Question
Please provide the reference and Arabic text for this du’a:
“I seek refuge in You from the evil [i.e., punishment] of what I did and from the evil of what I did not [perpetrate as yet]”
Answer
Imam Muslim (rahimahullah) has recorded this du’a. Farwah ibn Nawfal Al Ashja’i (rahimahullah) once asked Sayyidah ‘Aishah (radiyallahu ‘anha) to inform him of a du’a that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) would make. She narrated the du’a in question.
(Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 2716)
Arabic text
اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ
Transliteration
Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min sharri ma ‘amiltu wa min sharri ma lam a’amal
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar