Chapter: Excellence of Tasbih, Tahmid, Tahlil, and Takbir

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 263

كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا أَسْلَمَ عَلَّمَهُ النَّبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الصَّلاَةَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهَؤُلاَءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ: (اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرِ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَاهْدِنِي، وَعَافِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي)

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English Translation:

Whenever anyone accepted Islam, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach him how to
pray then he would instruct him to invoke Allah with the following words:
Allāhummaghfir lī, warḥamnī, waḥdinī, wa `āfinī warzuqnī.

Whenever anyone accepted Islam, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach him how to pray then he would instruct him to invoke Allah with the following words:

O Allah forgive me, and have mercy on me and guide me and give me good health and provide for me.

Reference:
Muslim 4/2073, and in one of Muslim’s reports there is the addition: ‘For
these words combine [the goodness of] this world and the next.’