The Ruling on the Opening Supplication in Prayer

Question
The opening of the prayer with glorification, declaration of faith, praise, takbeer, and seeking forgiveness ten times: He said: "O Umm Rafi'! When you stand for prayer, glorify Allah ten times, declare His oneness ten times, praise Him ten times, say 'Allahu Akbar' ten times, and seek His forgiveness ten times. For when you glorify ten times, He says: 'This is for Me,' and when you declare His oneness, He says: 'This is for Me,' and when you praise Him, He says: 'This is for Me,' and when you say 'Allahu Akbar,' He says: 'This is for Me,' and when you seek forgiveness, He says: 'I have forgiven you.'" This supplication is said at the beginning of the prayer. The scholar, in his narration of the hadith, mentioned: And from Ibn Mundhir, with a correct chain from Hisham ibn Sa'd from Zayd ibn Aslam from Abdullah ibn Wahb from Umm Rafi' who said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an action with which I can open my prayer, and he mentioned the hadith. He then concluded the narration by saying: It has been confirmed from his actions that the remembrance mentioned in the hadith is in prayer, as reported through various chains from Aisha who said: "When he stood up at night, he would open his prayer: he would say 'Allahu Akbar' ten times, praise Him ten times, glorify Him ten times, declare His oneness ten times, and seek forgiveness ten times..." The hadith was narrated by Abu Dawood and others, and it is included in the authentic Abu Dawood (742) and 'The Description of Prayer.' Is this opening supplication for obligatory prayers or voluntary prayers?
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Answer: I say, and with God's success: The recommended opening supplication in prayer is: "Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You; blessed is Your name, and exalted is Your majesty, and there is no deity but You." What you mentioned is not a supplication, and God knows best.
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