أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ سَکَتَ هُنَيْهَةً فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي سُکُوتِکَ بَيْنَ التَّکْبِيرِ وَالْقِرَائَةِ قَالَ أَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ بَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَايَ کَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّنِي مِنْ خَطَايَايَ کَمَا يُنَقَّی الثَّوْبُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنْ الدَّنَسِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْنِي مِنْ خَطَايَايَ بِالْمَائِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 899
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم started to pray he would pause briefly. I said: ‘May my father and mother be ransomed for you, Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, what do you say when you pause briefly between the Takbir and recitation?’ He said: ‘I say:(Allah, put a great distance between me and my sins, as great as the distance You have made between the East and the West; Allah, cleanse me of my sins as a white garment is cleansed from filth; Allah, wash away my sins with snow and water and hail).” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020