Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 7214 — What is supplicated in the qunut

Husayn said: One day I led the Fajr prayer, and Uthman bin Ziyad also prayed behind me. I said the words of qunut in the prayer. When I had completed the prayer, he said to me: "What did you say in your qunut?" I said: "I said these words: 'O Allah, we seek Your help and we seek Your forgiveness; we praise You for Your goodness and we are not ungrateful to You; we abandon and keep away from whoever disobeys You. O Allah, You alone we worship, for You we pray and before You we prostrate; towards You we strive; we hope for Your mercy and we fear Your punishment, and indeed Your punishment is going to reach the disbelievers.'" Uthman bin Ziyad said: "Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say these same words in the qunut."