Chapters on Supplication

Umar bin Abi Salamah narrated from his father, who said: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Let one of you look at what it is that he wishes for. For verily, he does not know what of his wish shall be recorded.’”

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah used to supplicate, saying: “O Allah, give me pleasure in my hearing and my sight, and make it the inheritor from me, and aid me against whoever oppresses me, and take vengeance from him for me (Allahumma Matti’ni Bisam’i Wa Basari Waj’alhumal-Waritha Minni, Wansurni Ala Man Yazlimuni, Wa Khudh Minhu Bitha’ri)”

Thabit narrated from Anas, who said “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Let one of you ask his Lord for his every need, even until he asks Him for the strap of his sandal when it breaks.’”

Thabit Al-Bunani narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “Let one of you ask his Lord for his every need, until he asks Him for salt, and asks Him for the strap of his sandal when it breaks.”