Sahih Muslim — Hadith #590

Qutayba bin Saeed narrated to us, on the authority of Malik bin Anas, - in what was read to him - on the authority of Abu Al-Zubayr, on the authority of Tawus, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to teach them this supplication just as he taught them a surah from the Qur’an. He says, “Say, O God, we seek refuge in You from the torment of Hell, and I seek refuge in You from the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the temptation of the Antichrist, and I seek refuge in You from the temptation of life and death.” Muslim bin Al-Hajjaj said: “I was informed that Tawus said to his son: ‘You prayed it in your prayer,’ and he said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Repeat your prayer,’ because Tawus narrated it on the authority of Three or four or as he said.