of those who attend Your prayers. So forgive me.” Recorded by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī.

It is also related from one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ that when Bilāl began the iqāmah (the call announcing that the prayer is about to commence) and, upon reaching the words, “The prayer has been established,” the Prophet ﷺ would say, “May Allah establish it and make it endure.” Recorded by Abū Dāwūd.

On the Opening Invocation of the Prayer

Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ started the prayer he would pause for a brief moment before reciting. I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you—what do you say during the silence between the opening takbīr and the recitation?’ He replied, ‘I say: O Allah, distance me from my sins just as a white garment is kept free from defilement. O Allah, wash me of my sins with snow, water, and hail.’ Agreed upon.

Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim reported that he saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performing a prayer in which he said: “Allah is supremely great in the fullest sense; praise be to Allah in great abundance; glory be to Allah morning and evening”—three times—“I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed, from….”