855. Dua for Ascending Heights (Allahu Akbar)
Narrated Jabir bin Abdillah (RA): He said, "When we ascended, we would say:
Dua for Ascending Heights in Arabic
اَللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Dua for Ascending Heights English Transliteration
Allahu Akbaar
Dua for Ascending Heights English Translation
Allah is great.
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كُنَّا إِذَا صَعِدْنَا كَبَّرْنَا، وَإِذَا نَزَلْنَا سَبَّحْنَا.
Translation
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Whenever we went up a place we would say, "Allahu--Akbar (i.e. Allah is Greater)", and whenever we went down a place we would say, "Subhan Allah." [Bukhari: 2993]
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