Taught to children the way a sūrah is taught
Ibn ʿAbbās said he taught it to them exactly as he taught the Qur'an.
قُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ
Allāhumma innā naʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi jahannam, wa aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi-l-qabr, wa aʿūdhu bika min fitnati-l-masīḥi-d-dajjāl, wa aʿūdhu bika min fitnati-l-maḥyā wa-l-mamāt.
“O Allah, we seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hell, from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of the false messiah, and from the trials of life and death.”
The full narration
Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach them this supplication (in the same spirit) with which he used to teach them a surah of the Qur'an. He would thus instruct us:"Say, O Allah, we seek refuge with Thee from the torment of Hell. And I seek refuge with Thee from the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge with Thee from the trial of al-Masih ad-Dajjal, and I seek refuge with Thee from the trial of life and death." Muslim b. Hajjaj said: It has reached me that Tawus said to his son: Did you make this supplication in prayer? He said: No. (Upon this) he (Tawus) said: Repeat the prayer. Tawus has narrated this hadith through three or four (transmitters) with words to the same effect
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 1333
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)