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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