Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Re: words before starting dua

Question: It is written in a translation of Musnad of Ahmed bin Hanbel(volume 4 page 54) that the Prophet never started his dua before he said:
"Subhana rabbiyal alal aliyyil wahhaab."

Now in all Turkish books and in the  Turkish mosques these words are like this:
Subhana rabbiyal aliyyil alal wahaab
The words ALAL and ALIYYIL are switched.

Why is this and which one is the authentic one?

Answer: What you read in the traslation is wrong. Here is the phrase:
سبحان ربي العلي الأعلى الوهاب
subhaana rabbiya-l-^aliyyi-l-'a^la-l-Wahhaab.

Also, it doesn't say that the Prophet never started his dua before he said this. The narrator states rather that he never heard him start his dua before he said this.