أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ يَعْنِي الشَّحَّامَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي بَکْرَةَ أَنَّهُ کَانَ سَمِعَ وَالِدَهُ يَقُولُ فِي دُبُرِ الصَّلَاةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِکَ مِنْ الْکُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ فَجَعَلْتُ أَدْعُو بِهِنَّ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ أَنَّی عُلِّمْتَ هَؤُلَائِ الْکَلِمَاتِ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ سَمِعْتُکَ تَدْعُو بِهِنَّ فِي دُبُرِ الصَّلَاةِ فَأَخَذْتُهُنَّ عَنْکَ قَالَ فَالْزَمْهُنَّ يَا بُنَيَّ فَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ يَدْعُو بِهِنَّ فِي دُبُرِ الصَّلَاةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5480
Muslim — meaning bin Abi Bakrah — narrated that he heard his father say following the prayer:(Allah, I seek refuge with You from Kufr, poverty and the torment of the grave.)” I started to recite them and he said: “my son, where did you learn these words?” I said: “my father, I heard you saying this supplication at the end of the prayer, and I learned them from you.” He said: “Continue to recite them, my son, for the Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم used to say this supplication at the end of the prayer.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020