Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3421

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‘Ali ibn Abi Talib reported that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood for prayer, he would say: ‘I have turned my face toward the One who originated the heavens and the earth, inclining toward the truth, and I am not one of the polytheists. Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my life, and my death are for Allah, Lord of the worlds; He has no partner. This is what I have been commanded, and I am among the Muslims. O Allah, You are the King; there is no god but You. You are my Lord, and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and acknowledged my sin, so forgive all my sins, for none forgives sins but You. Guide me to the best character, for none guides to the best of it but You; and turn its worst away from me, for none turns its worst away from me but You. I believe in You. Blessed and Exalted are You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.’ When he bowed, he would say: ‘O Allah, to You I bow, in You I believe, and to You I submit. My hearing, sight, mind, bones, and sinews are humbled before You.’ When he raised his head, he would say: ‘O Allah, our Lord, to You belongs praise, filling the heavens and the earth, filling what is between them, and filling whatever else You will.’ When he prostrated, he would say: ‘O Allah, to You I prostrate, in You I believe, and to You I submit. My face has prostrated to the One who created it, shaped it, and opened its hearing and sight. Blessed is Allah, the best of creators.’ Then the last thing he would say between the tashahhud and the salutation was: ‘O Allah, forgive me what I have sent ahead and what I have left behind, what I have concealed and what I have made public, and what You know better than I do. You are the One who brings forward and the One who puts back; there is no god but You.’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This is a hasan sahih hadith.’