On the authority of Aishah (رضى الله عنها) who said: “I noticed that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was missing from bed, so I started to look for him, and I thought that he had gone to one of his concubines. Then my hand fell on him when he was prostrating and saying:
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي [رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي] مَا أَسْرَرْتُq وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ
Allahum-maghfirli [or Rabbighfirli] ma asrartu wa ma a’lant
O Allah [or O Lord], forgive me for what (sin) I have concealed and what I have done openly.”
[Recorded in Sunan an-Nasa’i 1124, 1125 [in brackets], graded Sahih by Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai]
Shaykh ‘Abdullah ibn Salih al-Fawzan explained:
The Prophet’s (ﷺ) statement : (مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ) “what (sin) I have concealed and what I have done openly,” i.e. what I did hiding it from the eyes of the people (secret) and what I did in front of them (public); meaning: all my sins; because sins are either hidden or open.
The Importance of Du’a (Supplication) in Sujood (Prostration)
Text of the Hadeeth:
It has been confirmed in the Saheeh of Muslim, on the authority of Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه), that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “The nearest that a worshiper will be to his Rabb (Allah) is while he is Sajid (in a state of prostration). Hence, one must increase one’s supplication (to Him, in this position/condition).” [Reported by Imam Muslim in his Saheeh (authentic collection of Hadeeth), no. 482 (Arabic Edition)]
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) also said:
“…And as for [when one is in the state of] prostration then, exert oneself in supplicating, as it is more likely that your supplications will be answered.” [Saheeh Muslim, no. 479 (Arabic Edition)]
Explanation of the Hadeeth:
In the previously mentioned Hadeeth, he (ﷺ) said: ‘as for [when one is in the state of] as-Sujood (prostration) – then, exert oneself in supplicating, as it is more likely that your supplications will be answered,’ meaning: it is more likely and more befitting that you will receive a response (to your request), since the worshiper is closest to his Rabb (Allah) while he is prostrating.
And the best of his conditions or states is a condition in which he is nearest to Allah. Consequently, the supplication offered in this position is nearest or most likely to be responded to.
[Excerpt taken from ‘Explanation of Supplications & Words of Remembrance in the Prayer of the Prophet (ﷺ)’ which is Taken from ‘Fiqh al-Ad’iyah wal-Adhkār’ Shaykh Abdur-Razzaq ibn Abdul-Muhsin al-Badr]
Complete Prayer Description by Shaykh Assim al-Hakeem
Some Beneficial Books related to the prayer:
Book: Explanation of Supplications & Words of Remembrance in the Prayer of the Prophet (ﷺ) Taken from ‘Fiqh al-Ad’iyah wal-Adhkar’ Shaykh Abdur-Razzaq ibn Abdul-Muhsin al-Badr
Book: Manner of Performing Prayer by Shaykh Abdul Karim al-Khudayr
Book: “at-Tasheelu wal-Iydaahu li kayfiyyatis-Salaati” “The Simplification and Clarification of the description of the prayer” By Shaykh Hassan bin Muhammed Ba Shu’ayb. https://t.me/bashuaiben/2743
Book: Collection of Authentic Invocations, Collected and compiled from the works of Shaykh al-Albani By Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hasan Ali Shaykh
Book: Description of the Prophets Prayer (Sifatu Salat al-Nabi) by Shaykh al-Albani
Book: An Authenticated Summary of the Prophet’s Prayer (ﷺ) by Shaykh Zubair Ali Za’i
Book: The Prophet’s Prayer Described by Shaykh ‘Uthaymeen
Book: The Description of the Prophet’s Prayer by Shaykh Muqbil al-Wadi’i
Precious Gems from the Quran and Sunnah 