Book 80: Prayers of Supplication
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 6304
Isma'il (bin Abi Uwais) narrated to us, he said: Malik told me. He narrated from Abuz Zinad, Abuz Zinad from A'raj, A'raj from Hazrat Abu Hurairah, that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Every prophet has one accepted prayer which he asks for. And I wish to keep my prayer concealed so that in the Hereafter it may become (the means of) intercession for my Ummah.”
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And Khalifah (bin Khayyat) said to me that Mu'tamir (bin Sulaiman) used to say: I heard my father. He used to narrate from Hazrat Anas, and Hazrat Anas from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Every prophet has asked for something,” or he said: “every prophet has a special prayer which he has asked for, and it was accepted. I have kept my prayer in reserve as intercession for my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 6306
Abu Ma'mar narrated to us that Abdul Warith (bin Sa'id) told us. Husain (bin Dhakwan) narrated to us that Abdullah bin Buraidah told us. (He said:) Bushair bin Ka'b Adawi narrated to me , (he said:) Hazrat Shaddad bin Aus (ra) told me. Hazrat Shaddad narrated from the Prophet (saw): “The chief of the prayers for forgiveness (Sayyid-ul-Istighfar) is that one should pray thus: O my Allah! You alone are my Lord. There is none worthy of worship except You. You created me. I am Your servant. I hold to Your covenant and Your promise as far as I am able. I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge before You that You have bestowed favours upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. Cover me and forgive my sins, for none forgives sins except You.” He (saw) said: “And whoever says this prayer during the day with firm belief and then dies on that day before evening comes, he will be among the people of Paradise. And whoever says this prayer at night while he firmly believes in it and then dies before morning comes, he too will be among the people of Paradise.”
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Abul Yaman narrated to us that Shu'aib told us. He narrated from Zuhri. He said: Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman informed me. Abu Salamah said: Hazrat Abu Hurairah related that I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw). He (saw) used to say: “By Allah! I seek forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times every day.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 6308
تَابَعَهُ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ وَجَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ. وَقَالَ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَارَةُ سَمِعْتُ الْحَارِثَ. وَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَبُو مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ. وَقَالَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَعَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ.
Ahmad bin Yunus narrated to us that Abu Shihab told us. He narrated from A'mash, A'mash from Umarah bin Umair, Umarah from Harith bin Suwaid, that Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (ra) narrated two hadiths to us, one of them from the Prophet (saw) and one from himself. (From himself he) said: The believer looks upon his sins as if he were sitting under a mountain, fearing lest it should fall upon him. And the wicked person regards his sins like a fly that passed over his nose and he brushed it away like this. Abu Shihab showed this (gesture) by passing his hand over his nose. Then (he related the hadith of the Holy Prophet (saw)). He said: “Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant than that man who stopped at a place where all the means of destruction were present. With him was his she-camel, on which his food and water were loaded. He laid down his head and slept a little, then woke up and saw that his she-camel had gone off somewhere. Matters came to such a point that heat and thirst made him utterly helpless,” or he said: “he was struck by as severe a heat and thirst as Allah willed. He said: ‘I will go back to my place.’ And he went back and slept a little. Then he raised his head and saw that his she-camel was standing beside him.” (Like Abu Shihab) Abu Awanah and Jarir also narrated this hadith from A'mash. And Abu Usamah said: A'mash narrated to us that Umarah told us: I heard Harith bin Suwaid. And Shu'bah and Muslim also narrated this hadith from A'mash, and A'mash from Ibrahim Taimi, Ibrahim from Harith bin Suwaid. And Abu Mu'awiyah said: A'mash narrated to us. He narrated from Umarah, Umarah from Aswad, Aswad from Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud, and from Ibrahim Taimi, he from Harith bin Suwaid, Harith from Hazrat Abdullah.
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Ishaq (bin Mansur) narrated to us that Habban (bin Hilal) informed us. Hammam told us. Qatadah narrated to us that Hazrat Anas bin Malik told us. He narrated from the Prophet (saw). And also Hudbah (bin Khalid) narrated to us that Hammam told us. Qatadah narrated to us. Qatadah narrated from Hazrat Anas (ra). He used to say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Allah is more pleased at the repentance of His servant than any one of you who suddenly finds his camel after he had lost it in a waterless, barren desert.”
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Abdullah bin Muhammad (Musnadi) narrated to us that Hisham bin Yusuf told us. Ma'mar informed us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Urwah, Urwah from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She said: The Prophet (saw) used to pray eleven Rak'ahs at night. When the (true) dawn broke, he would pray two light Rak'ahs. Then he would lie down on his right side until the Mu'adhdhin came and informed him.
