So I said: O Messenger of Allah, [may my father and mother be sacrificed for you] (14), what do you say during your silence (15) between the takbir and the recitation? He said: "I say: O Allah, distance me from my sins as You have distanced the east from the west. O Allah, purify me from my sins as a white garment is purified from filth. O Allah, wash away my sins with snow, water, and hail." This is agreed upon (16). Our evidence is what A'ishah narrated, saying: When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) opened the prayer, he would say: "Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise; blessed is Your name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no deity other than You." It was recorded by Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and al-Tirmidhi (17). From Abu Sa'id, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), there is the like of it; it was recorded by al-Nasa'i and al-Tirmidhi (18). It was also recorded by Anas, and the narrators of his hadith are all trustworthy. It was brought out (19) by al-Daraqutni (20). The predecessors (al-Salaf) acted upon it, and Umar used to...
(14) Omitted from: M. (15) In the original: "your silence". (16) Recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on What One Says After the Takbir, from the Book of the Adhan. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on What is Said Between the Opening Takbir and the Recitation, from the Book of Mosques. Sahih Muslim 1/419. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Silence at the Opening, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/180. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Ablution with Snow, from the Book of Purification; and in: The Chapter on Ablution with Snow Water, from the Book of Water; and in: The Chapter on the Imam's Silence After Opening the Prayer, from the Book of Opening. Al-Mujtaba 1/45, 143, 2/99. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Opening the Prayer, from the Book of Establishing the Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/264, 265. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on the Two Silences, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/284. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/231, 494, 3/357, 4/381, 5/11, 6/23, 28, 57, 207. (17) Recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter of One Who Favors Opening with 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise', from the Book of Prayer, Sunan Abi Dawud 1/179. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Opening the Prayer, from the Book of Establishing the Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/265. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What One Says at the Opening of the Prayer, from the Chapters on Prayer. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/41, 42. It was also recorded by Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/230, 254. (18) Recorded by al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on Another Type of Dhikr Between the Opening of the Prayer and the Recitation, from the Book of Opening. Al-Mujtaba 2/102. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What One Says at the Opening of the Prayer, from the Chapters on Prayer. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/41. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter of One Who Favors Opening with 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise', from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/179. (19) In M: "narrated it". (20) In: The Chapter on the Opening Supplication After the Takbir, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Daraqutni 1/300.
