Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr narrates this about Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq. He presented himself before the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and said: "Teach me a supplication which I may recite during prayer." The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Recite this: 'O Allah! I have wronged myself greatly, and none forgives sins except You, so grant me forgiveness from Your presence and have mercy on me. Surely, You are the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.'"

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Whenever the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) went into prostration, he used to recite: "O Allah! I have prostrated for You, I have believed in You, and I have submitted to You. My face has prostrated before the One Who created it, fashioned it, and gave it a beautiful form, Who granted it hearing and sight. So blessed is Allah, the Best of creators."

Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would go into prostration during the obligatory prayer, he would recite this: "O Allah! I have prostrated for You, and I have believed in You. I have submitted to You, for You are my Lord. My face is in prostration before the One who created it, who granted it hearing and sight. So blessed is Allah, the Best of creators."

Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to perform prayer, and I heard him saying:“I seek refuge with Allah from you.”Then he said:“I curse you by Allah.”He said this three times. Then he extended his blessed hand forward as if he wanted to catch something. When he finished the prayer, Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We heard you saying something during the prayer that we have never heard you say before, and we saw you extend your blessed hand forward. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: The enemy of Allah, Iblis, came to me with a burning ember of fire to throw it on my face. So I said: I seek refuge with Allah from you, but he did not retreat. Then I said it again, but he did not retreat. Then I said it again, but he did not retreat. So I intended to seize him by the throat. If it were not for the supplication of my brother, Sayyiduna Sulaiman (peace be upon him), he would have been tied up this morning, and the children of Madinah would have been playing with him.

Sayyiduna Bara bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Qunoot Nazilah in the Fajr and Maghrib prayers.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: By Allah! I perform the prayer in a manner better in accordance with the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) than all of you. The narrator states: Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to recite Qunoot Nazilah after saying «سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَہ» in the Zuhr prayer, the Isha prayer, and the Fajr prayer. In it, he would supplicate for the believers and invoke curses upon the disbelievers.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Qunoot Nazilah for a month after bowing (ruku’). In it, he supplicated against the Arab tribes, then he abandoned this practice.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his head from bowing after the second rak‘ah in the Fajr prayer and had recited «سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ» , he would then say:“O Allah! Grant deliverance to Walid bin Walid, Salamah bin Hisham, ‘Ayyash bin Abi Rabi‘ah, and the weak among the believers. O Allah! Inflict Your severity upon the tribe of Mudar and impose upon them a famine like that during the time of Sayyiduna Yusuf (peace be upon him).”

Harith bin Khafaf Ghafari narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Khafaf (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) went into bowing during prayer, then he raised his head and said: "May Allah forgive the tribe of Ghifar, may Allah keep the tribe of Aslam safe, the tribe of 'Usayyah has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger. O Allah! Curse the tribe of Banu Lihyan, O Allah! Curse the tribes of Ri'l and Dhakwan." Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would say takbeer and go into prostration. The narrator states that cursing the disbelievers was done for this reason.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) recited Qunoot Nazilah after bowing (ruku) for a month, in which he supplicated against some Arab tribes, then he abandoned it.