O Allah! I seek Your refuge from evil character and evil actions

Please provide the reference and translation of this supplication:

اللهم إني أعوذ بك من منكرات الأخلاق، والأعمال والأهواء

Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min munkaratil akhlaqi wal a’amali wal ahwa

Answer:

Imam Tirmidhi (rahimahullah) has recorded this du’a of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). He has declared the Hadith sound (hasan).

(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 3591. Also see: Sahih Ibn Hibban; Al Ihsan, Hadith: 960)

Translation

O Allah, I seek Your refuge from evil character, evil actions and evil desires

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar

This answer was collected from HadithAnswers.com. The answers were either answered or checked by Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (rahimahullah) who was a Shaykhul Hadith in South Africa, or by his son, Moulana Muhammad Abasoomer (hafizahullah), who is a Hadith specialist. 

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