Narrator:Abu Bakr as-Siddīq
وَعَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ اَلصِّدِّيقِ - رضى الله عنه - { أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلَاتِي . قَالَ قُلْ : " اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا , وَلَا يَغْفِرُ اَلذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ , فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ , وَارْحَمْنِي , إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ اَلْغَفُورُ اَلرَّحِيمُ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . 1
1 - صحيح . رواه البخاري ( 834 ) ، ومسلم ( 2705 ) .
Narrated Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (RA):
He said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "Teach me a supplication to use in my prayer." He (ﷺ) said: "Say: O Allah, I have greatly wronged myself, and no one forgives sins except You, so grant me forgiveness from You and have mercy on me, You are the Forgiving and the Merciful One." [Agreed upon].
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 834, 6326, 7387), Muslim (No. 2705a, 2705b), At-Tirmidhi (No. 3531), An-Nasa’i (No. 1302), Ibn Majah (No. 3835) and Ahmad (No. 8, 28). Cited in Bulugh al-Maram (No. 319).