1. Al-Bukhari (6306) narrated from Shaddad ibn Aws (may Allah be pleased with him) that that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “The best prayer for seeking forgiveness is to say:
‘Allahumma anta rabbi la ilaha illa anta, Khalaqtani wa ana ‘abduka wa ana ‘ala ‘ahdika wa wa’dika ma astata‘t. A‘udhu bika min sharri ma sana‘tu, abu-u laka bi ni‘matika ‘alayya wa abu-u laka bi dhanbi, faghfir li fa innahu la yaghfiru’l-dhunub illa anta
(O Allah, You are my Lord. None has the right to be worshipped but You. You created me and I am Your slave, and I am faithful to my covenant and my promise (to You) as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from all the evil I have done. I acknowledge before You all the blessings You have bestowed upon me, and I confess to You all my sins. So I entreat You to forgive my sins, for nobody can forgive sins except You).”
And he said: “Whoever says this during the day, having faith in it and dies before the evening comes, will be among the people of Paradise, and whoever says it during the night, having faith in it, and dies before the morning comes, will be among the people of Paradise.”
2. Muslim (2709) narrated from Abu Hurayrah that he said: A man came to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, I was stung by a scorpion last night. He said: “If you had said, when evening came,
A‘udhu bi kalimat-Illah it-tammati min sharri ma khalaq
(I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of that which He has created),
it would not have harmed you.”
3. It was narrated by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad (6812), and by at-Tirmidhi (3529) – who classed it as hasan – from Abu Raashid al-Hubrani, who said: I came to ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘As and said to him: Tell me what you heard from the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). He placed a page in front of me and said: This is what the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) dictated to me (to write). I looked at it, and it said that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq said: O Messenger of Allah, teach me something that I can say in the morning and in the evening. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said to him: “O Abu Bakr, say:
Allahumma fatir al-samawati wa’l-ard, ‘alim al-ghaybi wa’l-shahadah, la ilaha illa anta, Rabba kulli shay’in wa malikahu, a‘udhu bika min sharri nafsi wa min sharri’sh-shaytan wa shirkihi, wa an aqtarifa ‘ala nafsi su-an aw ajurrahu ila Muslim
(O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, knower of the unseen and the seen, there is none worthy of worship but You, Lord and sovereign of all things, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self and from the evil of the Shaytan and his encouragement of shirk, and from causing any harm to myself or any Muslim).”
4. Abu Dawud (5074) narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) never failed to say these du‘as in the evening and in the morning:
“Allahumma inni as aluka al-‘afiyah fi’l-dunya wa’l-akhirah. Allahumma inni as aluka al-‘afw wa’l-‘afiyah fi dini wa dunyaya wa ahli wa mali. Allahumma astur ‘awrati wa amin raw‘ati. Allahumma ihfazni min bayna yadayya wa min khalfi wa ‘an yamini wa ‘an shimali wa min fawqi wa a’udhu bi ‘azamatika an ughtala min tahti
(O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and in the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religious and worldly affairs, and my family and my wealth. O Allah, conceal my faults and keep me safe from the things that I fear. O Allah, protect me from the front and from behind, and on my right and on my left and from above, and I seek refuge in Your greatness from receiving unexpected harm from below me [being swallowed up by the earth]).
Classed as sahih by al-Albani in Sahieh al-Adab al-Mufrad, and elsewhere.
5. It was narrated by Abu Dawud (5068), at-Tirmidhi (3391) and an-Nasai in al-Kubra (10323) from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) that he used to say when morning came:
“Allahumma bika asbahna wa bika amsayna, wa bika nahya wa bika namut wa ilayka’an-nushur
(O Allah, by Your grace we reach the morning, by Your grace we reach the evening, by Your grace we live and by Your grace we die, and to You is the resurrection).
” When evening came he would say:
“Allahumma bika amsayna wa bika asbahna, wa bika nahya wa bika namut wa ilayka’al-masir
(O Allah, by Your grace we reach the evening, by Your grace we reach the morning, by Your grace we live, by Your grace we die and to You is our ultimate return).”
Classed as sahih by al-Albani in Sahih at-Tirmidhi.
6. Abu Dawud (5077) narrated from Abu ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever says when morning comes,
‘La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu laa sharika lah, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay in qadir
(There is no god except Allah Alone, with no partner or associate; to Him belongs sovereignty, to Him be praise, and He has power over all things)’
he will have a reward equivalent to that of freeing a slave who is one of the descendants of Isma’il, ten good deeds will be recorded for him, ten bad deeds will be erased from his record, he will be raised ten degrees in status, and he will have protection from the Shaytan until evening comes.
