Making Du’a For The Good of This World And The Next

 قَالَ سَأَلَ قَتَادَةُ أَنَسًا أَيُّ دَعْوَةٍ كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكْثَرَ قَالَ كَانَ أَكْثَرُ دَعْوَةٍ يَدْعُو بِهَا يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ  

قَالَ وَكَانَ أَنَسٌ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِدَعْوَةٍ دَعَا بِهَا فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِدُعَاءٍ دَعَا بِهَا فِيهِ 

Qatada asked Anas which Supplication Allah's Apostle (pbuh) frequently made. He said: The supplication that he (the Prophet) made very frequently is this:" O Allah, grant us the good in this world and the good in the Hereafter and save us from the torment of Hell-Fire." He (Qatada) said that whenever Anas had to supplicate he made this very supplication, and whenever he (intended) to make another supplication he (inserted) this very supplication in that. 

Grade: Sahih  

Reference: Sahih Muslim 2690  

(Hadith translation obtained from: https://sunnah.com/muslim/48/36) 

Lessons: 

1. To make du’a is one of the duties of a Muslim 

2. One of the supplications that Rasulullah (pbuh) often made was: 

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

" O Allah, grant us the good in this world and the good in the Hereafter and save us from the torment of Hell-Fire." 

3. Anas was a companion of Rasulullah (pbuh) who would regularly read this du’a along with other du'a