Hadith 378

Sunan Abi Da'ud

Book 2: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat) Hasan

Chapter 272

The Supplication With Which The Prayer Should Be Started

باب مَا يُسْتَفْتَحُ بِهِ الصَّلاَةُ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ

Hasan
Sunan Abi Dawud 768
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُوحٍ، قُرَادٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ بِلاَ إِخْبَارٍ وَمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ بِاللَّيْلِ كَبَّرَ وَيَقُولُ ‏.‏
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. . . .

Chain of Narrators