Asking without leaving Him an exit
A second narration of the same correction.
إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلاَ يَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنْ شِئْتَ وَلَكِنْ لِيَعْزِمِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ وَلْيُعَظِّمِ الرَّغْبَةَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَتَعَاظَمُهُ شَىْءٌ أَعْطَاهُ
None of you should say: O Allah forgive me if You wish. He should be firm in asking, for there is no one who can force Him.
The full narration
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When one of you makes a supplication (to his Lord) one should not say: O Allah, grant me pardon, if Thou so likest, but one should beg one's (Lord) with a will and full devotion, for there is nothing so great in the eye of Allah which He cannot grant
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6812
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)