On the authority of Abdullah ibn Amr, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to supplicate with these words: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the overwhelming of debt and the gloating of enemies."(1)

34 - Chapter: Seeking Refuge from Senility

5489 - Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman informed us, saying: Hammad ibn Mas'adah narrated to us, from Harun ibn Ibrahim, from Muhammad, from Uthman ibn Abi al-As, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to supplicate with these supplications(2): "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness and senility, from cowardice and incapacity, and from the trial of life and death."(3)

5490 - Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Hakam informed us, from Shu'ayb, from al-Layth, from Yazid ibn al-Had, from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness and senility, from debt and sin, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of the False Messiah, and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the Fire."(4)

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(1) Its chain is good, like the preceding one. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (7872).
(2) In a copy in the margin of (K): words.
(3) Its chain is authentic. Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman: he is Ibn al-Miswar ibn Makhramah, and Muhammad: he is Ibn Sirin. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (7873).
(4) Authentic due to corroborating evidence, and this chain is good because of Shu'ayb: he is Ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Al-Layth: he is Ibn Sa'd, and Shu'ayb who narrated from him is his son, and Yazid ibn al-Had: he is Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn al-Had. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (7879).
Ahmad also narrated it (6734) from Yunus al-Mu'addib, from al-Layth ibn Sa'd, with this chain.
It is corroborated by the hadith of Aisha previously cited under numbers (61) and (5466).