Ahadith

Ibn Mas‘ud relates that the Holy Prophet supplicated: Allah, I beseech Thee for guidance, righteousness, chastity and self-sufficience (Muslim).

Tariq ibn Ushaim relates that when a man became a Muslim the Holy Prophet would instruct him in Prayer and then direct him to supplicate in" these terms: Allah, forgive me and have mercy on me, and guide me and forbear from me and provide for me (Muslim). Another version is: A man came to the Holy Prophet and asked: Messenger of Allah, how shall I supplicate my Lord? He answered: Say: Allah, forgive me and have mercy on me and forbear from me and provide for me. These will comprehend thy life and thy hereafter.

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn ‘As relates that the Holy Prophet supplicated: Allah, Director of hearts, direct our hearts to Thy obedience (Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Seek Allah’s protection against being sorely tried, encountering ill-Iuck, evil fortune and the exultation of your enemies (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet supplicated: Allah, direct me aright in my faith which is the guardian of my affairs, and direct me aright in my life in which I have my being, and set right my hereafter which is my resort, and make my life wax in every type of good, and make my death a comfort from all ill (Muslim). .

Ali relates that the Holy Prophet said to him: Recite: Allah, guide me and keep me straight. Another version is: Allah, I beseech Thee for guidance and straightness (Muslim). (Aal-e-`Imran 39)

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet supplicated: Allah, I seek Thy protection against helplessness and sloth, and against cowardice, dotage and miserliness; and I seek Thy protection against the torment of the grave and the trials of life and death. Another version adds: and from oppressive indebtedness and the tyranny of people (Muslim). (Aal-e-`Imran 39)

Abu Bakr relates that he asked the Holy Prophet to teach him some supplication which he might recite in his Prayer. He told him: Supplicate: Allah, I have wronged my soul greatly and no one forgives sins save Thee, then accord me forgiveness from Thyself and have mercy on me, indeed Thou art the Most Forgiving, Ever Merciful (Bokhari and Muslim). (Aal-e-`Imran 39)

Abu Musa relates that the Holy Prophet supplicated thus: Allah, forgive me my defaults and my mistakes and my excesses in my affairs and that which Thou knowest better than I. Allah, forgive me that which I said in seriousness or in fun or by mistake or deliberately, and I am guilty of all these. Allah, forgive me that which I have sent on and that which is to come and that which I did covertly and that which I did overtly and that which Thou knowest better than me. Thou dost advance one and thou dost put one back and hast power over all things (Bokhari and Muslim). (Aal-e-`Imran 39)

Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet would supplicate: Allah, I seek Thy protection from the evil of that which I have done and the evil of that which I-have not done (Muslim). (Aal-e-`Imran 39)