57. Dua after Tashahhud (Dua Before Salam)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard a man saying -
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ اَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِيْ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُوْلَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
Dua after Tashahhud English Transliteration
Allaahumma 'innee 'as'aluka bi 'anni 'ash-hadu 'annaka 'AntAllahu laa 'ilaaha 'illaa 'Antal-'Ahadus-Samadul-ladhee lam yalid wa lam yoolad wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan 'Ahad
Dua after Tashahhud English Translation
O Allah, I ask You, by the fact that I bear witness that You are Allah. There is none worthy of worship but You, the Only God, Independent of creation, who was not begotten and begets not, and none is equal to Him.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, he called upon Allah by His greatest Name, which, if He is called by it, He responds, and if He is asked by it, He gives.'
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ، الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "لَقَدْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى، وَإِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ".
Mu'adh bin Jabal narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard a man supplicating in his prayer, saying: “O Allah, I ask You by virtue of my bearing witness that You are Allah, there is none worthy of worship except You, the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, Who did not beget and was not begotten, and there is none comparable to Him.” So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “He has asked Allah by His Greatest Name, which, if He is asked by it, He gives, and if He is supplicated by it, He responds.” Abu Dawud 1493 (Sahih - Al-Albani)