Four words after counting to ten five times
Aisha said no one had asked her this before either.
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَعَافِنِي أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ ضِيقِ الْمَقَامِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
Allāhumma-ghfir lī wa-hdinī wa-rzuqnī wa ʿāfinī. Aʿūdhu bi-Llāhi min ḍīqi-l-maqāmi yawma-l-qiyāmah
“O Allah, forgive me, guide me, provide for me, and keep me well. I seek refuge in Allah from the narrowness of the standing on the Day of Resurrection.”
Where this comes from
ʿAsim asked her what he opened the night prayer with. She said he would say the takbir ten times, praise ten times, glorify ten times, declare the oneness ten times, seek forgiveness ten times, and then say this.
The full narration
It was narrated that 'Asim bin Humaid said:"I asked 'Aishah with what did he- meaning the Prophet (ﷺ)- start Qiyam Al-Lail? She said: 'You have asked me something which no one before you has asked. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say the takbir ten times, the tahmid ten times, the tasbih ten times, and the tahlil ten times, and pray for forgiveness ten times, and say: Allahummaghfirli, wahdini, warzuqni wa 'afini. A'udhu billahi min diqil-maqami yawmal-qiyamah (O Allah, forgive me, guide me, grant me provision and good health. I seek refuge with Allah from the difficulty of standing on the Day of Resurrection)
Source
Sunan an-Nasā'ī · 1617
- Abu Ghuddah: Hasan Sahih
- Al-Albani: Hasan Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Hasan