Tirmidhi Book 48, Hadith 3407

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَنْ بَنِي حَنْظَلَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ صَحِبْتُ شَدَّادَ بْنَ أَوْسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي سَفَرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُعَلِّمُنَا أَنْ نَقُولَ:‏‏‏‏ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الثَّبَاتَ فِي الْأَمْرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَسْأَلُكَ عَزِيمَةَ الرُّشْدِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَسْأَلُكَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَحُسْنَ عِبَادَتِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَسْأَلُكَ لِسَانًا صَادِقًا وَقَلْبًا سَلِيمًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ مِمَّا تَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ .

A man from Banu Hanzalah said: “I accompanied Shaddad bin Aws [may Allah be pleased with him] on a journey, so he said: ‘Should I not teach you what the Messenger of Allah used to teach us? That you say: “O Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in the affair and I ask You for determination upon guidance, and I ask You to make me grateful for Your favor, and excellence in worshiping You, and I ask You for a truthful tongue and a sound heart, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You know, and I ask You for the good of what You know, and I seek Your forgiveness for that which You know. Verily, You are the Knower of all that is hidden (Allāhumma innī as’alukath-thabāta fil-amri, wa as’aluka `azīmatar-rushdi, wa as’aluka shukra ni`matika, wa ḥusna `ibādatika, wa as’aluka lisānan ṣādiqan wa qalban salīman, wa a`ūdhu bika min sharri mā ta`lamu, wa as’aluka min khairi mā ta`lamu, wa astaghfiruka mimmā ta`lamu innaka anta `allāmul-ghuyūb).’” He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There is no Muslim who lays down to sleep while reciting a Surat from Allah’s Book, except that Allah entrusts an angel, so that nothing approaches him to harm him until he awakens, whenever he awakens.”