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Musaddad narrated to us that Mu'tamir (bin Sulaiman) told us. He said: I heard Mansur. Mansur narrated from Sa'd bin Ubaidah. He said: Hazrat Bara' bin Azib (ra) told me. He used to say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said to me: “When you come to your bed, perform ablution (Wudu), the same ablution that you perform for your Prayer (Salat). Then lie down on your right side and pray thus: O Allah! I have surrendered myself to You and entrusted my affair to You, and, hoping for Your pleasure and fearing Your displeasure, I have made You alone my support. There is no refuge and no place of safety from You except with You. I have believed in Your Book which You revealed and in Your Prophet whom You sent. If you die (after this prayer), you will die upon the natural disposition (Fitrah). Therefore, let the very last thing you say be these words.” I said: Let me memorise them (thus): Wa bi rasulikalladhi arsalta (and in Your Messenger whom You sent). He (saw) said: “No, (rather say:) Wa bi nabiyyikalladhi arsalta (and in Your Prophet whom You sent).”
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He said: When the Prophet (saw) went to rest on his bed, he would pray: “In Your name I die and I live.” And when he got up, he would pray: “All praise belongs to Allah, Who gave us life after He had caused us to die, and to Him is the rising.” Nunshiruha means: We bring it out.
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Sa'id bin Rabi' and Muhammad bin Ar'arah narrated to us. Both of them said: Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Abu Ishaq. (Abu Ishaq said:) I heard Hazrat Bara' bin Azib (ra) say that the Prophet (saw) commanded a man. And also Adam narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. Abu Ishaq Hamdani narrated to us. He narrated from Hazrat Bara' bin Azib (ra) that the Prophet (saw) gave (this) instruction to a man. He (saw) said: “When you go to your bed, pray thus: O Allah! I have surrendered myself to You and entrusted my affair to You, and I have turned my face to You alone, and, fearing Your displeasure and hoping for Your pleasure, I have made You alone my support. There is no refuge and no place of safety from You except with You. I have believed in Your Book which You revealed and in Your Prophet whom You sent. Then, if you die, you will die upon the natural disposition (Fitrah).”
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Musa bin Isma'il narrated to me that Abu Awanah told us. He narrated from Abdul Malik, Abdul Malik from Rib'i, Rib'i from Hazrat Hudhaifah (ra). He said: When the Prophet (saw) lay down on his bed at night, he (saw) would place his hand under his cheek. Then he would pray: “O Allah! In Your name alone I die and I live.” And when he (saw) woke up, he would pray: “All praise belongs to Allah, Who gave us life after He had caused us to die. And to Him is the rising.”
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Musaddad narrated to us that Abdul Wahid bin Ziyad told us. Ala' bin Musayyab narrated to us. He said: My father told me. He narrated from Hazrat Bara' bin Azib (ra). He used to say: When the Messenger of Allah (saw) went to rest on his bed, he (saw) would sleep on his right side, then pray thus: “O Allah! I have handed myself over to You, and I have turned my face to You alone, and I have entrusted my affair to You, and I have leaned my back upon You, longing for Your pleasure and fearing Your displeasure. There is no refuge and no place to flee to for safety from You except with You. I have believed in Your Book which You sent down and in Your Prophet whom You sent.” And the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Whoever says these words and then dies that very night will die upon the natural disposition (Fitrah).” Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari (rh)) said: Istarhabuhum (that is, they sought to overawe them) is from rahbah (fear). Malakut means kingdom. (In Arabic) there is a proverb: Rahabutun khairun min rahamut (that is, being made to fear is better than being shown mercy). And it is said: Turhabu khairun min an turhama, that is, that you be made to fear is better than that you be pitied.
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Ali bin Abdullah narrated to us that (Abdur Rahman) Ibn Mahdi told us. He narrated from Sufyan (Thauri), Sufyan from Salamah (bin Kuhail), Salamah from Kuraib, Kuraib from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). He said: I spent the night with Hazrat Maimunah (ra), and the Prophet (saw) got up and went to relieve himself. He (saw) washed his face and his hands. Then he slept. Then (after that) he got up and came to the waterskin and untied its fastening. Then he (saw) performed a moderate ablution (Wudu). He did not use much water, yet he completed the ablution. He (saw) began to pray, and I too got up. I stretched myself, because I disliked that he should think I had been watching him secretly. Then I performed ablution and stood up and began to pray, and I was standing on his left. He (saw) took hold of my ear and turned me round to his right side. His Prayer (Salat) was completed in thirteen Rak'ahs. Then he (saw) lay down and slept and began to snore. And it was his habit that when he slept, he snored. Then Bilal (ra) informed him of the Prayer, and he (saw) led the Prayer and did not perform ablution (again). And he (saw) used to make his supplication thus: “O Allah! Put light in my heart, and put light in my eyes, and put light in my ears, and make light on my right, and make light on my left, and make light above me, and make light below me, and make light before me, and make light behind me, and make light for me.” Kuraib said: And there are seven things in the body (for which he (saw) prayed to be filled with light). (On hearing this) I met a man from the descendants of Hazrat Abbas (ra), and he told me those seven things, and he mentioned: in my sinews, and in my flesh, and in my blood, and in my hair, and in my body. And he mentioned two other things (as well).
