حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ ح و حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي بَکْرٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلِّمْنِي دُعَائً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلَاتِي قَالَ قُلْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا کَبِيرًا وَقَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ کَثِيرًا وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِکَ وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّکَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6869
Abu Bakr reported that he said to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ): Teach me a supplication which I should recite in my prayer. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Recite: O Allah, I have done great wrong to myself. According to Qutaiba (the words were: ) much (wrong) -there is none to forgive the sins but Thou only, say: Grant me pardon from Thyself, have mercy upon me for Thou art much Forgiving and Compassionate.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020