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On the
authority of Abū Hurairah Radi-Allahu 'anhu from the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam who said:
A prayer
performed by someone who has not recited the Essence of the
Qur'ān Al Kareem
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During it is deficient (and he repeated the word three
times), incomplete. Someone said to Abū Hurairah
Radi-Allahu 'anhu: [Even though] we are behind the
Imam?
- He
said: Recite it to yourself, for I have heard the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam say: Allāh
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala (mighty and sublime be He),
had said: I have divided prayer between Myself and My
servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what
he has asked for. When the servant says:
Al Hamdu lillāhi rabbi
Al Âlamīn
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Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala (mighty and sublime be
He) says: My servant has praised Me. And when he says:
arrahmani
arraheem
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Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala (mighty and sublime be
He) says: My servant has extolled Me, and when he says:
Maliki
yawmi addeen
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Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says: My servant has
glorified Me - and on one occasion He said: My servant
has submitted to My power. And when he says:
Iyyaka nabudu wa iyyaka nastaeen
- He
says: This is between Me and My servant, and My servant
shall have what he has asked for. And when he says:
Ihdina
assirata Al mustaqeem,Sirata allatheena an amta Alayhim
ghayri almaghdoobi Alayhim wala addalleen.
- He
says: This is for My servant, and My servant shall have
what he has asked for.
(1) Sūrah Al Fātihah, the
first Sūrah of the Qur'ān Al Kareem.
(2) i.e. standing behind the
Imam (leader) listening to him reciting Al Fātihah.
(3) "Praise be to Allāh
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, Lord of the Worlds."
(4) "The Merciful, the
Compassionate".
(5) "Master of the Day of
Judgement".
(6) "It is You we worship
and it is You we ask for help".
(7) "Guide us to the
straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed
favours, not of those against whom You are angry, nor of
those who are astray".
It was related by Sahīh
Muslim, also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abū-Dāwūd, an-Nasā'i and
Ibn Mājah.
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