مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayer
(بَيَانُ إِخْبَارِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِدُعَاءٍ فِي الصَّلَاةِ)
(Account of the Prophet ﷺ informing Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه of a supplication to recite in prayer)
Hadith 942
وَعَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلَاتِي قَالَ: «قُلْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عنْدك وارحمني إِنَّك أَنْت الغفور الرَّحِيم»
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq said that he asked God’s Messenger to teach him a supplication to use in his prayer, and he told him to say, “O God, I have greatly wronged myself, and Thou alone canst forgive sins, so grant me forgiveness from Thee and show mercy to me. Thou art the forgiving and the merciful One.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
