Hadith 3250a

Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught us ¹ the tashahhud in prayer and the tashahhud for a need. He said: The tashahhud in prayer is: "All compliments, prayers, and pure words are for Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Peace be upon us and upon Allah’s righteous servants. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger." The tashahhud for a need is: "All praise is for Allah; we seek His help and forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and the wrongs of our deeds. Whoever Allah guides, none can misguide, and whoever He misguides, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger." And he recites three verses: O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [Al-Imran: 102], And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed, Allah is ever, over you, an Observer [An-Nisa: 1], O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. He will amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment [Al-Ahzab: 70-71]. Narrated by Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, An-Nasa’i, Ibn Majah, and Ad-Darimi. In "Jami‘ Tirmidhi," Sufyan ath-Thawri explained the three verses. Ibn Majah added after "All praise is for Allah": "We praise Him," and after "from the evils of our souls and the wrongs of our deeds," and Ad-Darimi after "great attainment": "Then he completes with his need." In "Sharh as-Sunnah," from Ibn Mas‘ud regarding the sermon for a need in marriage and other matters.