Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1483
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنْ شِئْتَ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي إِنْ شِئْتَ لِيَعْزِمِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ مُكْرِهَ لَهُ
Allāhumma āghfir lī in shiʾta-Llāhumma ārḥamnī in shiʾta liyaʿzimi al-masʾalaha fa-innah lā mukriha lah
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:"One of you should not say (in his supplication): O Allah, forgive me if You please, show mercy to me if You please.' Rather, be firm in your asking, for no one can force Him
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 1483
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
- Shuaib Al Arnaut: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Sahih Bukhari (6339)
Also narrated in Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3497, Muwaṭṭa' Mālik 497.
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