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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاةPrayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب مَا يُسْتَفْتَحُ بِهِ الصَّلاَةُ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِChapter: The Supplication With Which The Prayer Should Be Started.
Hadith 762
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُرَيْحُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ، حَدَّثَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، وَابْنُ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ وغيرهما من فقهاء أهل المدينة فإذا قُلْتَ أَنْتَ ذَاكَ ، فَقُلْ : وَأَنَا مِنَ 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”.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
762. Commentary:
Its explanation has been provided in the benefits of Sunan Abi Dawood, Hadith number: [760], that there is no harm in saying «وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ».
Its meaning is: “O Allah! In obeying Your commands, I am at the forefront.” Just as the noble verse states:
«قل ان كان للرحمن ولد فانا اول العابدين» [لزخرف : 81]
“Say: If (hypothetically) the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first to worship him.”
Prophet Musa (alayhis salam) said:
«وانا اول المؤمنين» [الاعراف : 143]
“I am the foremost among the believers.”
Its explanation has been provided in the benefits of Sunan Abi Dawood, Hadith number: [760], that there is no harm in saying «وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ».
Its meaning is: “O Allah! In obeying Your commands, I am at the forefront.” Just as the noble verse states:
«قل ان كان للرحمن ولد فانا اول العابدين» [لزخرف : 81]
“Say: If (hypothetically) the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first to worship him.”
Prophet Musa (alayhis salam) said:
«وانا اول المؤمنين» [الاعراف : 143]
“I am the foremost among the believers.”
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 762
