Volume 8, Book 75, Number 391:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet used to teach us the Istikhara for each and every matter as he used to teach us the
Suras from the Holy Qur’an. (He used to say), “If anyone of you intends to do something, he should
offer a two-Rak’at prayer other than the obligatory prayer, and then say: ‘Allahumma inni as –
takhiruka bi’ilmika, wa astaqdiruka biqudratika, wa as’aluka min fadlika-l-‘azim, fa innaka taqdiru
wala aqdiru, wa ta’lamu wala a’lamu, wa anta’allamu-l-ghuyub. Allahumma in kunta ta’lamu anna
hadha-lamra khairun li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa ‘aqibati amri (or said, fi ‘ajili amri wa ajilihi) fa-
qdurhu li, Wa in junta ta’lamu anna ha-dha-l-amra sharrun li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa ‘aqibati amri
(or said, fi ajili amri wa ajilihi) fasrifhu ‘anni was-rifni ‘anhu wa aqdur li alkhaira haithu kana,
thumma Raddani bihi,” Then he should mention his matter (need).
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 392:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet asked for some water and performed the ablution, and then raised his hands (towards
the sky) and said, “O Allah! Forgive ‘Ubaid Abi ‘Amir.” I saw the whiteness of his armpits (while he
was raising his hands) and he added, “O Allah! Upgrade him over many of Your human creatures on
the Day of Resurrection “
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 393:
Narrated Abu Musa:
We were in the company of the Prophet on a journey, and whenever we ascended a high place, we
used to say Takbir (in a loud voice). The Prophet said, “O people! Be kind to yourselves, for you are
not calling upon a deaf or an absent one, but You are calling an All-Hearer, and an All-Seer.” Then
he came to me as I was reciting silently, “La haul a wala quwwata illa bil-lah.” He said, “O ‘Abdullah
bin Qais! Say: La haul a walaquwata illa bil-lah, for it is one of the treasures of Paradise.” Or he said,
“Shall I tell you a word which is one of the treasures of Paradise? It is: La haul a wala quwwata illa
bil-lah.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 394:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Whenever Allah’s Apostle returned from a Ghazwa or Hajj or ‘Umra, he used to say, “Allahu
Akbar,” three times; whenever he went up a high place, he used to say, “La ilaha illal-lahu wahdahu
la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd, wa huwa’ala kulli Shai ‘in qadir. Ayibuna ta’ibuna
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‘abiduna lirabbina hamidun. Sadaqa-l-lahu wa’dahu, wa nasara’abdahu wa hazama-l-ahzaba wah –
dahu.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 379:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet used to say, “O Allah! I seek refuge with You from laziness and geriatric old age, from
all kinds of sins and from being in debt; from the affliction of the Fire and from the punishment of
the Fire and from the evil of the affliction of wealth; and I seek refuge with You from the affliction of
poverty, and I seek refuge with You from the affliction of Al-Mesiah Ad-Dajjal. O Allah! Wash away
my sins with the water of snow and hail, and cleanse my heart from all the sins as a white garment is
cleansed from the filth, and let there be a long distance between me and my sins, as You made East
and West far from each other.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 380:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet used to say, “O Allah! I seek refuge with You from worry and grief, from incapacity
and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from being heavily in debt and from being over –
powered by (other) men.” (See Hadith No. 374)
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 381:
Narrated Mus’ab bin Sa’d:
Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas used to recommend these five (statements) and say that the Prophet said so
(and they are): “O Allah! I seek refuge with You from miserliness, and seek refuge with You from
cowardice, and seek refuge with You from being brought back to geriatric old age, and seek refuge
with You from the afflictions of the world, and seek refuge with You from the punishment of the
grave.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 382:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle used to seek refuge with Allah saying, “O Allah! I seek refuge with You from lazi –
ness, and seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek refuge with You from geriatric old age,
and seek refuge with You from miserliness.”
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