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Tag: Istiʿādhah

Reciting the Istiʿādhah and the Basmalah in Prayer

Variations of the Istiʿādhah [After saying the opening invocation] the praying person should say the istiʿādhah. That is, he should say: أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيم I seek refuge in Allāh from Shayṭān, the outcast If he prefers, he may say: أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيم، مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفَخِهِ وَنَفَثِهِ I seek refuge in Allāh—the All-Hearer, the All-Seer—from Shayṭān, the outcast. [I seek refuge from] his insanity, arrogance, and defamatory poetry.1 2 He may also suffice with: أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيم I...

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