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Abdullah bin Muhammad narrated to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. He said: I heard Sulaiman bin Abi Muslim. Sulaiman narrated from Tawus, Tawus from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), that when the Prophet (saw) got up at night to offer the Tahajjud (Prayer), he (saw) would pray thus: “O Allah! All praise is Yours. You are the Light of the heavens and the earth and whatever is in them. And all praise is Yours. You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and of all that is in them. And all praise is Yours. You are surely the Truth, and Your promise is unalterable, and Your word is true, and the meeting with You is certain, and Paradise is certain, and the Fire is certain, and the Hour is certain, and the prophets are true, and Muhammad (saw) is true. O Allah! I have bowed my neck before You, and placed my trust in You alone, and believed in You, and bent low before You. And with Your help I have contended with the enemy. And before You I present my case for judgement. Cover me and forgive me for what I have done earlier of what should have been done later, and for what I have delayed. And also forgive me what I have kept hidden and what I have made manifest. You alone are the One Who brings forward, and You alone are the One Who puts back. There is none worthy of worship except You,” or (he said:) “There is none worthy of worship other than You.”
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Sulaiman bin Harb narrated to us that Shu'bah (bin Hajjaj) told us. He narrated from Hakam (bin Utaibah), Hakam from Ibn Abi Laila, Ibn Abi Laila from Hazrat Ali (ra), that Hazrat Fatimah (as) complained of the pain which the hand mill caused to her hand. She came to the Prophet (saw) to ask him for a servant, but she did not find him (at home), so she mentioned it to Hazrat Aishah (ra). When he (saw) came, Hazrat Aishah (ra) told him. (Hazrat Ali (ra)) used to say: (On hearing this) he (saw) came to us, and we had already lain down in our beds. I was about to get up, but he (saw) said: “Stay in your place,” and he sat down between us, so that I felt the coolness of his feet on my chest. He (saw) said: “Shall I not show you something that is better for you than a servant? When you go to rest on your bed,” or (he said:) “when you lie down in your beds, say Allahu Akbar thirty-four times, Subhan Allah thirty-three times and Al-hamdu lillah thirty-three times, and this will be better for both of you than a servant.” And it is related from Shu'bah that he narrated from Khalid (Hadhdha'), Khalid from Ibn Sirin. He said: Subhan Allah is thirty-four times.
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Abdullah bin Yusuf narrated to us that Laith told us. He said: Uqail told me. Uqail narrated from Ibn Shihab. He said: Urwah informed me. Urwah narrated from Hazrat Aishah (ra) that when the Messenger of Allah (saw) was about to lie down on his bed, he would blow into his two hands and recite the Mu'awwidhat (the chapters of seeking refuge) and pass his two hands over his body.
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Ahmad bin Yunus narrated to us that Zuhair told us. Ubaidullah bin Umar narrated to us that Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id Maqburi told me. Sa'id narrated from his father, his father from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) said: “When one of you is about to rest on his bed, he should dust off the sheet of his bed with the inner part (of his garment), for he does not know what may have come onto the bed after him. Then he should say: In Your name, O my Lord, I have laid down my side, and through You alone will I raise it. If You withhold my soul, then have mercy on it, and if You let it go, then protect it with that same mercy with which You protect the righteous.” (Like Zuhair bin Mu'awiyah) Abu Damrah and Isma'il bin Zakariyya also narrated the same from Ubaidullah. And Yahya bin Sa'id (Qattan) and Bishr (bin Mufaddal) also narrated this hadith from Ubaidullah, Ubaidullah from Sa'id, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw). And Malik and (Muhammad) Ibn Ajlan also narrated it from Sa'id, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Prophet (saw).
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Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah narrated to us that Malik told us. He narrated from Ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab from Abu Abdullah Agharr and Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman (bin Auf), both of them from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Our Lord, Who is most Blessed and most High, descends every night to the lowest heaven when the last third of the night remains. He says: Who will pray to Me so that I may answer his prayer? Who will ask of Me so that I may give him? Who will seek My forgiveness so that I may cover him and forgive him?”
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Muhammad bin Ar'arah narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Abdul Aziz bin Suhaib, Abdul Aziz from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra). He said: When the Prophet (saw) went into the toilet, he would pray: “O Allah, I seek refuge with You from every filth and from filthy things.”
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yazid bin Zurai' told us. Husain (bin Dhakwan) narrated to us that Abdullah bin Buraidah told us. Abdullah narrated from Bushair bin Ka'b, Bushair from Hazrat Shaddad bin Aus (ra), Hazrat Shaddad (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “The chief of the prayers for forgiveness (Sayyid-ul-Istighfar) is this prayer: O my Allah! You are my Lord; there is none worthy of worship except You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I hold to Your covenant and Your promise as far as I am able. I acknowledge before You that You have bestowed favours upon me, and I acknowledge before You that I have committed sins. So cover me and forgive me, for You alone forgive sins. I seek refuge with You from the evil of whatever I have done.” (He said:) “If someone says this prayer when evening comes and then dies, he will enter Paradise,” or (he said:) “he will be among the people of Paradise. Or if he says this prayer when morning comes and then dies that same day, he too will enter Paradise,” or (he said:) “will be among the people of Paradise.”
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