Sunan Abi Dawood

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ أَبِي بَدْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي طَالُوتَ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ عَنْ ابْنِ جَرِيرٍ الضَّبِّيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يُمْسِكُ شِمَالَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى الرُّسْغِ فَوْقَ السُّرَّةِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَرُوِيَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ فَوْقَ السُّرَّةِ قَالَ أَبُو مِجْلَزٍ تَحْتَ السُّرَّةِ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَلَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ

Jarir ad-Dabbi reported: I saw Ali (Allah be pleased with him) catching hold of his left hand) by his right hand on the wrist above the navel. Abu Dawud said: Saeed bin Jubair narrated the words: "above the navel". Abu Mijlaz reported the words: "below the navel". This has also been narrated by Abu Hurairah. But that is not strong.

أَبِيهِ ← ابْنِ جَرِيرٍ الضَّبِّيِّ ← أَبِي طَالُوتَ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ ← أَبِي بَدْرٍ ← مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَعْيَنَ

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْذُ الْأَكُفِّ عَلَى الْأَكُفِّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ تَحْتَ السُّرَّةِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد سَمِعْت أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ يُضَعِّفُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ إِسْحَقَ الْكُوفِيَّ

Narrated Abu Hurairah: (The established way of folding hands is) to hold the hands by the hands in prayer below the navel. Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad bin Hanbal say: The narrator Abdur-Rahman bin Ishaq al-Kufi is weak (i. e. not reliable).

أَبِي وَائِلٍ، ← سَيَّارٍ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ، ← عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ الْكُوفِيِّ ← عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، ← مُسَدَّدٌ

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى يَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ يَشُدُّ بَيْنَهُمَا عَلَى صَدْرِهِ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ

Narrated Tawus: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to place his right hand on his left hand, then he folded them strictly on his chest in prayer.

طَاوْسٍ ← سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى، ← ثَوْرٍ ← الْهَيْثَمُ -يَعْنِي ابْنَ حُمَيْدٍ- ← أَبُو تَوْبَةَ،

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ الْمَاجِشُونِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَی الصَّلَاةِ کَبَّرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنْ الْمُشْرِکِينَ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُکِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لَا شَرِيکَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِکَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِکُ لَا إِلَهَ لِي إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُکَ 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 سَيِّئَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ لَبَّيْکَ وَسَعْدَيْکَ وَالْخَيْرُ کُلُّهُ فِي يَدَيْکَ وَالشَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْکَ أَنَا بِکَ وَإِلَيْکَ تَبَارَکْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُکَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْکَ وَإِذَا رَکَعَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَکَ رَکَعْتُ وَبِکَ آمَنْتُ وَلَکَ أَسْلَمْتُ خَشَعَ لَکَ سَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَمُخِّي وَعِظَامِي وَعَصَبِي وَإِذَا رَفَعَ قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ رَبَّنَا وَلَکَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْئَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمِلْئَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمِلْئَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْئٍ بَعْدُ وَإِذَا سَجَدَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَکَ سَجَدْتُ وَبِکَ آمَنْتُ وَلَکَ أَسْلَمْتُ سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَصَوَّرَهُ فَأَحْسَنَ صُورَتَهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ وَتَبَارَکَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ وَإِذَا سَلَّمَ مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَفْتُ وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَالْمُؤَخِّرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Ali bin Abi Talib said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great), then said: I have turned my face, breaking with all others, towards Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and I am not a polytheist. My prayer and my devotion, my life and my death belong to Allah, the Lord of the Universe, Who has no partner. That is what I have been commanded, and I am first of Muslims (those who surrender themselves). O Allah, Thou art the King. There is no God but Thee. Thou art my Lord and I am Thy servant. I have wronged myself, but I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me all my sins; Thou Who alone canst forgive sins; and guide me to the best qualities. Thou Who alone canst guide to the best of them; and turn me from evil ones. Thou who alone canst turn from evil qualities. I come to serve and please Thee. All good is in Thy Hands, and evil does not pertain to Thee. I seek refuge in Thee and turn to Thee, Who art blessed and exalted. I ask Thy forgiveness and turn to thee in repentance. When he bowed, he said: O Allah, to Thee I bow, in Thee I trust, and to Thee I submit myself. My hearing, my sight, my brain, my bone and my sinews humble themselves before Thee. When he raised his head, he said: Allah listens to him who praises Him. O our lord, and all praises be to Thee in the whole of the heavens and the earth, and what is between them, and in whatever Thou creates afterwards. When he prostrated himself, he said: O Allah, to Thee I prostrate myself, to Thee I trust, and to Thee I submit myself. My face prostrated itself before Him Who created it, fashioned it, and fashioned it in the best shape, and brought forth its hearing and seeing. Blessed is Allah, the best of creators. When he saluted at the end of the prayer, he said: O Allah, forgive me my former and my latter sins, my open and secret sins, my sins in exceeding the limits, and what Thou knowest better than I. Thou art He Who puts forward and puts back. There is deity but Thee.

