Al-IstiqamaIbn Taimiya

Four expressions are used in this connection: submitting one’s face; setting one’s face, as in Allah’s words:

“Direct your faces to Him at every place of worship.”
Surah al-A‘rāf 29

And His words:

“So set your face toward the religion, inclining to truth—the natural disposition upon which Allah created mankind.”
Surah al-Rūm 30

And turning one’s face, as in the words of Allah’s close friend:

“I have turned my face toward Him who created the heavens and the earth, inclining to truth, and I am not one of the polytheists.”
Surah al-An‘ām 79

Likewise, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would say in the opening supplication of his prayer:

“I have turned my face toward Him who created the heavens and the earth, inclining to truth, and I am not one of the polytheists.”
Surah al-An‘ām 79

When he retired to bed, he would say:

“O Allah, I have submitted myself to You and turned my face toward You.”

This was also narrated by al-Barā’ ibn ‘Āzib in the Sahīh.

وَقد اسْتعْمل هُنَا اربعة الفاظ اسلام الْوَجْه واقامة الْوَجْه كَقَوْلِه تَعَالَى {وَأقِيمُوا وُجُوهكُم عِنْد كل مَسْجِد} سُورَة الاعراف ٢٩ وَقَوله تَعَالَى {فأقم وَجهك للدّين حَنِيفا فطْرَة الله الَّتِي فطر النَّاس عَلَيْهَا} سُورَة الرّوم ٣٠ وتوجيه الْوَجْه كَقَوْل الْخَلِيل وجهت وَجْهي للَّذي فطر السَّمَوَات والارض حَنِيفا وَمَا انا من الْمُشْركين سُورَة الانعام ٧٩ وَكَذَلِكَ كَانَ النَّبِي صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم يَقُول فِي دُعَاء الاستفتاح فِي صلَاته وجهت وَجْهي للَّذي فطر السَّمَوَات والارض حَنِيفا وَمَا انا من الْمُشْركين سُورَة الانعام ٧٩ وَكَانَ يَقُول اذا اوى الى فرَاشه اللَّهُمَّ اسلمت نَفسِي اليك ووجهت وَجْهي اليك رَوَاهُ الْبَراء بن عَازِب فِي الصَّحِيح ايضا

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