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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

1481 – ʿAlī, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, “Say: ‘O Allah, guide me and set me on the right course.’” In another narration: “O Allah, I ask You for guidance and sound judgment(1).” Narrated by Muslim.

1482 – Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity, laziness, cowardice(2), decrepitude, and stinginess. I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the trials of life and death.” In another narration: “and from the burden of debt(3) and the domination of men.” Narrated by Muslim.

1483 – Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, may Allah be pleased with him, said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “Teach me a supplication that I can recite in my prayer.” He replied, “Say: ‘O Allah, I have wronged my soul with abundant wrongdoing, and none forgives sins but You. So forgive me with a forgiveness from You, and have mercy on me; You alone are the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.’” Agreed upon.

In one narration the wording includes, “and in my house.” Another reports, “with much (kathīran) wrongdoing,” and yet another, “with great (kabīran) wrongdoing,” the first with the letter thāʾ, the second with bāʾ; it is recommended to join the two and say, “with much, great wrongdoing.”

1484 – Abū Mūsā, may Allah be pleased with him, related that the Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate with these words: “O Allah, forgive my sins, my ignorance, my excesses in all my affairs, and whatever You know about me better than I do. O Allah, forgive my seriousness and my jest, my mistakes and my deliberate acts, for all of that is within me. O Allah, forgive what I have sent ahead and what I will delay, what I keep hidden and what I make public, and whatever You know about me better than I do. You are the One who brings forward and the One who defers, and You are capable of all things.” Agreed upon.

(1) al-sadād: correctness, keeping to the right course.
(2) al-jubn: cowardice.
(3) ḍalaʿ al-dayn: the crushing burden of debt.

(1) That is, uprightness and moderation in one’s conduct. (2) Fear and weakness; and haram (pronounced with two short a-vowels) denotes advanced age. (3) Refers to the burden and severity of debt; and “the domination of men” is a plea for protection from being either an oppressor or the oppressed.

١٤٨١ - وعن علي رضي الله عنه قال : قال لي رسول الله ﷺ : « قُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي ، وَسَدِّدْنِي » . وفي رواية : « اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى ؛ وَالسَّدَادَ(١) » رواه مسلم . ١٤٨٢ - وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال : كان رسول الله ﷺ يقول : « اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ ، وَالْكَسَلِ ، وَالْجُبْنِ(٢) ، وَالْهَرَمِ ، وَالْبُخْلِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ » . وفي رواية : « وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ(٣) وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ » رواه مسلم . ١٤٨٣ - وعن أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه ، أنه قال لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ : عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلَاتِي ، قَالَ : « قُلْ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا ؛ وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ ، وَارْحَمْنِي ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ » متفق عليه . وفي رواية : « وفي بيتي » وَرُوِيَ : « ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا » وَرُوِيَ : « كَبِيرًا » بالثاء المثلثة وبالباء الموحدة ؛ فينبغي أن يجمع بينهما فيقال : كثيرًا كبيرًا . ١٤٨٤ - وعن أبي موسى رضي الله عنه ، عن النبي ﷺ ، أنه كان يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ : « اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي ، وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي جِدِّي وَهَزْلِي ؛ وَخَطَئِي وَعَمْدِي ؛ وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ ، وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي ، أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ ، وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ » متفق عليه .

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