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كتاب الوتر
Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr
" لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ اللَّهَ بِالاِسْمِ الَّذِي إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى وَإِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ "
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard a man saying: O Allah, I ask Thee, I bear witness that there is no god but Thou, the One, He to Whom men repair, Who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and to Whom no one is equal, and he said: You have supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when asked with this name He gives, and when supplicated by this name he answers.
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Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 1492
When the Prophet (ﷺ) made supplication (to Allah) he would raise his hands and wipe his face with his hands.
- Hadith 1494
"He has asked Allah using His Greatest Name."
- Hadith 1491
The above mentioned tradition has also been transmitted in a similar manner by Ibn 'Abbas from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
- Hadith 1495
I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and a man was offering prayer. He then made supplication: O Allah, I ask Thee by virtue of the fact that praise…
- Hadith 1490
Earnest supplication should be made like this: he raised his hand and made his palms in the direction of his face.
- Hadith 1496
"Allah's Greatest Names is in these two verses: "And your Ilaah (God) is One Ilaah (God), none has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever-Merciful, the…