What to Say After The Call For Salah

What to Say After The Call For Salah

Once the call for Salah is over, one should say:  /ash-hadu  allaa  ilaaha  illal-laah(u),  wahdahu  laa  shareeka  lah(u),  wa-anna  muhammadan  abduhu  wa-rasuuluh(u),    allaahumma  Salli  wa-sallim  alaa  abdika  wa-rasuulika  Muhammad/  raDeetu  bil-laahi  rabba(w),  wa-bil-islami  deenaa/

Translation

(I testify that there is no god but Allah, alone without partners, and Muhammad (pbuh) is His slave and Messenger. O Allah! Let Your prayers and peace be upon Your slave and Messenger, Muhammad (pbuh). I am pleased to accept Allah as my Lord, Muhammad (pbuh) as His Messenger, and Islam as my religion).

He should add:

/allaahumma  rabba  haadihid-da’watit-taamma(ti),  waS-Salaatil-qaa-ima(ti),  aati  muhammadan  al-waseelata  wal-faDeela(ta),  wab-athhu  maqaamam  mahmuudan-il-ladee  wa’adtah/

Translation

(O Allah! Lord of this perfect call and the established prayer! Grant Muhammad (pbuh) the privilege of intercession (on the Day of Judgment) and superiority, and take him to the exalted place You have promised him).

Then, one can supplicate Allah for whatever one seeks for the good of this world and the hereafter.

The Prophet said, “When you hear the prayer caller, repeat after him what he says, then pray for me.” He also said, “If, on hearing the call for prayer, one says, ‘I testify that there is no god but Allah, alone without partners, and Muhammad (pbuh) is His slave and Messenger. O Allah! Let Your prayers and peace be upon Your slave and Messenger, Muhammad (pbuh). I am pleased to accept Allah as my Lord, Muhammad (pbuh) as His Messenger, and Islam as my religion,’ his sins will be forgiven.”

According to the Hadith, “If, on hearing the call for prayer, one says, ‘O Allah! Lord of this perfect call and the established prayer! Grant Muhammad (pbuh) the privilege of intercession (on the Day of Judgment) and superiority, and take him to the exalted place You have promised him,’ one will be eligible for my intercession on the Resurrection Day.”

The Prophet also said, “No supplication is rejected between the call for prayer and the start of prayer.”

What to Say as You Hear The Call For Prayer

What to Say as You Hear The Call For Prayer

As soon as the call for prayer starts, one should follow the caller, repeating what is being said, except at :

 /hayyi  alas-Salaah/  (Hasten for prayer) and /hayyi  alal-falaah/  (Hasten for success),  one should say:

/laa-hawla  wa-laa  quwwata  illaa  bil-laah/  (There is neither might nor power except with Allah).

The Prophet said, “When you hear the call for prayer, repeat after the caller.”

What to Say While in The Mosque

What to Say While in The Mosque

While in the mosque, the Muslim should be remembering Allah, praying or reading the Qur’an. Regarding the function of mosques, Allah says [in Surat An-Nur, Ayahs 36-37] they are”(36)…houses which Allah hath allowed to be exalted and that His name shall be remembered therein. Therein do offer praise to Him at morning and evening (37) Men whom neither merchandise nor sale beguileth from remembrance of Allah and constancy in prayer and paying to the poor their due; who fear a day when hearts and eyeballs will be overturned.”

Also, the Prophet said, “Mosques are built for a purpose.” “They are for the remembrance of Allah, Lord of Might and Majesty, for prayers and for reading the Holy Qur’an.”

Adhkaar For Acts of Worship (Salah Related Adhkaar)

Adhkaar For Acts of Worship (Salah Related Adhkaar)

When Preparing for Salah

[A] Getting into the lavatory, you should like the Prophet used to do, supplicate: 

/allaahumma  innee  a’uudu  bika  minal-khubuthi  wal-khabaa-ith/

Translation

(O Allah! I seek refuge in You from male and female devils).

According to the Sunnah, you should not do any supplication, speak to anyone, answer greetings, etc. When in the toilet.

When you get out of the toilet, you should say:   /ghufraanak!/   

([O Allah, Grant me] Your forgiveness).  

[B] You should start Wuduu’ (washing for prayer) by saying:   /bismil-laah/   (In the name of Allah

According to the Hadith, “No prayer is valid without Wuduu’ (washing for salah), and no Wuduu’ is valid without mentioning the name of Allah, the most High.”

[C] As soon as you do Wuduu’, you should supplicate:   /ash-hadu  allaa  ilaaha  illal-laah,  wahdahu  laa  shareeka  lah(u),  wa-anna  muhammadan  abduhu  wa-rasuuluh/

Translation

(I testify that there is no god but Allah, alone without partners, and that Muhammad (pbuh) is His slave and Messenger).

The Prophet said, “If, after doing Wuduu’ properly, one (sincerely) says, ‘I testify that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad (pbuh) is His slave and Messenger’, the eight gates of Heaven will open for him to enter through whichever gate he likes.”

[D] Offer a Two Rak’ah Prayer After Wuduu’

The Prophet said, “If any of you does Wuduu’ like mine, then offers a two-Rak’ah prayer during which he is not distracted, all his previous sins will be forgiven.”

When washing from Jannabh (an act that necessitates washing the whole body), or doing Tayammum, one should say the Wuduu’-related Adhkaar.