Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-2389b

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"Abu 'Ali al-Tanukhi said in (Kitab al-Faraj ba'd al-Shiddah): Ayyub ibn al-'Abbas ibn al-Hasan, whose father was a minister to al-Muktafi, narrated to me from his memory in al-Ahwaz, saying: Abu 'Ali ibn Hammam narrated to us with a chain of narration that I do not remember, that a Bedouin complained to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib of a hardship that had befallen him, and of narrowness in wealth and a large number of dependents. He said to him: 'Hold fast to seeking forgiveness, for Allah ﷻ says: {Ask forgiveness of your Lord; indeed, He is ever Forgiving. He will send down the sky upon you in abundant rain} (Nuh 71:10-11), and so on.' The man returned to him and said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, I have sought forgiveness from Allah much, and I do not see any relief from what I am in.' He said: 'Perhaps you do not know how to seek forgiveness.' He said: 'Teach me.' He said: 'Purify your intention, obey your Lord, and say: O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin through which my body was empowered by Your well-being, or which my ability attained through the bounty of Your favor, or for which I extended my hand to it with Your abundant provision, or for which I relied on Your forbearance when I feared You, or for which I trusted in Your forbearance, or for which I depended on the generosity of Your pardon. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin in which I betrayed my trust, or in which I wronged myself, or in which I preferred my pleasures, or in which I preferred my desire, or in which I strove for another, or in which I deceived one who followed me, or in which I overcame by the excess of my cunning, or in which I left my affair to You, so do not overpower me in my action, for You, glory be to You, dislike my disobedience, but Your knowledge preceded my choice and my employment of my will and my preference. So You were forbearing toward me, and did not make me enter it by compulsion, nor did You force me to it by coercion, nor did You wrong me in anything. O Most Merciful of the merciful, O companion in my hardship, O my companion in my loneliness, O my guardian in my blessing, O my protector in my absence, O reliever of my distress, O hearer of my supplication, O merciful to my weakness, O raiser of my fall, O my God in truth, O my firm support, O my close neighbor, O my compassionate Master, O Lord of the Ancient House, bring me out of the narrow circle into the wide path, and a relief from You that is near and firm. Remove from me every hardship and constriction, and suffice me for what I can bear and what I cannot bear. O Allah, relieve me of every worry and grief, and bring me out of every sorrow and anguish. O Reliever of worry, O Remover of grief, O Sender down of rain, O Answerer of the supplication of the distressed, O Most Merciful of this world and the Hereafter and Most Compassionate of them both, send blessings upon Your chosen one from Your creation, Muhammad the Prophet ﷺ, and his good and pure family, and relieve me of what has constricted my chest, and what has worn down my patience, and what has diminished my resources, and what has weakened my strength. O Remover of every harm and affliction, O Knower of every secret and hidden thing, O Most Merciful of the merciful. I entrust my affair to Allah; indeed Allah is All-Seeing of His servants. My success is only through Allah; upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.' The Bedouin said: 'So I sought forgiveness with this several times, and Allah removed from me the distress and the constriction, widened my provision, and removed the trial.'"

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