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سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب الافتتاحThe Book of the Commencement of the Prayer
بَابُ : الْقَوْلِ الَّذِي يُفْتَتَحُ بِهِ الصَّلاَةُChapter: The saying with which the prayer is begun
Hadith 887
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُجَاعٍ الْمَرُّوذِيُّ ، قال : حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قال : بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ : اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنِ الْقَائِلُ كَلِمَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا " فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ : أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " عَجِبْتُ لَهَا وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا فُتِحَتْ لَهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ " قَالَ : ابْنُ عُمَرَ مَا تَرَكْتُهُ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُهُ .
´It was narrated that Ibn Umar said:` "While we were praying with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), a man among the people said: 'Allahu Akbaru kabira, wal-hamdu Lillahi kathira, wa subhan-Allahi bukratan was asila (Allah is Most Great and much praise be to Allah and glorified be Allah at the beginning and end of the day).' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Who is the one who said such and such?' A man among the people said: 'I did, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: ' I like it,' and he said words to the effect that the gates of the Heavens had been opened for it." Ibn Umar said: "I never stopped saying it since I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say that."
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
886. Commentary:
➊ Other supplications have also been reported regarding the opening supplication (du'a al-istiftah). Any of these prescribed (masnun) supplications may be recited. To claim that, apart from «سبحانَك اللهمَّ ۔ ۔ ۔ الخ», the rest are only permissible in voluntary prayers (nawafil), tahajjud, etc., and not in obligatory prayers (fara'id), is without evidence and amounts to appointing oneself as a legislator, whereas for some of these supplications, there is explicit mention of their being recited in obligatory prayers. And Allah knows best.
➋ From this blessed hadith, it is also understood that, besides the noble recording angels (kiraman katibin), other angels also present certain deeds before Allah.
➊ Other supplications have also been reported regarding the opening supplication (du'a al-istiftah). Any of these prescribed (masnun) supplications may be recited. To claim that, apart from «سبحانَك اللهمَّ ۔ ۔ ۔ الخ», the rest are only permissible in voluntary prayers (nawafil), tahajjud, etc., and not in obligatory prayers (fara'id), is without evidence and amounts to appointing oneself as a legislator, whereas for some of these supplications, there is explicit mention of their being recited in obligatory prayers. And Allah knows best.
➋ From this blessed hadith, it is also understood that, besides the noble recording angels (kiraman katibin), other angels also present certain deeds before Allah.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 886
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
Let the beard grow fully,
because the meaning of "awfā al-nadhr" is,
he fulfilled the vow.
"awfā bi’l-wa‘d":
he fulfilled the promise.
"awfā al-kayl":
he measured out the full measure.
"awfā fulānan haqqahu":
he gave him his full right.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
Let the beard grow fully,
because the meaning of "awfā al-nadhr" is,
he fulfilled the vow.
"awfā bi’l-wa‘d":
he fulfilled the promise.
"awfā al-kayl":
he measured out the full measure.
"awfā fulānan haqqahu":
he gave him his full right.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 601
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
By "were performing prayer" is meant: we had already begun the prayer, when that man came and, in place of the supplication of glorification (du'a-e-thana), he recited these very words. Upon this, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) affirmed his statement (i.e., approved it). Thus, along with other supplications of glorification (thana), this supplication is also considered a form of glorification (thana).
Imam al-Nasa'i brings this hadith in the very chapter of the supplication of glorification (du'a-e-thana). Therefore, the statement of some scholars that, except for (Subhanak Allahumma...), all transmitted supplications of glorification pertain only to supererogatory and optional prayers (sunan and nawafil), is not correct.
2:
Allah is Most Great, and all praise is for Allah alone, and glory is for Allah, morning and evening.
1:
By "were performing prayer" is meant: we had already begun the prayer, when that man came and, in place of the supplication of glorification (du'a-e-thana), he recited these very words. Upon this, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) affirmed his statement (i.e., approved it). Thus, along with other supplications of glorification (thana), this supplication is also considered a form of glorification (thana).
Imam al-Nasa'i brings this hadith in the very chapter of the supplication of glorification (du'a-e-thana). Therefore, the statement of some scholars that, except for (Subhanak Allahumma...), all transmitted supplications of glorification pertain only to supererogatory and optional prayers (sunan and nawafil), is not correct.
2:
Allah is Most Great, and all praise is for Allah alone, and glory is for Allah, morning and evening.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3592
