حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مَالِکٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ کَيْفَ أَقُولُ حِينَ أَسْأَلُ رَبِّي قَالَ قُلْ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَعَافِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَيَجْمَعُ أَصَابِعَهُ إِلَّا الْإِبْهَامَ فَإِنَّ هَؤُلَائِ تَجْمَعُ لَکَ دُنْيَاکَ وَآخِرَتَکَ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6851
Abu Malik reported on the authority Of his father that he heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying to the person who bad come to him and asked him as to how he should beg his Lord, that he should utter these words: O Allah, grant me pardon, have mercy upon me, protect me, provide me sustenance, and he collected his fingers together except his thumb and said: It is in these words (that there is supplication) which sums up for you (the good) of this world and that of the Hereafter.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020