Back to search

Is the supplication formula: "O Allah, I ask You as I bear witness that You are Allah; there is no god but You, the One, the Self-Sufficient, Who begets not nor is begotten, and to Whom no one is equal" or "O Allah, I ask You as I bear witness that You are Allah, the One for Whom there is no god but You, the One, the Self-Sufficient, Who begets not nor is begotten, and to Whom no one is equal" correct? And does the presence of the word "the One/who" (الذي) in it affect its validity?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

This supplication has been narrated both with and without the word "alladhi" (who/which), due to a difference in narration. Imam Ahmad narrated it with the word "alladhi," while Abu Dawud narrated it without it. There is no harm in supplicating with either of these two wordings.

Summarized from the full answer at Ftawy · reviewed Sep 2, 2026

Read the full answer on Ftawy