Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31374 — A man who has a need: what

Ibrahim said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When one of you intends to fulfil a need, let him say these words: "O Allah, I ask You for good through Your knowledge, I ask You for power through Your power, and I ask You of Your bounty. Indeed, You alone have power and I have no power; You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if this matter that I intend to do is better for me in my religion, my worldly life and my Hereafter, then make it easy for me and grant me blessing in it. And if some other matter is better, then decree that good for me wherever it may be, and then make me content with the decision You have made."