878. Dhikr and Dua before Tahajjud prayer
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to stand in the night prayer and say this first 10 times:
Dhikr and Dua before Tahajjud prayer in Arabic
اَللَّهُ اَكْبَرُ
Dhikr and Dua before Tahajjud prayer English Transliteration
Allahu Akbaar
Dhikr and Dua before Tahajjud prayer English Translation
Allah is the greatest!
10 times:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
SubhaanAllah
Glory is to Allah.
10 times:
اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ
astaghfir-ullaah
I seek Allah’s forgiveness.
then he would say:
اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاهْدِنِي، وَارْزُقْنِي وَعَافِنِي
Allaahumma-ghfir lee wah-dinee, war-zuqnee wa ‛aafinee
O Allah, forgive me and guide me [to righteousness], provide me subsistence and grant my body health.
and also he would say:
أَعُوْذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ ضِيْقِ الْمَقَامِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
A‛oodhu billaahi min deeqil-maqaami yawmal-qiyaamah
I seek refuge in Allah from the tightness (or suffocation) of my standing on the day of judgement.
Asim ibn Humayd said: I asked Aisha (RA): By what words the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would begin his tahajjud prayer at night? She replied: You ask me about a thing of which no one asked me before you. (Then she mentioned the above dua)