أَخْبَرَنِي هِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَائِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ وَعَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الْأَوْدِيِّ قَالَا کَانَ سَعْدٌ يُعَلِّمُ بَنِيهِ هَؤُلَائِ الْکَلِمَاتِ کَمَا يُعَلِّمُ الْمُکْتِبُ الْغِلْمَانَ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ بِهِنَّ فِي دُبُرِ کُلِّ صَلَاةٍ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِکَ مِنْ الْبُخْلِ وَأَعُوذُ بِکَ مِنْ الْجُبْنِ وَأَعُوذُ بِکَ مِنْ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَی أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِکَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5494
It was narrated that Musab bin Saad and ‘Amr bin Maimun Al Awdi said: “Saad used to teach his children these words as a teacher teaches his students, and he would say that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم used to seek refuge (with Allah) with these words at the end of every prayer: (Allah, I seek refuge with You from miserliness, and I seek refuge with You from cowardice, and I seek refuge with You from reaching the age of senility, and I seek refuge with You from the trials of this life and the torment of the grave).” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020