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A du’a asking Allah Ta’ala for guidance, piety and contentment

Can you please provide the reference and Arabic text  for this supplication:

‘O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, the ability to abstain from wrong contentment and independence’

Answer

Imam Muslim (rahimahullah) has recorded this du’a on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma).

(Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 2721)

Arabic text

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى

Transliteration

Allahumma inni asalukal huda wat tuqa wal ‘afafa wal ghina

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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