Opening supplications of the prayer

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اللَّهُمَّ بَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَايَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ، اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّنِي مِنْ خَطَايَايَ كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْنِي مِنْ خَطَايَايَ بِالثَّلْجِ وَالْمَاءِ وَالْبَرَدِ

Allahumma ba'id bayni wabayna khatayaya kama ba'adta baynal-mashriqi wal-maghrib, Allahumma naqqini min khatayaya kama yunaqqath-thawbul-abyadu minad-danas, Allahummaghsilni min khatayaya bith-thalji wal-ma'i wal-barad

O Allah, put a distance between me and my sins as You have put a distance between the East and the West. O Allah, cleanse me of my sins as a white garment is cleansed of dirt. O Allah, wash me of my sins with snow, water and hail.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — site no. 1252 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 744 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī 1/181; Muslim 1/419

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سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ، وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ، وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ

Subhanaka Allahumma wabihamdik, watabarakasmuk, wata'ala jadduk, wala ilaha ghayruk

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. Blessed is Your Name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no deity other than You.

Source Sunan Abī Dāwūd 776 Ṣaḥīḥ · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 242 Ṣaḥīḥ · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 775 Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites Reported by the four compilers of the Sunan; see Ṣaḥīḥ at-Tirmidhī 1/77, Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Mājah 1/135

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وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، إِنَّ صَلَاتِي، وَنُسُكِي، وَمَحْيَايَ، وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ. اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا، إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاهْدِنِي لِأَحْسَنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ، لَا يَهْدِي لِأَحْسَنِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا، لَا يَصْرِفُ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ، وَالْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ بِيَدَيْكَ، وَالشَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْكَ، أَنَا بِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ، تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

Wajjahtu wajhiya lilladhi fataras-samawati wal-arda hanifan wama ana minal-mushrikin, inna salati, wanusuki, wamahyaya, wamamati lillahi rabbil-'alamin, la sharika lah, wabidhalika umirtu wa ana minal-muslimin. Allahumma antal-maliku la ilaha illa anta, anta rabbi wa ana 'abduk, zalamtu nafsi wa'taraftu bidhanbi, faghfir li dhunubi jami'a, innahu la yaghfirudh-dhunuba illa anta, wahdini li'ahsanil-akhlaq, la yahdi li'ahsaniha illa anta, wasrif 'anni sayyi'aha, la yasrifu 'anni sayyi'aha illa anta, labbayka wasa'dayka, wal-khayru kulluhu biyadayka, wash-sharru laysa ilayka, ana bika wa ilayka, tabarakta wata'alayta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayka

I have turned my face to Him who created the heavens and the earth, inclining to the truth, and I am not of those who associate partners with Allah. Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds; He has no partner. With this I have been commanded, and I am of the Muslims. O Allah, You are the King; there is no deity except You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me all my sins; indeed, none forgives sins except You. Guide me to the best of character — none guides to the best of it except You — and turn its bad away from me — none turns its bad away from me except You. Here I am at Your service and at Your call. All good is in Your hands, and evil is not to be ascribed to You. I exist by You and I return to You. Blessed are You and exalted. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of Prayer - Travellers — site no. 1704 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 760 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Qur'an 6:79 · Qur'an 6:162-163

Compiler cites Muslim 1/534, no. 771

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اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرَائِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ، اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ، إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

Allahumma rabba jibra'ila wamika'ila wa Israfil, fatiras-samawati wal-ardi, 'alimal-ghaybi wash-shahadah, anta tahkumu bayna 'ibadika fima kanu fihi yakhtalifun, ihdini limakhtulifa fihi minal-haqqi bi'idhnik, innaka tahdi man tasha'u ila siratin mustaqim

O Allah, Lord of Jibrāʾīl, Mīkāʾīl and Isrāfīl, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You judge between Your servants in that over which they used to differ. Guide me, by Your leave, to the truth in that over which there has been difference. Indeed, You guide whom You will to a straight path.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of Prayer - Travellers — site no. 1703 Ṣaḥīḥ · Qur'an 39:46

