1366 – Abu Musa al-Ashʿari (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet ﷺ used to say in supplication:

“O Allah, forgive me my error, my ignorance, my excess in all my affairs, and whatever You know of me better than I do. O Allah, forgive me my seriousness and my jest, my unintended mistakes and my deliberate deeds—for all of that is with me. O Allah, forgive me what I have sent on ahead and what I have left behind, what I have done in secret and what I have done openly, and whatever You know of me better than I do. You are the One who brings forward and the One who puts back, and You have power over all things.” Agreed upon (1).

Vocabulary of the ḥadith:
• al-khaṭīʾah (sin).
• jahlī (ignorance, the opposite of knowledge; here it may denote a deliberate sin committed in heedlessness).
• isrāfī (extravagance—overstepping the proper bounds in any matter).
• jiddī (seriousness, as opposed to jest).
• khaṭaʾī wa ʿamdī (my unintended mistakes and my deliberate deeds): the specific is coupled with the general, for a fault may occur in jest or in earnest; the repetition reflects the various kinds of violations a person commits.
• anta al-muqaddim (You are the One who brings forward): You advance whom You will among Your creation, granting him qualities of perfection and enabling him to realize true servitude by Your grace.
• anta al-muʾakhkhir (You are the One who puts back): You hold back whom You will among Your servants, abandoning him and distancing him from the ranks of goodness.