It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would wake up at night and begin the prayer by saying Allahu Akbar, he would say: Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika wa tabarakasmuka wa ta’ala jadduka wa la ilaha ghayruk, then say La ilaha illallah three times. Then he would say: A’udhu billahi as-sami’ al-‘aleem min ash-shaytan ir-rajim min hamzihi wa nafkhihi, then say Allahu Akbar three times, then again say: A’udhu billahi as-sami’ al-‘aleem min ash-shaytan ir-rajim min hamzihi wa nafkhihi wa nafthihi.