حَدَّثَنَا
كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ، عَنْ
عُمَرَ بْنِ جُعْثُمٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
الْأَزْهَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَرَازِيُّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
شَرِيقٌ الْهَوْزَنِيُّ ، قَالَ : " دَخَلْتُ عَلَى
عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، فَسَأَلْتُهَا بِمَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَفْتَتِحُ إِذَا هَبَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ؟ , فَقَالَتْ : لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكَ , كَانَ إِذَا هَبَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كَبَّرَ عَشْرًا وَحَمَّدَ عَشْرًا ، وَقَالَ : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَشْرًا ، وَقَالَ : سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ عَشْرًا ، وَاسْتَغْفَرَ عَشْرًا ، وَهَلَّلَ عَشْرًا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ ضِيقِ الدُّنْيَا ، وَضِيقِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ عَشْرًا ، ثُمَّ يَفْتَتِحُ الصَّلَاةَ " .
Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Shariq al-Hawzani and I came to Aishah (Allah be pleased with her) and asked her: By which (prayer) the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began when he woke up at night? She replied: You asked me about a thing which no one asked me before. When he woke up at night, he uttered: "Allah is Most Great" ten times, and uttered "Praise be to Allah" ten times, and said "Glory be to Allah and I begin with His praise" ten times, and said: "Glory be to the King, the Most Holy" ten times, and asked Allah's pardon ten times, and said: "There is no god but Allah" ten times, and then said: "O Allah! I seek refuge in Thee from the strait of the Day of resurrection, " ten times. He then began the prayer.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1618. Commentary: The beginning of the night prayer (qiyam al-layl) means that when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would rise for tahajjud, he used to recite these supplications before the tahajjud prayer. Among these (previous and forthcoming) supplications, there are many such supplications which, apparently, were not necessary for him, but he recited them for the instruction of his ummah, because for the members of the ummah, they are in any case needed. It can be said that his supplications were, in reality, for his ummah. (Apart from those supplications which were specific to him.)
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1618
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
The meaning of seeking refuge from (ḍīq al-muqām) is: O Allah! When, on the Day of Resurrection, I am presented before You to give an account of the deeds of my life,
at that time, let it not become difficult—grant that I may be relieved from the reckoning with ease.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1356
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) The purpose of the Imam, rahimahullah, is to indicate that this chain of narration is disconnected; however, the narration itself is authentic because the chain of narration in the following narration is also disconnected. And Allah knows best.
(2) "Which is not accepted"—the intent is: O Allah, protect me from those faults due to which supplication (du'a) is not accepted, such as unlawful sustenance (haram rizq), lack of sincerity, supplicating for something impermissible, etc. (For further details, see Hadith: Hadith number: 5444)
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 5538