What opens all eight gates
Said after washing, before anything else.
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ
Allāhumma-jʿalnī mina-t-tawwābīna wa-jʿalnī mina-l-mutaṭahhirīn
“O Allah, make me one of those who keep turning back, and make me one of those who keep themselves clean.”
Where this comes from
Whoever performs the washing well and then testifies to the one God and to His messenger, and says this, has the eight gates of the Garden opened for him to enter by whichever he likes. Both nouns are the intensive form: not one who repented, one who keeps repenting.
The full narration
Umar bin Al-Khattab narrated that :Allah's Messenger said: 'Whoever performs Wudu, making Wudu well, then says: (Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah, wahdahu la sharika lahu, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan-abduhu wa rasuluhu, Allahummajalni minat tawwabin, waj'alni minal mutatahhirin) 'I testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone, there are no partners for Him. And I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. O Allah! Make me among the repentant, and make me among those who purify themselves.' Then eight gates of Paradise are opened for him, that may enter by whichever of them wishes
Source
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 55
- Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Sahih
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Daif
Note on the chain. Scholars differ on this chain. Zubair Ali Zai grades it Daif. The majority (2 of 3) authenticate it.
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