Abu Bakr said: “O Messenger of Allah, instruct me to say something when I enter the morning and when I enter the evening.” He said: “Say…” and then mentioned the supplication. At its end, he said: “Say it when you enter the morning, when you enter the evening, and when you take to your bed.”

Al-Tirmidhi said: “A good, authentic hadith.” Al-Hakim said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic,” and al-Dhahabi agreed with him. I say: It is as they said.

The other is the hadith of Ibn ‘Amr, like the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, except that it adds at the end: “and from committing a wrong against myself or bringing it upon a Muslim.” It was recorded by al-Bukhari in al-Adab al-Mufrad (1204), al-Tirmidhi (3526), and al-Tabarani in al-Da‘awat (2/924/289). Al-Tirmidhi said: “A good, singular hadith.” Al-Hafiz judged it strong in Nata’ij al-Afkar (2/345–346). I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic.

This addition also appears in a version in al-Bukhari’s Af‘al al-‘Ibad, in the hadith of Abu Hurayrah; but it is an error, as was explained shortly before under the preceding hadith, no. 2753. Refer to it if you wish.