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Abu Musa al-Ash'ari used to use this supplication, "O Allah, forgive my errors, my ignorance and my extravagance in my affairs and what You know better than I do. O Allah, forgive me what I do both in jest and seriousness, my errors and what I do intentionally and all that I do."

الأدب المفرد:٦٨٩حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى وَأَبِي بُرْدَةَ أَحْسَبُهُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْعُو اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي هَزْلِي وَجَدِّي وَخَطَئِي وَعَمْدِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim
bukhari:6399Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbd al-Majīd > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Bakr b. Abū Mūsá And ʾAbī Burdah Aḥsibuh > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

The Prophet ﷺ used to invoke Allah, saying, "Allahumma ighfirli khati'ati wa jahli wa israfi fi ʿAmri, wa ma anta a-'lamu bihi minni. Allahumma ighfirli hazali wa jiddi wa khata'i wa amdi, wa kullu dhalika 'indi."

البخاري:٦٣٩٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى وَأَبِي بُرْدَةَ أَحْسِبُهُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْعُو اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي هَزْلِي وَجِدِّي وَخَطَاىَ وَعَمْدِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي

muslim:2719aʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī from my father > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Burdah b. Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī from his father

" O Allah, forgive me my faults, my ignorance, my immoderation in my concerns. And Thou art better aware (of my affairs) than myself. O Allah, grant me forgiveness (of the faults which I committed) seriously or otherwise (and which I committed inadvertently and de- liberately. All these (failings) are in me. O Allah, grant me forgiveness from the fault which I did in haste or deferred, which I committed in privacy or in public and Thou art better aware of (them) than myself. Thou art the First and the Last and over all things Thou art Omnipotent."

مسلم:٢٧١٩aحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي جِدِّي وَهَزْلِي وَخَطَئِي وَعَمْدِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