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CHAPTER: THE MANNER OF PRAYER
70—It is recommended to come to prayer with calmness and dignity.
71—Upon entering the mosque, one should say: “In the name of Allah. May blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, forgive me my sins and open for me the gates of Your mercy.”1
(1) Narrated by Ibn Mājah, no. 771, from Fātima bint al-Husayn, from her grandmother Fātima the Elder—may Allah be pleased with her. Its chain is interrupted, since Fātima never met her grandmother. Al-Tirmidhī also narrated it, no. 314, but without the phrase “In the name of Allah,” and graded it *hasan* (sound). He may have assigned it that grade =
بَابُ صِفَةِ الصَّلَاةِ
٧٠- يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ إِلَيْهَا بسَكِينَة ووقار.
٧١- فإذا دخل المسجد قال: بسم اَللَّهِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ، اَللَّهُمَّ اِغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي، وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ١.
١ رواه ابن ماجه "٧٧١" من حديث فاطمة بنت الحسين عن جدتها فاطمة الكبرى ﵂ وفيه انقطاع؛ لأن فاطمة لم تدرك جدتها، ورواه الترمذي "٣١٤" دون قوله: "بسم الله" وحسنه، ولعله حسنه =