The prayer of need

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: One day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to us, sat down and said: "Whoever has a need from Allah Almighty or from any of the children of Adam, let him make ablution and make it well, then pray two rak'ahs, then praise and glorify Allah and send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and say: 'La ilaha illa Allahu al-Halimu al-Karim, subhana Allahi rabbi al-'arshi al-'azim, al-hamdu lillahi rabbi al-'alamin, as'aluka 'aza'ima maghfiratik, wa al-'ismata min kulli dhanb, wa al-salamata min kulli ithm' (There is no true god except Allah, the Most Forbearing, the Most Generous; glory be to Allah, the Lord of the Mighty Throne; all praise is for Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. I ask You for the means of Your forgiveness, protection from every sin, and safety from every evil)."
Fa'id bin Abd al-Rahman Abu al-Warqa is a Kufan who is counted among the Successors (Tabi'in). He is sound in hadith (mustaqim al-hadith), but the two Shaykhs did not narrate from him; I have mentioned this hadith of his as a supporting witness for the preceding narrations.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Paradise there are upper chambers whose outside can be seen from the inside and whose inside can be seen from the outside." Sayyiduna Abu Malik al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! For whom are they? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For those who speak gently, who feed others, and who stand (in tahajjud) at night while people are asleep."
This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: On a night in Ramadan I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a room made of palm branches. He (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and said the takbir: 'Allahu akbaru dhu al-jabaruti wa al-malakut, wa dhu al-kibriya'i wa al-'azamah' (Allah is the Greatest, Possessor of might and dominion, and of grandeur and majesty). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) began Surah al-Baqarah. I thought that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would bow at a hundred verses, then I thought he would do so at two hundred, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the whole surah. Then he began Al Imran and recited it, then he began Surah al-Nisa and recited it. Whenever he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed a verse of warning, he would stop there and seek refuge with Allah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) bowed for as long as he had stood, repeating in it 'Subhana rabbiya al-'azim' (Glory be to my Lord, the Most Great). Then he raised his head and said 'Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah, Allahumma rabbana laka al-hamd' (Allah hears the one who praises Him; O Allah, our Lord, to You belongs all praise), and stood for as long as he had bowed. Then he prostrated, and the prostration was as long as the standing, in which he kept saying 'Subhana rabbiya al-a'la' (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High), and between the two prostrations he kept saying 'Rabbi ighfir li' (My Lord, forgive me). From the beginning of the night to its end, he (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed only four rak'ahs after Isha when Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) came and informed him (peace and blessings be upon him) of the morning prayer.
This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. [Beginning of the Book of Forgetfulness (Sahw)]