It is related from Abú Bakr that, 'The Apostle of God said, "The prayer of a person in grief is this, 'O God, for Thy mercy I hope. Do not leave me to myself for a single instant, and make all my condition favourable. There is no God but Thee.'"'—Abú Dáud.
It is related from ʿÁyesha that she said, 'When the Apostle of God sat in an assembly or prayed, he used to repeat certain words. So I asked him concerning the words. He replied, "If good words have been spoken, they will be a seal upon them till the day of resurrection; but if bad words have been spoken, they will be an atonement for them. (They are these), 'Glory be to Thee, O God, and praise be to Thee. There is no God but Thee. I ask pardon of Thee, and I repent towards Thee.'"'—An Nasái.
It is related from Abú Saʿíduʿl-Khudri that he said, 'On the day of (the battle of) the ditch we said, "O Apostle of God, is there anything which we can say, for our hearts are in our throats (from fear)." He replied, "Yes, (say) O God, guard us from our faults, and protect us from our fear." Abú Saʿíd said, 'Then God struck the faces of His enemies with a wind, and put them to rout with the wind.'—Aḥmad.
On Seeking Refuge
It is related from ʿÁyesha that, 'The Prophet used to say, "O God, I take refuge with Thee from laziness and from the weakness of old age and from debt and from that which causes me to sin. O God, verily I take refuge with Thee from the punishment of the fire and the calamity of the fire, and from the calamity of the grave and the punishment of the grave, and from the evil of the seduction of riches, and from the evil of the affliction of poverty, and from the evil of the sedition of the (false) Messiah, Dajjal. O God, wash my sins in snow-water and hail-water, and purify my heart as a white garment is cleansed from impurity, and place a distance between me and my sins, as thou hast placed a distance between the East and the West."—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.
It is related from ʿÁyesha that, 'The Apostle of God used to say, "O God, verily I take refuge with Thee from the evil which I have done, and from the evil which I have not done."'—Muslim.
