The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say between the two prostrations: "Rabbi ighfir li, rabbi ighfir li" (My Lord, forgive me; my Lord, forgive me)
Narrator in the source: Hudhayfah
Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say between the two prostrations: "Rabbi ighfir li, rabbi ighfir li" (My Lord, forgive me; my Lord, forgive me).- Grade in the source
- Authentic
- Reported by
- Narrated by Abu Dāwūd, An-Nasā’i, Ibn Mājah, and Ahmad
- Source entry
- HadeethEnc · 65104 ↗
Original Arabic wording
عن حُذَيْفَةَ رضي الله عنه: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ: «رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي».Understand this hadith
When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) sat between the two prostrations, he would say: My Lord, forgive me; my Lord, forgive me, repeatedly. "My Lord, forgive me" means: The servant asks his Lord to eliminate his sins and conceal his faults.
Lessons from the hadith
- It is prescribed to say this supplication between the two prostrations in obligatory and supererogatory prayers.
- It is recommended to repeat the phrase: "My Lord, forgive me." The obligation is one time.
References (original Arabic)
سنن أبي داود (2/ 154) (874)، سنن النسائي (2/ 231) (1145)، سنن ابن ماجه (2/ 64) (897)، مسند أحمد (38/ 392) (23375)، نيل الأوطار (2/ 305).