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ کَانَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَی الصَّلَاةِ الْمَکْتُوبَةِ کَبَّرَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَذْوَ مَنْکِبَيْهِ وَيَصْنَعُ مِثْلَ ذَلِکَ إِذَا قَضَی قِرَائَتَهُ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْکَعَ وَيَصْنَعُهُ إِذَا رَفَعَ مِنْ الرُّکُوعِ وَلَا يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْئٍ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ وَإِذَا قَامَ مِنْ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ کَذَلِکَ وَکَبَّرَ وَدَعَا نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ فِي الدُّعَائِ يَزِيدُ وَيَنْقُصُ الشَّيْئَ وَلَمْ يَذْکُرْ وَالْخَيْرُ کُلُّهُ فِي يَدَيْکَ وَالشَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْکَ وَزَادَ فِيهِ وَيَقُولُ عِنْدَ انْصِرَافِهِ مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَأَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ إِلَهِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Ali bin Abi Talib said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for (offering) obligatory prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders, and he did so when he finished the recitation (of the Quran) and when he was about to bow; and he did like that when he raised (his head) after bowing. He did not raise his hands in prayer when he was sitting. When he stood at the end of two rak’ahs, he raised his hands in a similar way and uttered the takbir and supplicated in a more or less the same manner as narrated by Abd al-Aziz in his version. This version does not mention the words “All good is in Thy Hands and evil does not pertain to Thee. ” And this adds: He said when he finished the prayer: “O Allah, forgive me my former and latter sins, my open and secret sins; Thou art my deity; there is no God but Thee.

عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ← عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، ← عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجُ، ← عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ← مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، ← عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ← سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ، ← الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا شُرَيْحُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْکَدِرِ وَابْنُ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ وَغَيْرُهُمَا مِنْ فُقَهَائِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا قُلْتَ أَنْتَ ذَاکَ فَقُلْ وَأَنَا مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَعْنِي قَوْلَهُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

Shuaib bin Abi Hamzah said: Ibn al-Munkadir, Ibn Abi Farwah and a number of jurists of Madina said to me: When you recite the supplication “I am first of the Muslims, ” say instead; “I am one of the Muslims”.

شُعَيْبِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، ← شُرَيْحُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ← عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ،

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَثَابِتٍ وَحُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَائَ إِلَی الصَّلَاةِ وَقَدْ حَفَزَهُ النَّفَسُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا کَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَکًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا قَضَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ أَيُّکُمْ الْمُتَکَلِّمُ بِالْکَلِمَاتِ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ بَأْسًا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ جِئْتُ وَقَدْ حَفَزَنِيَ النَّفَسُ فَقُلْتُهَا فَقَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مَلَکًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَرْفَعُهَا وَزَادَ حُمَيْدٌ فِيهِ وَإِذَا جَائَ أَحَدُکُمْ فَلْيَمْشِ نَحْوَ مَا کَانَ يَمْشِي فَلْيُصَلِّ مَا أَدْرَکَهُ وَلْيَقْضِ مَا سَبَقَهُ

Anas bin Malik said: A man came panting to join the row of worshippers, and said: Allah is most great; praise be to Allah, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he asked: Which of you is the one who spoke the words? He said nothing wrong. Then the man said: I (said), Messenger of Allah ﷺ; I came and had difficulty in breathing, so I said them. He said: I saw twelve angels racing against one another to be the one to take them to Allah. The narrator Humaid added: When any of you comes for praying, he should walk as usual (i. e. he should not hasten and run quickly); then he should pray as much as he finds it (along with the imam), and should offer the part of the prayer himself (when the prayer is finished) which the Imam had offered before him.

اَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ، ← قَتَادَةُ، وَثَابِتٌ، وَحُمَيْدٌ، ← حَمَّادٍ، ← مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ عَنْ ابْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ رَأَی رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةً قَالَ عَمْرٌو لَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ صَلَاةٍ هِيَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ کَبِيرًا اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ کَبِيرًا اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ کَبِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ کَثِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ کَثِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ کَثِيرًا وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بُکْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا ثَلَاثًا أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ الشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ وَهَمْزِهِ قَالَ نَفْثُهُ الشِّعْرُ وَنَفْخُهُ الْکِبْرُ وَهَمْزُهُ الْمُوتَةُ

Narrated Jubayr ibn Mutim: Jabir saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observing prayer. (The narrator Amr said: I do not know which prayer he was offering. ) He (the Prophet) said: Allah is altogether great; Allah is altogether great; Allah is altogether great; and praise be to Allah in abundance; and praise be to Allah is abundance; and praise be to Allah in abundance. Glory be to Allah in the morning and after (saying it three times). I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed devil, from his puffing up (nafkh), his spitting (nafth) and his evil suggestion (hamz). He (Amr) said: His nafth it poetry, his nafkh is pride, and his hamz is madness.

أَبِيهِ ← ابْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ، ← عَاصِمٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ2 ← عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ← شُعْبَةُ ← عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ،

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ فِي التَّطَوُّعِ ذَکَرَ نَحْوَهُ

The above mentioned tradition has also been reported by Jubair bin Mutim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: I head the Prophet ﷺ uttering (all these supplications) in a supererogatory prayer; he narrated the tradition in a similar manner.

أَبِيهِ ← نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ← رَجُلٍ ← عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ ← مِسْعَرٍ، ← يَحْيَی بْنُ مِسْعَرٍ ← مُسَدَّدٌ

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَزْهَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْحَرَازِيُّ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ بِأَيِّ شَيْئٍ کَانَ يَفْتَتِحُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَالَتْ لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْ شَيْئٍ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَکَ کَانَ إِذَا قَامَ کَبَّرَ عَشْرًا وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَشْرًا وَسَبَّحَ عَشْرًا وَهَلَّلَ عَشْرًا وَاسْتَغْفَرَ عَشْرًا وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَعَافِنِي وَيَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ ضِيقِ الْمَقَامِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد وَرَوَاهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ الْجُرَشِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ نَحْوَهُ

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Asim ibn Humayd said: I asked Aishah: By what words the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would begin his supererogatory prayer at night? She replied: You ask me about a thing of which no one asked me before you. When he stood up, be uttered the takbir (Allah is most great) ten times, and uttered "Praise be to Allah" ten times, and uttered "Glory be to Allah " ten times, and uttered "There is no god but Allah" ten times, and sought forgiveness ten times, and said: O Allah, forgive me, and guide me, and give me sustenance, and keep me well, and he sought refuge in Allah from the hardship of standing before Allah on the Day of Judgment. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been narrated by Khalid bin Madan from Rabiah al-Jarashi on the authority of Aishah.

عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ، ← أَزْهَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْحَرَازِيِّ، ← مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ← زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ← مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ،

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّی حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عِکْرِمَةُ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَی بْنُ أَبِي کَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ بِأَيِّ شَيْئٍ کَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْتَتِحُ صَلَاتَهُ إِذَا قَامَ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ قَالَتْ کَانَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنْ اللَّيْلِ يَفْتَتِحُ صَلَاتَهُ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيکَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ أَنْتَ تَحْکُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِکَ فِيمَا کَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنْ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِکَ إِنَّکَ أَنْتَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَائُ إِلَی صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

Abu Salamah bin Abdur-Rahman bin Awf said: I asked Aishah: By what words the Prophet ﷺ used to begin his prayer when he stood up at night (to offer tahajjud prayer). She said: When he stood up at night, he began his prayer by saying: O Allah, Lord of Jibra’il, Lord of Mik’ail, and Lord of Israfil, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, the Knower of what is seen and of what is unseen; Thou decides between Thy servants in which they used to differ. Guide me to the truth where there is a difference of opinion by Thy permission. Thou guidest anyone Thou wishes to the right path.

أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، ← يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، ← عِكْرِمَةَ ← عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ← ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّی

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُوحٍ قُرَادٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِکْرِمَةُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ بِلَا إِخْبَارٍ وَمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ کَانَ إِذَا قَامَ بِاللَّيْلِ کَبَّرَ وَيَقُولُ

The above mentioned tradition has been reported by ‘Ikramah with a different chain of narrators. This version adds: When he stood up, he said the takbir (Allah is most great) and said. . . .

عِكْرِمَةَ ← أَبُو نُوحٍ قُرَادٌ ← مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ،