Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 768
The Supplication With Which The Prayer Should Be Started
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُوحٍ، قُرَادٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ بِلاَ إِخْبَارٍ وَمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ بِاللَّيْلِ كَبَّرَ وَيَقُولُ .
Translation
The above mentioned tradition has been reported by ‘Ikramah with a different chain of narrators. This version adds
When he stood up, he said the takbir (Allah is most great) and said. . . .