حَدَّثَنَا خَطَّابُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ الْحُبْرَانِيِّ: أَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: حَدِّثْنَا بِمَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَلْقَى إِلَيَّ صَحِيفَةً فَقَالَ: هَذَا مَا كَتَبَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَظَرْتُ فِيهَا، فَإِذَا فِيهَا: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنِي مَا أَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ، فَقَالَ: ”يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا أَوْ أَجُرُّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ.“
It is narrated from Abu Rashid Jabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) that I presented myself in the service of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) and requested him to relate to me any hadith he had heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He handed me a scroll and said: This is the scroll which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote and gave to me. I looked at it and it contained: Indeed, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah! Teach me a supplication which I may recite morning and evening. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Bakr! Recite: «اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ ...... » O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Lord and Master of everything, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self, from the evil of Satan and from shirk, and from doing any wrong to my own soul or causing harm to any Muslim."