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abudawud:775ʿAbd al-Salām b. Muṭahhar > Jaʿfar > ʿAlī b. ʿAlī al-Rifāʿī > Abū al-Mutawakkil al-Nājī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up to pray at night (for tahajjud prayer) he uttered the takbir and then said: "Glory be to Thee, O Allah," and "Praise be to Thee" and "Blessed is Thy name," and Exalted is Thy greatness." and "There is no god but Thee." He then said: "There is no god but Allah" three times; he then said: "Allah is altogether great" three times: "I seek refuge in Allah, All-Hearing and All-Knowing from the accursed devil, from his evil suggestion (hamz), from his puffing up (nafkh), and from his spitting (nafth)" He then recited (the Qur'an). Abu Dawud said: It is said that this tradition has been narrated by 'Ali b. 'Ali from al-Hasan omitting the name of the Companion of the Prophet ﷺ. The misunderstanding occurred on the part of Ja'far.  

أبو داود:٧٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلاَمِ بْنُ مُطَهَّرٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرِّفَاعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا ثَلاَثًا أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ يَقُولُونَ هُوَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ مُرْسَلاً الْوَهَمُ مِنْ جَعْفَرٍ

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Bayhaqī, Aḥmad's Zuhd, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:242Muḥammad b. Mūsá al-Baṣrī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān al-Ḍubaʿī > ʿAlī b. ʿAlī al-Rifāʿī > Abū al-Mutawakkil > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

"When Allah;s Messenger stood for Salat during the night, he would say the Takbir (Allahu Akbar), then say: (Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika wa Tabarakasmuka wa Ta'ala Jadduka wa la ilaha ghairuk.) 'Glorious You are O Allah, and with Your praise, and blesses is Your Name, and exalted is Your majesty, and none has the right to be worshipped but You' Then he would say: (A'udhu Bilahi As-Sami'il-Alimi min Ash-Shaitanir-Rajimi, min Hamzihi Wa Nafkhihi wa Nafthihi.)" 'Allah is undoubtedly the greatest.' (Allahu Akbaru Kabira). Then he would say: 'I seek refuge in Allah the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the cursed Shaitan, from his madness, his arrogance, and his poetry.'  

الترمذي:٢٤٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الضُّبَعِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرِّفَاعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ بِاللَّيْلِ كَبَّرَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَائِشَةَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَجَابِرٍ وَجُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَشْهَرُ حَدِيثٍ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ وَقَدْ أَخَذَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَأَمَّا أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فَقَالُوا بِمَا رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ وَهَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ وَقَدْ تُكُلِّمَ فِي إِسْنَادِ حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ كَانَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرِّفَاعِيِّ وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ لاَ يَصِحُّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ
ahmad:11473Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Atsh > Jaʿfar / Ibn Sulaymān > ʿAlī b. ʿAlī al-Yashkurī > Abū al-Mutawakkil al-Nājī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up to pray at night (for tahajjud prayer) he uttered the takbir and then said: "Glory be to Thee, O Allah," and "Praise be to Thee" and "Blessed is Thy name," and Exalted is Thy greatness." and "There is no god but Thee." He then said: "There is no god but Allah" three times; he then said: "Allah is altogether great" three times: "I seek refuge in Allah, All-Hearing and All-Knowing from the accursed devil, from his evil suggestion (hamz), from his puffing up (nafkh), and from his spitting (nafth)" He then recited (the Qur'an). Abu Dawud said: It is said that this tradition has been narrated by 'Ali b. 'Ali from al-Hasan omitting the name of the Companion of the Prophet ﷺ. The misunderstanding occurred on the part of Ja'far. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 775)   

أحمد:١١٤٧٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَتْشٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْيَشْكُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاسْتَفْتَحَ صَلَاتَهُ وَكَبَّرَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِمِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ  

ahmad:22179Isḥāq b. Yūsuf > Sharīk > Yaʿlá b. ʿAṭāʾ > a man > Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī

[Machine] He heard Abu Umamah al-Bahili saying that the Prophet of Allah, ﷺ , when he stood up for prayer, he would say Allahu Akbar (God is the greatest) three times, then he would say La ilaha illallah (There is no god but Allah) three times, and Subhanallah wa bihamdihi (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him) three times. Then he would say, "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, from his whisperings, his blowing, and his spitting."  

