Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman says: I asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand for prayer at night, with which supplication would he begin the prayer?" She said: When he (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand, he would say Allahu Akbar and recite this supplication: "O Allah! Lord of Jibreel, Mika'il, and Israfil, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You judge between Your servants concerning that in which they differ. Guide me, by Your permission, to the truth concerning that in which they differ. Surely, You guide whom You will to a straight path." (O Allah! O Lord of Jibreel, Mika'il, and Israfil! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of the unseen and the seen! You alone judge between Your servants regarding that in which they differ. Guide me, by Your command, to the truth concerning that in which there is disagreement. Surely, You guide whom You will to the straight path.)

Yahya says: Sayyiduna Abu Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand for prayer at night, he would say: "O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the accursed devil, from his madness, arrogance, and poetry." Furthermore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Seek refuge with Allah from the accursed devil's madness (hamz), arrogance (nafh), and poetry (nafth)." The people asked: "O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by his hamz, nafh, and nafth?" He replied: "Hamz refers to epilepsy that afflicts people, nafh refers to arrogance, and nafth refers to poetry."