Remembrance 1 from Chapter 3

Allāhumma innī as’aluka min khayrihi wa khayri mā huwa lah, wa a‘ūdhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri mā huwa lah.

We relate in the book of Ibn as-Sunnī that Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī , whose name was Sa‘d ibn Mālik ibn Sinān, reported that when the Messenger of Allah put on clothes he would name each item—whether it was a shirt, pair of trousers or turban—and say: “O Allah, I ask You for the good of it and the good of what it is meant for, and I ask Your protection from the evil of it and the evil of what it is meant for.” ^[1].

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