Compiler cites Muslim 1/534, no. 770

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اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا، أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ نَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ وَهَمْزِهِ

Allahu akbaru kabira, Allahu akbaru kabira, Allahu akbaru kabira, wal-hamdu lillahi kathira, wal-hamdu lillahi kathira, wal-hamdu lillahi kathira, wasubhanallahi bukratan wa asila, wasubhanallahi bukratan wa asila, wasubhanallahi bukratan wa asila, a'udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-rajimi min nafkhihi wanafthihi wahamzih

Allah is the Greatest, greatly; Allah is the Greatest, greatly; Allah is the Greatest, greatly. Much praise is for Allah; much praise is for Allah; much praise is for Allah. Glory be to Allah morning and evening; glory be to Allah morning and evening; glory be to Allah morning and evening. I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed — from his puffing, his blowing and his pricking.

A narrator in Abū Dāwūd explains: his 'blowing' is (blameworthy) poetry, his 'puffing' is pride, and his 'pricking' is a fit of madness.

Source Sunan Abī Dāwūd 764 (similar wording) Ḍaʿīf · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer — site no. 1255 Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites Abū Dāwūd 1/203; Ibn Mājah 1/265; Aḥmad 4/85; Muslim 1/420 reports similar wording from Ibn ʿUmar, with a story

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When the Prophet ﷺ rose at night for tahajjud he would say:

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ، أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ، وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ، [وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، أَنْتَ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ]، [وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، لَكَ مُلْكُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ]، [وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، أَنْتَ مَلِكُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ]، [وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ]، [أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ، وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ، وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ، وَلِقَاؤُكَ الْحَقُّ، وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ، وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ، وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ، وَمُحَمَّدٌ حَقٌّ، وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ]، [اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ، وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ، وَإِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ، وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ، وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ]، [أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ، وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ]، [أَنْتَ إِلَهِي، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ]

Allahumma lakal-hamdu, anta nurus-samawati wal-ardi waman fihinn, walakal-hamdu, anta qayyimus-samawati wal-ardi waman fihinn, walakal-hamdu, anta rabbus-samawati wal-ardi waman fihinn, walakal-hamdu, laka mulkus-samawati wal-ardi waman fihinn, walakal-hamdu, anta malikus-samawati wal-ardi, walakal-hamdu, antal-haqq, wawa'dukal-haqq, waqawlukal-haqq, waliqa'ukal-haqq, wal-jannatu haqq, wan-naru haqq, wan-nabiyyuna haqq, wamuhammadun haqq, was-sa'atu haqq, Allahumma laka aslamtu, wa'alayka tawakkaltu, wabika amantu, wa ilayka anabtu, wabika khasamtu, wa ilayka hakamtu, faghfir li ma qaddamtu, wama akhhartu, wama asrartu, wama a'lantu, antal-muqaddim, wa antal-mu'akhhir, la ilaha illa anta, anta ilahi, la ilaha illa anta

O Allah, to You belongs all praise; You are the Light of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them. To You belongs all praise; You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them. [To You belongs all praise; You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them.] [To You belongs all praise; Yours is the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all who are in them.] [To You belongs all praise; You are the King of the heavens and the earth.] [To You belongs all praise.] [You are the Truth; Your promise is the truth, Your word is the truth, the meeting with You is the truth; Paradise is true, the Fire is true, the prophets are true, Muhammad is true, and the Hour is true.] [O Allah, to You I have submitted, in You I have put my trust, in You I have believed, to You I have turned, by Your help I have contended, and to You I have brought my case for judgement. So forgive me what I have done before and what I have left for later, what I have done in secret and what I have done openly.] [You are the One who brings forward and You are the One who puts back; there is no deity except You.] [You are the One I worship; there is no deity except You.]

Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6317 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7499 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1120 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī with Fatḥ al-Bārī 3/3, 11/116, 13/371, 423, 465; Muslim 1/532, briefer and similar