A Primer of Religious Knowledge — Page 1
S alāt Takb i r Ta h r i mah [Sacred Proclamation] َہّٰللُّٰ ا َ کۡبَرُ. ا All a hu Akbar — Allah is the Greatest. Than a 1 [Glorification] 1. The recitation of the following supplication is also established from Authentic A ha d i th: ِ َمَـا بَاعَـدْت َ بَيْـن َ الْمَشْـرِق ک َ ُ اَللّٰهُـم َّ بَاعِـد ْ بَيْنِـي ْ وَبَيْـن َ خَطَايَـاي َ بْيَـض أْلْأ ُ ا َمَـا يُنَقَّـى الثَّـوْب ک َ ِوَالْمَغْـرِب ِ اَللّٰهُـم َّ نَقِّنِـي ْ مِـن ْ خَطَايَـاي مِـن َ الدَّنَـس ِ اَللّٰهُـم َّ اغْسِـلْنِي ْ مِـن ْ خَطَايَـاي َ بِالْمَـآء ِ وَالثَّلْـج ِ وَالْبَـرَد All a humma b a ‘id bain i wa baina kha t a y a ya kam a b a ‘adta bain-al-mashriqi wal-maghribi, All a humma naqqin i min kha t a y a ya kam a yunaqq-ath-thaub-ul-ab- ya d u min-ad-danasi, All a hummaghsiln i min kha t a y a ya bil-m a ’i wath-thalji wal-barad. O Allah, distance my sins from me as You have dis- tanced the East from the West. O Allah, purify me of my sins as a white garment is purified from filth. O Allah! Cleanse me of my sins with water, snow and ice. ( Musnad, al-Im a m Ab i Ya‘l a bin al-Mau s iliyy, by Abi Ya‘la Ahmad bin Ali bin al-Muthanna al-Mausiliyy, vol. 4, p. 507, hadith 6100, published by D a rut-T asi l, 2017) Subsequent supplication in the main text is a narration from Hadrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him (who was among the fore- most and earliest of the migrant Companions ra). .