shaykh: What is the ruling for one who says before the opening takbir:Sunan Ibn Majah 3121Hasan (Darussalam) Is this transmitted?
Answer:
No, this is after the takbir. This is one of the types of opening supplication, and it is said after the takbir, not before it. The opening supplication has several types, including this one, and the concise opening supplication:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 243Hasan (Darussalam).
And among them is:Sunan an-Nasa'i 60Sahih (Darussalam), and there are other types as well.
This questioner says, O Shaykh: What is the ruling for one who says before the opening takbir:
I have turned my face towards Him Who has created the heavens and the earth, as a monotheist, and I am not of the polytheists.
وجهت وجهي للذي فطر السموات والأرض حنيفًا وما أنا من المشركينAnswer:
No, this is after the takbir. This is one of the types of opening supplication, and it is said after the takbir, not before it. The opening supplication has several types, including this one, and the concise opening supplication:
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 غيركAnd among them is:
Allahumma ba'id baini was baina khatayaya kama ba'adta baina al-mashriq wal-maghrib; Allahumma naqqini min khatayaya kama yunaqqath-thawb al-abyad min ad-danas; Allahummaghsilni min khatayaya bith-thalji wal-ma'i wal-barad (O Allah, out 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 of sin as a white garment is cleansed from filth; Wash away my sins with snow, water, 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 بالثلج، والماء، والبرد
Source
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