Volume 9, Book 93, Number 487:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
As-Salami: Allah’s Apostle used to teach his companions to perform the prayer of Istikhara for
each and every matter just as he used to teach them the Suras from the Quran He used to say, “If
anyone of you intends to do some thing, he should offer a two rakat prayer other than the compuls –
ory prayers, and after finishing it, he should say: O Allah! I consult You, for You have all knowledge,
and appeal to You to support me with Your Power and ask for Your Bounty, for You are able to do
things while I am not, and You know while I do not; and You are the Knower of the Unseen. O Allah
If You know It this matter (name your matter) is good for me both at present and in the future, (or in
my religion), in my this life and in the Hereafter, then fulfill it for me and make it easy for me, and
then bestow Your Blessings on me in that matter. O Allah! If You know that this matter is not good
for me in my religion, in my this life and in my coming Hereafter (or at present or in the future),
then divert me from it and choose for me what is good wherever it may be, and make me be pleased
with it.” (See Hadith No. 391, Vol. 8)
Volume 9, Book 93, Number 488:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet frequently used to swear, “No, by the One Who turns the hearts.”
Volume 9, Book 93, Number 489:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Allah has ninety-nine Names, one-hundred less one; and he who memorized
them all by heart will enter Paradise.” To count something means to know it by heart.
Volume 9, Book 93, Number 490:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “When anyone of you goes to bed, he should dust it off thrice with the edge of
his garment, and say: Bismika Rabbi wada’tu janbi, wa bika arfa’hu. In amsakta nafsi faghfir laha, wa
in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfaz bihi ‘ibadaka-s-salihin.”
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Volume 9, Book 93, Number 491:
Narrated Juhaifa:
When the Prophet went to bed, he used to say, “Allhumma bismika ahya wa amut.” And when he
got Up in the mornings he used to say, “Alhamdu lillahi al-ladhi ahyana ba’da ma amatana wa ilaihi-
n-nushur.”
Volume 9, Book 93, Number 485:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr:
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said to the Prophet “O Allah’s Apostle! Teach me an invocation with which I
may invoke Allah in my prayers.” The Prophet said, “Say: O Allah! I have wronged my soul very much
(oppressed myself), and none forgives the sins but You; so please bestow Your Forgiveness upon me.
No doubt, You are the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
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Volume 9, Book 93, Number 486:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet said, “Gabriel called me and said, ‘Allah has heard the statement of your people and
what they replied to you.'”
Volume 9, Book 93, Number 482:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet used to invoke Allah at night, saying, “O Allah: All the Praises are for You: You are the
Lord of the Heavens and the Earth. All the Praises are for You; You are the Maintainer of the Heaven
and the Earth and whatever is in them. All the Praises are for You; You are the Light of the Heavens
and the Earth. Your Word is the Truth, and Your Promise is the Truth, and the Meeting with You is
the Truth, and Paradise is the Truth, and the (Hell) Fire is the Truth, and the Hour is the Truth. O Al –
lah! I surrender myself to You, and I believe in You and I depend upon You, and I repent to You and
with You (Your evidences) I stand against my opponents, and to you I leave the judgment (for those
who refuse my message). O Allah! Forgive me my sins that I did in the past or will do in the future,
and also the sins I did in secret or in public. You are my only God (Whom I worship) and there is no
other God for me (i.e. I worship none but You).”