أحمد:٢٢١٧٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيَّ يَقُولُ كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ كَبَّرَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ  

darimi:1275Zakariyyā b. ʿAdī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > ʿAlī b. ʿAlī > Abū al-Mutawakkil > Abū Saʿīd

[Machine] The translation of the provided text in English is as follows:

"When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would get up at night, he would say: 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. Blessed is Your name and exalted is Your Majesty. There is no deity worthy of worship except You. I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan, the accursed, from his whispers, breaths, and blowing.' Then he would begin his prayer. Ja'far explained it as follows: 'His whispers refers to death, his breaths refers to poetry, and his blowing refers to arrogance.'"  

الدارمي:١٢٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَكَبَّرَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ ثُمَّ يَسْتَفْتِحُ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ وَفَسَّرَهُ مَطَرٌ هَمْزُهُ الْمُوتَةُ وَنَفْثُهُ الشِّعْرُ وَنَفْخُهُ الْكِبْرُ  

bayhaqi:2355Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Muṭahhar > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > ʿAlī b. ʿAlī al-Rifāʿī > Abū al-Mutawakkil al-Nājī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say when he would rise from sleep at night, "Subhanakallahumma wa bihamdik, Allahumma ghfir li." Then he would say, "I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the cursed Satan, from his madness, evil, and blowing." Then he would recite the following, narrated to us by Abdullah bin Mas'ud, in a raised and standing voice.  

البيهقي:٢٣٥٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ مُطَهَّرٍ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرِّفَاعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كَبَّرَ فَذَكَرَ اسْتِفْتَاحَهُ بِسُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِالتَّهْلِيلِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ بَعْدَهُ ثَلَاثًا أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ وَرُوِّينَاهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ مَرْفُوعًا وَمَوْقُوفًا  

bayhaqi:2358Abū al-Ḥasan al-ʿAlāʾ b. Muḥammad b. Abū Saʿīd al-Isfirāyīnī Bihā > Abū Sahl Bishr b. Aḥmad > Abū ʿAlī Ḥamzah b. Muḥammad al-Kātib > Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād al-Khuzāʿī > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad b. Yazīd > ʿUmar

[Machine] "Omar, when he entered the prayer, used to say "Allahu Akbar" (Allah is the greatest), then he would say "Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, tabarakasmuka wa ta'ala jadduka wa la ilaha ghairuk" (Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You, blessed is Your name and exalted is Your majesty, and there is no god but You), then he seeks refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed, then he recites what is clear to him from the Quran."  

البيهقي:٢٣٥٨وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْإِسْفِرَايِينِيُّ بِهَا أنبأ أَبُو سَهْلٍ بِشْرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكَاتِبُ ثنا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ ثُمَّ يَتَعَوَّذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ مَا بَدَا لَهُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ  

ahmad-zuhd:1270ʿAbdullāh > ʿAlī b. Muslim > Sayyār > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > ʿAlī b. ʿAlī al-Rifāʿī > Abū al-Mutawakkil al-Nājī > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up to pray at night (for tahajjud prayer) he uttered the takbir and then said: "Glory be to Thee, O Allah," and "Praise be to Thee" and "Blessed is Thy name," and Exalted is Thy greatness." and "There is no god but Thee." He then said: "There is no god but Allah" three times; he then said: "Allah is altogether great" three times: "I seek refuge in Allah, All-Hearing and All-Knowing from the accursed devil, from his evil suggestion (hamz), from his puffing up (nafkh), and from his spitting (nafth)" He then recited (the Qur'an). Abu Dawud said: It is said that this tradition has been narrated by 'Ali b. 'Ali from al-Hasan omitting the name of the Companion of the Prophet ﷺ. The misunderstanding occurred on the part of Ja'far. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 775)   

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الرِّفَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُتَوَكِّلِ النَّاجِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَكَبَّرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ثَلَاثًا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ثَلَاثًا أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ  

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"كَانَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَاسْتَفْتَحَ صَلَاتَهُ كبَّر ثُمَّ قَالَ: "سُبحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبحَمِدكَ، تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ، وَتَعَالَى جَدُّك، وَلَا إِلَهَ غيْرُكَ، ثُمَّ هَلَّلَ ثَلَاثًا، ويكبِّر ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ يَقُول: أَعُوذُ بِالله الْعَلِيم مِنَ الشَّيْطَان الرَّجِيم".  

[عب] عبد الرازق