that Ḥuṣayn or Ḥaṣīn came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Muḥammad, ʿAbdulmuṭṭalib was better for the people than you: he used to feed them liver and humps and you slaughter them. The Prophet ﷺ then said to him what Allah willed he would said, then he said to him, "What do you order me to say?" He said, "Say, O Allah protect me from the evil of my own self and guide me to the best of my affairs."

He said, he then left and then the man accepted Islam, then he came and said: I came to you and you told me to say 'O Allah protect me from the evil of my self and give me guide me to the best of my affairs,' what should I say now? He said, "Say, O Allah forgive what ˹I done˺ in secret and in public, and for the sins ˹I've committed˺ and the intentional ˹wrong˺ I committed, and what ˹what I did˺ knowingly and unknowingly." (Using translation from Aḥmad 19992)   

أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ بَنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ خَيْرٌ لِقَوْمِكَ مِنْكَ كَانَ يُطْعِمُهُمْ بِالْكَبِدِ وَالسَّنَامِ وَأَنْتَ تَنْحَرُهُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ قَالَ مَا أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ قُلِ اللهُمَّ قِنِي شَرَّ نَفْسِي وَاعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى رُشْدِ أَمْرِي فَانْطَلَقَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَسْلَمَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَسْلَمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَتَيْتُكَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِّمْنِي قُلْتَ قُلِ اللهُمَّ قِنِي شَرَّ نَفْسِي وَاعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى رُشْدٍ أَمْرِي فَمَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ حِينَ أَسْلَمْتُ؟ قَالَ قُلِ اللهُمَّ قِنِي شَرَّ نَفْسِي وَاعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى رُشْدٍ أَمْرِي اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَخْطَأْتُ وَمَا عَمَدْتُ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ وَمَا جَهِلْتُ  

that Ḥuṣayn or Ḥaṣīn came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Muḥammad, ʿAbdulmuṭṭalib was better for the people than you: he used to feed them liver and humps and you slaughter them. The Prophet ﷺ then said to him what Allah willed he would said, then he said to him, "What do you order me to say?" He said, "Say, O Allah protect me from the evil of my own self and guide me to the best of my affairs."

He said, he then left and then the man accepted Islam, then he came and said: I came to you and you told me to say 'O Allah protect me from the evil of my self and give me guide me to the best of my affairs,' what should I say now? He said, "Say, O Allah forgive what ˹I done˺ in secret and in public, and for the sins ˹I've committed˺ and the intentional ˹wrong˺ I committed, and what ˹what I did˺ knowingly and unknowingly." (Using translation from Aḥmad 19992)   

أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَانَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ خَيْرًا لِقَوْمِكَ مِنْكَ كَانَ يُطْعِمُهُمُ الْكَبِدَ وَالسَّنَامَ وَأَنْتَ تَنْحَرُهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ قُلِ اللهُمَّ قِنِي شَرَّ نَفْسِي وَاعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى رُشْدٍ أَمْرِي قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ وَهُو مُسْلِمٌ فَقَالَ قُلْتَ لِي مَا قُلْتَ فَكَيْفَ أَقُولُ الْآنَ وَأَنَا مُسْلِمٌ؟ قَالَ قُلِ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَخْطَأْتُ وَمَا عَمَدْتُ وَمَا جَهِلْتُ  

[Machine] Husayn came to the Prophet ﷺ before embracing Islam and said, "O Muhammad, Abd al-Muttalib was better for your people than you. He used to feed them liver and meat, while you slaughter them." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah say what He wills." Then Husayn said, "O Muhammad, what do you order me to say?" He said, "You say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of myself and ask You to determine the right course for me.' " Then Husayn embraced Islam. Afterwards, he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I asked you the first time and I say it now, what do you order me to say?" He said, "Say, 'O Allah, forgive what I have kept secret and what I have declared, and what I have erred in, and what I have been ignorant of, and what I have known.'"  

جَاءَ حُصَيْنٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَانَ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ خَيْرًا لِقَوْمِكَ مِنْكَ كَانَ يُطْعِمُهُمُ الْكَبِدَ وَالسَّنَامَ وَأَنْتَ تَنْحَرُهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ثُمَّ إِنَّ حُصَيْنًا قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَاذَا تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَقُولَ؟ قَالَ تَقُولُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَعْزِمَ لِي عَلَى رُشْدٍ أَمْرِي ثُمَّ إِنَّ حُصَيْنًا أَسْلَمَ بَعْدُ ثُمَّ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُكَ الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى وَإِنِّي أَقُولُ الْآنَ مَا تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَقُولَ؟ قَالَ قُلِ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَخْطَأْتُ وَمَا جَهِلْتُ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