أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيکٌ عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عُبَادٍ قَالَ صَلَّی عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ بِالْقَوْمِ صَلَاةً أَخَفَّهَا فَکَأَنَّهُمْ أَنْکَرُوهَا فَقَالَ أَلَمْ أُتِمَّ الرُّکُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ قَالُوا بَلَی قَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ فِيهَا بِدُعَائٍ کَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدْعُو بِهِ اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِکَ الْغَيْبَ وَقُدْرَتِکَ عَلَی الْخَلْقِ أَحْيِنِي مَا عَلِمْتَ الْحَيَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا عَلِمْتَ الْوَفَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي وَأَسْأَلُکَ خَشْيَتَکَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ وَکَلِمَةَ الْإِخْلَاصِ فِي الرِّضَا وَالْغَضَبِ وَأَسْأَلُکَ نَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ وَقُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لَا تَنْقَطِعُ وَأَسْأَلُکَ الرِّضَائَ بِالْقَضَائِ وَبَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَلَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَی وَجْهِکَ وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَی لِقَائِکَ وَأَعُوذُ بِکَ مِنْ ضَرَّائَ مُضِرَّةٍ وَفِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَّا بِزِينَةِ الْإِيمَانِ وَاجْعَلْنَا هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِينَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1311
It was narrated that Qais bin ‘Ubad said: “Ammar bin Yasir led the people in prayer and he made the prayer short. It was as if they disliked that, so he said: ‘Did I not do bowing and prostration properly?’ They said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘And I said a supplication that the Prophetused to say:(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 know that death is better for me, and I ask You for fear of 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 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, and for the sweetness of looking upon Your face and a longing to meet You, and I seek refuge in You from calamity that will bring about harm or a trial that will cause deviation. 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