Tasbeehaat/Duas in Sajdah – 6

In sajdah, one should recite سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى thrice.

Reciting the following dua in sajdah in one’s nafl salaah is also established in the sunnah:

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ

O Allah, forgive me for the sins which I committed secretly and openly.

عن هلال بن يساف، قال: قالت عائشة رضي عنها: فقدت رسول صلى الله عليه وسلم من مضجعه فجعلت ألتمسه، وظننت أنه أتى بعض جواريه، فوقعت يدي عليه وهو ساجد وهو يقول: اللهم اغفر لي ما أسررت وما أعلنت (سنن النسائي، الرقم: 1124)

Hazrat Hilaal bin Yasaaf (rahimahullah) reports that Hazrat Aaishah (radhiyallahu anha) said, “One night (when I awoke), I did not find Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) sleeping (besides me) on his bed, so I began to search for him (in the darkness of the room). I thought that he went to one of his slave women. Thereafter, my hand fell on him (and touched his feet) while he was in the position of sajdah. In sajdah, he was reciting the following dua:

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