Supplicating for well-being

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying in this same summer heat last year: "Ask Allah for well-being, and for certainty in the Hereafter and in this world."

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) last year, and that time is still recent, saying: "Ask Allah for well-being and certainty."

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah said: I used to hear my father reciting this supplication morning and evening: "O Allah, grant me well-being in my body. O Allah, grant me well-being in my hearing. O Allah, grant me well-being in my sight. There is no one worthy of worship except You." So I said to my father: "O my dear father, I hear you reciting this supplication morning and evening?" He said: "O my beloved son, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reciting this supplication, and I love to follow his (peace and blessings be upon him) Sunnah."

Abdullah bin al-Harith said: Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), teach me something that I may ask of my Lord." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ask your Lord for well-being in this world and the Hereafter."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whenever a person asks Allah for anything, the most beloved thing is that he asks Allah for well-being."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "If I knew that a certain night was Laylat al-Qadr, I would ask Allah in it only for well-being."

The father of Abu Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): A man came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "How should I supplicate when I ask my Lord?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, grant me well-being, and provide for me.'" And he (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered his four fingers, other than the thumb, and said: "For all these things encompass your religion and your worldly life." (Or: gather them.)

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "If I had come to know which night is Laylat al-Qadr, then on that night I would frequently make this supplication: I ask Allah for pardon and well-being."

Abu al-Hasan Hilal bin Yasaf said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) declared: "On Friday there is an hour; a Muslim servant does not coincide with that hour and ask Allah for good except that Allah Almighty certainly grants it to him." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What should I ask for in it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ask Allah for well-being in this world and the Hereafter."