If he says that when evening comes, he will have something similar until morning comes.
Classed as sahih by al-Albani in Sahih Abi Dawud.
7. An-Nasai narrated in al-Kubra (227) that Anas ibn Malik said: The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said to Fatimah: “What is preventing you from listening to the advice I give you? You should say when morning comes and when evening comes:
Ya Hayyu ya Qayyum, bi rahmatika astaghith, aslih li sha’ni kullahu, wa la takilni ila nafsi tarfata ‘ayn
(O Ever-Living, O Self-sustaining and All-sustaining, by Your mercy I seek help; rectify all my affairs and do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for the blink of an eye).
Classed as hasan by al-Albani in as-Sahihah (227).
8.Muslim (2723) narrated that Ibn Mas‘ud said: When evening came, the Prophet of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) would say:
“Amsayna wa amsa al-mulku Lillahi, wa’l-hamdu Lillah, la ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu’l-mulku wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir. Rabbiy as aluka khayra ma fi hadhihi’l-laylah wa khayra ma ba‘daha, wa a‘udhu bika min sharri ma fi hadhihi’l-laylah wa sharri ma ba‘daha. Rabbiy a'udhu bika min al-kasali wa su il-kibari; Rabbiy a‘udhu bika min ‘adhabin fin-nari wa ‘adhabin fi’l-qabr
(We have reached the evening and all sovereignty belongs to Allah; praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah Alone with no partner or associate; to Him belongs sovereignty, to Him be praise, and He has power over all things. My Lord, I ask You for the good of what is in this night and the good of what comes after it, and I seek refuge with You from the evil of what is in this night and the evil of what comes after it. My Lord, I seek refuge with You from laziness and the troubles of old age; my Lord, I seek refuge with You from punishment in the Fire and punishment in the grave).”
When morning came, he would say likewise:
“We have reached the morning and all sovereignty belongs to Allah…”
9.Abu Moosa reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to recite the following du’aa’:
“Allaahumma’ghfir li khatee’ati wa jahli wa israafi fi amri wa maa anta a’lam bihi minni. Allaahumma’ghfir li jiddi wa hazli wa khata’i wa ‘amdi wa kullu dhaalika ‘indi. Allaahumma’ghfir li maa qaddamtu wa maa ajjartu wa ma asrartu wa maa a’lamtu wa maa anta a’lam bihi minni. Anta’l-muqaddim wa anta’l-mu’akhkhir wa anta ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer
( Allaah, forgive me for my sin. My ignorance and my transgression (in keeping my duty to You), and whatever You know about me better than I do. O Allaah, forgive me for sins committed in earnest and in jest, by mistake and deliberately, and I have done all of that. O Allaah, forgive me for what I have done in the past and what I will do in the future, what I have done in secret and what I have done openly, and whatever You know about me better than I do. You are the One Who raises and lowers people’s status, and You are Able to do all things).”
(Reported by al-Bukhaari, 5919, and Muslim, 4896. This version reported by Muslim).
10. In Sunan Abi Dawood and elsewhere it is narrated from Anas that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever says in the morning and the afternoon:
‘Allahumma inni asbahtu ushhiduka wa ushhidu hamalata ‘arshika wa malaa’ikataka wa jamee‘a khalqika annaka anta Allahu laa ilaaha illaa anta wa anna Muhammadan ‘abduka wa rasooluka
(O Allah, on this morning and I call upon You and I call upon the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels and all of Your creation to bear witness that You are Allah, there is no god worthy of worship except You, and that Muhammad is Your slave and Your Messenger),’
Allah will ransom one quarter of him from the Fire. Whoever says it twice, Allah will ransom half of him from the Fire; whoever says it three times, Allah will ransom three quarters of him from the Fire; and whoever says it four times, Allah will ransom him from the Fire.”
(Lataa’if al-Ma‘aarif p. 283).
11.The Prophet (SAW) used to seek Allah's protection for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain by saying:
'U'eethukumaa bikalimaatil-laahit-taammati min kulli shaytaanin wa haammatin, wa min kulli 'aynin laammatin.
I seek protection for you in the Perfect Words of Allah from every devil and every beast , and from every envious blameworthy eye.
Reference:
Al-Bukhari4/119
12.Muslim (1909) narrated from Sahl ibn Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“Whoever
sincerely asks Allah for martyrdom
Allah will cause him to attain the status of the martyrs, even if he dies in his bed.”
Hadith mentioned above has no prayer attach, it just says to sincerely ask Allah for martyrdom.