Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31507 — Reports from Abdullah bin Mas'ud

Al-Qasim bin Abd al-Rahman said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: No servant supplicates with these words except that Allah widens his livelihood: "O Bestower of favours, upon whom no favour can be bestowed; O Possessor of majesty and honour; O Kind One; there is no god but You. Helper of those who seek refuge, shelter of those who seek protection, giver of security to those who fear: if You have written me with You in the Mother of the Book as wretched and unfortunate, then erase wretchedness from me and write me with You as fortunate. And if You have written my provision as straitened for me in the Mother of the Book, then erase my deprivation and the straitness of my provision, and write me with You as fortunate, one granted success in good. For surely You have said in Your Book: 'Allah erases what He wills and establishes what He wills, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.' [al-Ra'd: 39]"