2/128. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 762 — Saying One of the Muslims
The Supplication With Which The Prayer Should Be Started
Prayer Supplication Wording: Saying I Am One of the Muslims
Sunan Abi Dawud : 762
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 762
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُرَيْحُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، حَدَّثَنِي شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ وَابْنُ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ وَغَيْرُهُمَا مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَإِذَا قُلْتَ أَنْتَ ذَاكَ فَقُلْ " وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ " . يَعْنِي قَوْلَهُ " وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ " .
Shu’aib b. Abi Hamzah Narrated from:
Ibn al-Munkadir, Ibn Abi Farwah and a number of jurists of Madina said to me: When you recite the supplication “I am first of the Muslims,” say instead; “I am one of the Muslims”.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 762In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 372English translation : Book 2, Hadith 761
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 762
This narration is about careful wording in a prayer supplication. Shu’aib b. Abi Hamzah reports that Ibn al-Munkadir, Ibn Abi Farwah, and other jurists of Madina advised him about the phrase, I am first of the Muslims. They told him to say, I am one of the Muslims, instead. The point is simple: when a person recites a supplication, the words should fit the speaker. This hadith-related report is useful for people searching for dua in salah and the correct prayer wording. It does not add a long rule or story. It only shows a careful adjustment in wording so the worshipper speaks with honesty and humility while standing before Allah.
What we learn from this hadith
- Supplication wording should be said with care and honesty.
- The phrase one of the Muslims is presented as the advised wording here.
- Knowledgeable people of Madina guided others in wording used in prayer.
- The report teaches humility when a worshipper speaks about himself.
