Is it true that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to place his hand on his forehead after every prayer and say: "In the name of Allah and all praise is due to Allah. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from helplessness and laziness, from anxiety and sorrow, and from cowardice and stinginess"?
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to seek refuge with Allah from anxiety, sorrow, incapacity, laziness, cowardice, miserliness, the burden of debt, and the domination of men. It has not been authentically reported that he would place his hand on his forehead and say that after every prayer.
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