Yazid bin Kysan al-Yshkry يزيد بن كيسان اليشكري أبو إسماعيل · Chapters on Supplication

“I accompanied Shaddad bin Aws 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…