Remembrance 6 from Chapter 2

Allāhu akbar. Al-ḥamdu li-llāh. Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi. Subḥāna-l-Maliki-l-Quddūs. Lā ilāha illa-llāh. Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika min ḍīqi-d-dunyā wa ḍīqi Yawmi-l-Qiyāmah.

We relate in the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd that ‘Ā’ishah reported that when the Messenger of Allah woke up in the night he would say “Allah is greater” ten times, “Praise be to Allah” ten times, “Glory be to Allah and with His praise” ten times, and “Glory be to the Holy King” ten times. Then he would ask for forgiveness ten times and say “There is no god but Allah” ten times and say “O Allah, I seek Your protection from anxiety in this world and anxiety on the Day of Judgment” ten times, and then he would begin the ṣalāh. ^[6].

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