Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "O Allah! Indeed I seek Your forgiveness for what I have done before, for what I will do later, for what I have done in secret and for what I have done openly. Indeed, You are the One who brings forward and You are the One who puts back, and You have power over all things."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: A narration from this Companion is mentioned in the Sahih in which the words are: "O Allah! Forgive me for what I have done before" and so on to the end, and here the words are: "O Allah! I seek Your forgiveness."
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except that Ibn Buraydah said: From al-Ash'ari
this report was narrated to me.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب التوبة / 17591
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه احمد فى المسند (391/4) ، أخرجه صحيح البخاري برقم: 6035، وأخرجه صحيح مسلم برقم: 2719، وأخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 17829»