أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَطَائُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ صَلَّی بِنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ صَلَاةً فَأَوْجَزَ فِيهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ لَقَدْ خَفَّفْتَ أَوْ أَوْجَزْتَ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ أَمَّا عَلَی ذَلِکَ فَقَدْ دَعَوْتُ فِيهَا بِدَعَوَاتٍ سَمِعْتُهُنَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا قَامَ تَبِعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ هُوَ أُبَيٌّ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ کَنَی عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ الدُّعَائِ ثُمَّ جَائَ فَأَخْبَرَ بِهِ الْقَوْمَ اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِکَ الْغَيْبَ وَقُدْرَتِکَ عَلَی الْخَلْقِ أَحْيِنِي مَا عَلِمْتَ الْحَيَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا عَلِمْتَ الْوَفَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي اللَّهُمَّ وَأَسْأَلُکَ خَشْيَتَکَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ وَأَسْأَلُکَ کَلِمَةَ الْحَقِّ فِي الرِّضَا وَالْغَضَبِ وَأَسْأَلُکَ الْقَصْدَ فِي الْفَقْرِ وَالْغِنَی وَأَسْأَلُکَ نَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ وَأَسْأَلُکَ قُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لَا تَنْقَطِعُ وَأَسْأَلُکَ الرِّضَائَ بَعْدَ الْقَضَائِ وَأَسْأَلُکَ بَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَسْأَلُکَ لَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَی وَجْهِکَ وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَی لِقَائِکَ فِي غَيْرِ ضَرَّائَ مُضِرَّةٍ وَلَا فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَّا بِزِينَةِ الْإِيمَانِ وَاجْعَلْنَا هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِينَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1310
‘Ata’ bin As-Sa’ib narrated that his father said: “Ammar bin Yasir led us in prayer and he made it brief. Some of the people said to him: ‘You made the prayer short (or brief).’ He said: ‘Nevertheless I still recited supplications that I heard from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم.When he got up and left, a man — he was my father but he did not name himself — followed him and asked him about that supplication, then he came and told the people. (Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation, keep me alive so long as You know that living is good for me and cause me to die when You Jrjiow that death is better for me. jah, cause me to fear You in secret and in public. I ask You to make me true in speech in times of pleasure and of anger. I ask You to make me moderate in times of wealth and of poverty. And I ask You for everlasting delight and joy that will never cease. I ask You to make me pleased with that which You have decreed and for an easy life after death. I ask You for the sweetness of looking upon Your face and a longing to meet You in a manner that does not entail a calamity that will bring about harm or a trial that will cause deviation.O Allah, beautify us with the adornment of faith and make us among those who guide and are rightly guided.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020