Is the Hadith narrated from Ali (may God honor his face), which states: "Shall I give you five thousand sheep or teach you five words in which lies the rectification of your religion and your worldly life?" So I said: "O Messenger of God, five thousand sheep are many, but teach me." Then he (peace and blessings of God be upon him) said: "Say: O God, forgive my sin, expand my disposition, make my earning good, make me content with what You have provided me, and do not let my heart be drawn to anything You have turned away from me," authentic? And what is its degree of authenticity?
The aforementioned Hadith was mentioned by the author of Kanz al-Ummal and attributed to Ibn al-Najjar from Ali, but none of the scholars of Hadith have ruled on its authenticity. There is no impediment to supplicating with it, even if it is weak, because the wording of supplications is not restrictively fixed (tawqifiyyah) and does not contain any Sharia-prohibited elements.
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