Remembrance 2 from Chapter 268
What to say when entering the marketplace

Allāhumma innī as’aluka khayra hādhihi-s-sūqi wa khayra mā fīhā, wa a‘ūdhu bika min sharrihā wa sharri mā fīhā. Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika an uṣība fīhā yamīnan fājirah, aw ṣafaqatan khāsirah.
Al-Ḥākim Abū ‘Abdullāh reports [the same hadith] in al-Mustadrak from many sources. According to one report he added: “And He will build a house for him in Paradise.” One of the narrators said: “I came to Khurasān, and I went to Qutaybah ibn Muslim and said: ‘I have brought you a gift;’” and he narrated the hadith to him. Qutaybah rode in his entourage until he came to the market. He said [the above-mentioned phrase] and then turned away. Al-Ḥākim also reported this from the narration of Ibn ‘Umar from the Prophet
. Al-Ḥākim says that on the same subject there are hadiths from Jābir, Abū Hurayrah, Buraydah al-Aslamī and Anas, and the [only] one of them that comes closest to meeting the preconditions of his book [2].is the hadith of Buraydah, but not in this wording. He narrates with his isnād that it is reported from Buraydah that when the Messenger of Allah
entered a market he would say: “O Allah, I ask You for the good of this market and the good that is in it, and I seek Your protection from the evil of it and the evil that is in it. O Allah, I seek Your protection from falling victim to a false oath or making a poor bargain there.”