Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 2463

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّتِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَنْ تُضِلَّنِي أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَالْجِنُّ وَالْإِنْسُ يموتون»

Translation

Ibn ‘Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say: “O Allah, to You I submit, in You I believe, upon You I rely, to You I turn in repentance, and with Your help I contend. O Allah, I seek refuge in Your might lest You lead me astray. You are the Ever-Living who never dies, while the jinn and humankind die.” Reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim; graded agreed upon by al-Albani.