Hisn al-Muslim 114
((اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا يَقُولُونَ، وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ، [وَاجْعَلْنِي خَيْراً مِمَّا يَظُّنُّونَ])).
Allaahumma laa tu'aakhithnee bimaa yaqooloona, waghfir lee maa laa ya'lamoona [waj'alnee khayram-mimmaa yadhunnoon]
O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of [and make me better than they imagine].
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 114
Translation: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), Sa'id al-Qahtani — see site-wide attribution
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All three requests concern the gap between what people say and what is true. The first asks not to be held to account for what they say — the praise itself. The second asks forgiveness for what they have no knowledge of, meaning whatever the praise did not see. The third, supplied in brackets by the text, asks to be made better than they imagine. Each clause treats the praise as incomplete rather than deserved.
The chapter places these words in the moment a Muslim is praised.
The praise is never accepted or refused. Every clause measures it against something the praisers do not know, and asks about that instead.
About these notesThe notes above explain the wording of the supplication as it is translated on this page. They add no commentary, history or ruling beyond it.
It is recorded at Hisn al-Muslim 114:232.
The English of it is: “O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of [and make me better than they imagine].” All three requests concern the gap between what people say and what is true.
Romanised, it runs: “Allaahumma laa tu'aakhithnee bimaa yaqooloona, waghfir lee maa laa ya'lamoona [waj'alnee khayram-mimmaa yadhunnoon]”
The chapter places these words in the moment a Muslim is praised. The praise is never accepted or refused.