حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْفِلَسْطِينِيُّ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِذَا انْصَرَفْتَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقُلْ اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنْ النَّارِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنَّکَ إِذَا قُلْتَ ذَلِکَ ثُمَّ مِتَّ فِي لَيْلَتِکَ کُتِبَ لَکَ جِوَارٌ مِنْهَا وَإِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الصُّبْحَ فَقُلْ کَذَلِکَ فَإِنَّکَ إِنْ مِتَّ فِي يَوْمِکَ کُتِبَ لَکَ جِوَارٌ مِنْهَا أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ عَنْ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَسَرَّهَا إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَحْنُ نَخُصُّ بِهَا إِخْوَانَنَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 5079
Al-Harith bin Muslim al-Tamimi quoted his father Muslim bin al-Harith al-Tamimi as saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told him secretly: When you finish the sunset prayer, say: 'O Allah, protect me from Hell" seven times; for if you say that and die that night, protection from it would be recorded for you; and when you finish the dawn prayer, say it in a similar way, for if you die that day, protection from it would be recorded for you. Abu Saeed told me that al-Harith said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said this to us secretly, so we confine it to our brethren.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020