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The Book of Prayer - Travellers

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كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرها

Ali bin Abi Talib (رضي الله تعالى عنه) narrated that when the Apostle of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) got up at night for prayer he would say - َّوَج َِ كِينَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرْ ضَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَاألَرهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَر َْ تُ وَأَنَا مِنِ يكَ لَهُ وَ بِذَلِكَ أُمِرَب ِ الْعَالَمِينَ الَ شَرِ َّ ِ رإِنَّ صَالَتِي وَ نُسُكِي وَمَحْيَاىَ وَمَمَاتِي َّلل الْمُسْلِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ ا َلْمَلِكُ الَ إِلَهَ إِالَّ أَنْت . ُْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ الَ يَغْفِرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرَ ب ِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَاعْتَرأَنْتَ ر ِالذُّنُوبَ إِالَّ أَنْتَ وَاهْدِنِي ألَحْسَنِ األَخْالَق ْالَ يَهْدِي ألَحْسَنِهَا إِالَّ أَن َُ عَن ِي سَي ِئَهَا إِالَّ أَنْتَ لَبَّيْكَ وَ سَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ فِي يِ فْ عَن ِي سَي ِئَهَا الَ يَصْرِ فتَ وَاصْر َُّ لَيْسدَيْكَ وَالشَّر ََكْتَ وَ تَعَالَيْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكإِلَيْكَ أَنَا بِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ تَبَار [ I turn my face in complete devotion to One Who is the Originator of the heaven and the earth and I am not of the polytheists. Verily my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the worlds; There is no partner with Him and this is what I have been commanded (to profess and believe) and I am of the believers. O Allah, You are the King, there is no god but You, You are my Lord, and I am Your servant. I wronged myself and make a confession of my Sin. Forgive all my sins, for no one forgives the sins but You, and guide me in the best of conduct for none but You guides anyone (in) good conduct. Remove sins from me, for none else but You can remove sins from me. Here I am at Your service, and Grace is to You and the whole of good is in Your hand, and one cannot get near to You through evil. My (power as well as existence) is due to You (Your grace) and I turn to You (for supplication). You are blessed and You are exalted. I seek forgiveness from You and turn to You in repentance]. And when he would bow, he would say - " ََكَعْتُ وَ بِكَ آمَنْتُ وَلَكاللَّهُمَّ لَكَ رِ ي وَمُخ ِ ي وَعَظْمِي وَعَصَبِيأَسْلَمْتُ خَشَعَ لَكَ سَمْعِي وَ بَصَر [O Allah, it is for You that I bowed. I affirm my faith in You and I submit to You, and submit humbly before You my hearing, my eyesight, my marrow, my bone, my sinew]. And when he would raise his head, he would say - َُ بَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْداللَّهُمَّ ر ُِ وَمِلْءَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ بَعْدْ ضمِلْءَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ األَر [ O Allah, our Lord, praise is due to You, (the praise) with which is filled the heavens and the earth, and with which is filled that (space) which exists between them, and filled with anything that You desire afterward]. And when he prostrated, he would say - ََّ هُ وَ شَقاللَّهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ وَ بِكَ آمَنْتُ وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَ صَوَّ ر ََّ ُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَكَ َّللاَ هُ تَبَارسَمْعَهُ وَ بَصَر [O Allah, it is to You that I prostrate myself and it is in You that I affirm my faith, and I submit to You. My face is submitted before One Who created it and shaped it, and opened his faculties of hearing and seeing. Blessed is Allah, the best of Creators]. And he would then say between Tashah-hud and the pronouncing of salutation - ْ لِي مَااللَّهُمَّ اغْفِر ََفْتُ وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِن ِي أَنْتَ الْمُقْ تُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَ رْ تُ وَمَا أَسْرقَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّر َّد ِمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخ ِ رُ الَ إِلَهَ إِال َأَنْت [ Forgive me of the earlier and later open and secret (sins) and that where I made transgression and that You know better than I. You are the First and the Last. There is no god, but You].