What is mentioned from various people of their supplications

Muhammad bin Ka'b said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Yazid al-Khatmi (may Allah be pleased with him) used to supplicate in this way: "O Allah, bless me with Your love and the love of the one whose love will benefit me with You. O Allah, grant me what I love, and give me strength in what You love. And whatever of the things I love You have kept away from me, in place of them attach my heart to the things You love."

Ibrahim said: There was a man among us named Hammam bin al-Harith. He would not sleep except for a short while, sitting in the mosque in a state of prayer, and he used to supplicate in this way: "O Allah, cure me of sleep with only a little of it, and grant me wakefulness in obedience to You."

Ziyad bin Ilaqah said that his uncle, Sayyiduna Qutbah bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), used to supplicate in this way: "O Allah, protect me from evil deeds, evil character, evil desires and illnesses."

Talhah said that Mujahid used to seek refuge from the lion, from the dangerous snake, and from the distress of the soul.

Talhah al-Yami said that Abu Idris, who was from the people of Yemen, used to supplicate in this way: "O Allah, make my gaze one that takes lessons, make my silence one of reflection, and turn my speech into remembrance."

Ayyub said that Abu Qilabah said these words in his supplication: "O Allah, I ask You for pure things, for abandoning evil things and for love of the poor, and that You accept my repentance. And when You intend to put Your servants to trial, then give me death without my being put to trial."

Abd al-Rahman bin Sabit said that some people had become brothers to one another. The narrator said: Then they missed one of their companions for some days. Then he came back, and they asked: "Where were you?" He said: "I was in debt." A man said: "Why did you not supplicate with these words: 'O Allah, Remover of sorrows, Dispeller of hardship, Lifter of every grief, Answerer of the call of the desperate, Most Gracious of this world and the Hereafter and Most Merciful of them both, You are my Most Gracious, so have mercy on me, O Most Gracious, with a mercy through which I become free of need of the mercy of anyone other than You!'"

Al-Sha'bi said: We visited Rabi' bin Khuthaym, and he supplicated with these words: "O Allah, all praise is for You alone, all good is in Your hand alone, to You alone all matters return, and You alone are the God of all creation. We ask You for all good, and we seek refuge in You alone from all evils."

Abdullah al-Rumi said: We were with Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man said to him: "O Abu Hamzah, indeed your brothers would love you to supplicate for them." So he supplicated in this way: "O Allah, forgive us and have mercy on us, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." They said: "O Abu Hamzah, supplicate more for us." So he repeated this same supplication. They said: "O Abu Hamzah, supplicate more for us." He said: "O Abu So-and-so, Allah is sufficient for us. If we are given all this, then we have been given the good of this world and the Hereafter."

Tubay' said that Ka'b said: Were it not for these words which I recite, the Jews would have made me scream with the screaming donkeys and bark with the barking dogs. These are the words: "I seek refuge in Your noble Face, in Your mighty Name, and in Your perfect Words, which neither the righteous nor the wicked can go beyond, You whose protected one is never betrayed, from the evil of everything that descends from the sky and everything that rises in it, and from the evil of what He created, brought into being and originated."

Awn said that Sayyidah Asma' bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Whoever recites Surah al-Fatihah, Surah al-Ikhlas, Surah al-Falaq and Surah al-Nas after the Friday prayer will be protected from that Friday until the next Friday.

Al-Sha'bi said that Abu Muslim used to say at the end of his speech: "May Allah join your brotherhood through faith, bring your mutual affection closer through His mercy, establish your honor through His kindness, and illuminate your hearts through the Qur'an."