Hadith 766

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ، أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَزْهَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْحَرَازِيُّ ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : سُئِلْتُ عَائِشَةَ : بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ يَفْتَتِحُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ ؟ فَقَالَتْ : لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكَ ، " كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ كَبَّرَ 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.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاة / 766
Hadith Grading الألبانی: حسن صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن, أخرجه النسائي (1618 وسنده حسن)
Hadith Takhrij « سنن النسائی/قیام اللیل 9 (1618)، سنن ابن ماجہ/إقامة الصلاة 180 (1356)، (تحفة الأشراف: 16082، 16166)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (6/143)، ویأتي عند المؤلف برقم: (5085) (حسن صحیح) »
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