Staying firm

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1510

رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلاَ تُعِنْ عَلَىَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلاَ تَنْصُرْ عَلَىَّ وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلاَ تَمْكُرْ عَلَىَّ وَاهْدِنِي وَيَسِّرْ هُدَاىَ إِلَىَّ وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَىَّ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي لَكَ شَاكِرًا لَكَ ذَاكِرًا لَكَ رَاهِبًا لَكَ مِطْوَاعًا إِلَيْكَ مُخْبِتًا أَوْ مُنِيبًا رَبِّ تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي وَاغْسِلْ حَوْبَتِي وَأَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي وَاهْدِ قَلْبِي وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانِي وَاسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِي

rabbi aʿinnī walā tuʿin ʿalāa wānṣurnī walā tanṣur ʿalāa wāmkur lī walā tamkur ʿalāa wāhdinī wayassir hudāa ilāa wānṣurnī ʿalā man baghā ʿalāa-Llāhumma ājʿalnī laka shākiran laka dhākiran laka rāhiban laka miṭwāʿan ilayka mukhbitan aw munīban rabbi taqabbal tawbatī wāghsil ḥawbatī wa-ajib daʿwatī wathabbit ḥujjatī wāhdi qalbī wasaddid lisānī wāslul sakhīmaha qalbī

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate Allah: "My Lord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory, and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do not plan against me; guide me, and made my right guidance easy for me; grant me victory over those who act wrongfully towards me; O Allah, make me grateful to Thee, mindful of Thee, full of fear towards Thee, devoted to Thy obedience, humble before Thee, or penitent. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my supplication, clearly establish my evidence, guide my heart, make true my tongue and draw out malice in my breast

Source

Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 1510

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Al-Albani: Sahih
  • Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
  • Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih

Also narrated in Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3551, Sunan Ibn Mājah 3830.

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