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5524. It was narrated from Shaddâd bin Aws that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The best of prayers for forgiveness is for a person to say: 'Allâhunnma, anta rabbî, lâ ilâha illâ anta, khalaqtani wa anâ 'abduka, wa anâ 'ala 'ahdikâ wa wa'dikâ mâstata'tu, a'ûdhu bika min sharri mâ şana'tu, abuw'u laka bidhanbî, wa abuw'u laka bini'matika 'alayya faghfirlî, fa innahu lâ yaghfirudh-dhuruba illâ anta (O Allâh, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You have created me and I am Your slave and I am keeping my promise and covenant to You as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I do. I acknowledge Your blessing and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for there is none who can forgive sin except You.)' If he says this in the morning, believing in it firmly, and dies on that day before evening comes, he will enter Paradise, and if he says it in the evening, believing firmly in it, and dies before morning comes, he will enter Paradise." Al-Wâlid bin Tha'labah contradicted him. (Sahih)
