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An Answered Supplication in the Obligatory Prayers
عَنْ أَنَس قَالَ جَاءَتْ أُمّ سُلَيْمٍ إِلَى النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُول اللَّه عَلِّمْنِي كَلِمَات أَدْعُو بِهِنَّ فِي صَلَاتِي قَالَ سَبِّحِي اللَّه عَشْرًا وَاحْمَدِيهِ عَشْرًا وَكَبِّرِيهِ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ سَلِيهِ حَاجَتك يَقُول نَعَمْ نَعَمْ
Anas ibn Malik [ رضي الله عنه] narrated that Um Sulaym[رضي الله عنه ]came to the Prophet [صلى الله عليه و سلم] and ask him to teach her supplication which she could say during her prayer. The Prophet [صلى الله عليه و سلم] said glorify Allah 10 x, praise Allah 10x , acknowledge His greatness 10x then ask for your needs. Following this Allah will say, granted granted.”
Collected by Imam An-Nasa’I 1299 and others and graded as being Sahih by way of other supporting narration by Imam Al-Albani in his checking of Sunnan An-Nasa’i
Benefits for this subject
- Um Sulaym was a companion of the Prophet [صلى الله عليه و سلم] and there is a difference of opinion about her name. Some say her name was Sahlah. She died during the reign of Uthman[ رضي الله عنه ]
- This hadith proves that the rememberances of Allah that include, saying, “ SubhanAllah, Al-Hamdulilah, and Allahu Akbar are said before the Tasleem. i.e the conclusion of the obligatory prayers.
- After the second Tashahud is when a person makes dua.
- It’s recommended to make the remembrances of Allah extoling and glorifying Him before supplicating to Him.
- It’s permissible to say , SubhanAllah, Al-Hamdulilah, and Allahu Akbar in the prayer when you intend to make dua.
- It’s allowed to say glorify Allah, praise Him and acknowledge His greatness when a person wants to ask Allah for a specific need and then anticipate that supplication will be answered. [ explanation of Sunnan An-Nasa’I vol 15/pg 215-216 by Al-Alamah Ash-Sheikh Muhammad Adam Al-Ethiopi [ may Allah preserve him]
Translated by Abu Aaliyah Abdullah ibn Dwight Battle
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