Forgive our sins, absolve us of our evil deeds, and take our souls in death along with the righteous. Our Lord, and grant us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection; indeed, You do not fail [in] Your promise." Reported by Al-Athram. And from Abdullah who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to teach us the Tashahhud as he used to teach us a Surah from the Quran. He said: And he taught us to say: "O Allah, reconcile our hearts, guide us to the paths of peace, bring us out from darkness into light, turn away from us indecencies, both those that are apparent and those that are hidden, and bless for us our sight, our hearing, our hearts, our spouses, and our offspring, and accept our repentance, for You are the Accepter of Repentance, the Merciful. And make us grateful for Your favor (1), praising You for it, accepting it, and complete it (2) for us." Reported by Abu Dawud (3). And from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): Teach me a supplication with which I may supplicate in my prayer. He said: "Say: O Allah, I have wronged my soul with much injustice, and none forgives sins except You, so grant me a forgiveness from You, and have mercy upon me, for You are the Oft-Forgiving, the Merciful." Agreed upon (4). And from Abu Huraira who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to a man: "What do you say in the prayer?" He said: I recite the Tashahhud, then I ask Allah for Paradise and seek refuge in Him from the Fire. But by Allah, I do not understand your humming (5), nor the humming of Mu'adh. He said: "Around it we hum." Reported by Abu Dawud (6). And in the hadith of Jabir, that
(1) In the original: "li-ni'amik". (2) In the original: "wa tammimha". (3) In: The chapter on the Tashahhud, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/222. (4) Reported by Al-Bukhari, in: The chapter on supplication before the Taslim, from the Book of Adhan, and in: The chapter on supplication in prayer, from the Book of Supplications, and in: The chapter on the saying of the Almighty: {And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing} from the Book of Tawhid. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/211, 8/89, 9/144. And Muslim, in: The chapter on the desirability of lowering the voice during Dhikr, from the Book of Remembrance. Sahih Muslim 4/2078. It was also reported by Al-Tirmidhi, in: The chapter: Qutaybah narrated to us, Al-Layth narrated to us from Yazid, from the chapters of Supplications. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 13/53. And Al-Nasa'i, in: The chapter on another type of supplication, from the Book of Forgetfulness. Al-Mujtaba 3/45. And Ibn Majah, in: The chapter on the supplication of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), from the Book of Supplication. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1261. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 1/4, 7. (5) Dandana (humming): that a man speaks words whose tone is heard but not understood. (6) In: The chapter on lightening the prayer, from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/183. From some of the companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). It was also reported by Ibn Majah, in: The chapter on what is said in the Tashahhud and the prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), from the Book of Establishing the Prayer, and in: The chapter on comprehensive supplications, from the Book of Supplication. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/295, 2/1264, from Abu Huraira. And Imam
