The Companion رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ declared, “If you intend to kill me, first give me some time to pray in the court of my Lord.”

The bandit responded, “Do what you must, but be quick, as I am definitely going to kill you.” The Companion رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ performed wudu, offered four units of salah, and in the state of prostration, he made this dua:

یَا وَدُوْدُ! یَا ذَاالْعَرْشِ الْمَجِیْد  یَا فَعَّالُ لِّمَا یُرِیْدُ  اَسْئَلُکَ بِعِزِّکَ الَّذِیْ لَا یُرَامُ وَمُلْکِ الَّذِیْ لَایُضَامُ ، بِنُوْرِکَ الَّذِیْ مَلَأَ اَرْکَانَ عَرْشِکَ اَنْ تَکْفِیَنِیْ شَرَّ ھٰذَا اللِّصِّ، یَا مُغِیْثُ اَغِثْنِیْ  یَا مُغِیْثُ اَغِثْنِیْ  یَا مُغِیْثُ اَغِثْنِیْ

O Most Loving, O Owner of the Glorious Throne, O He Who does whatever He Wills! I ask by Your endless Honour, and by Your unsubduable Dominion, and by Your light that has filled the corners of Your Throne, that You protect me from the evil of this bandit! O He Who helps, I ask you to help me! O He Who helps, I ask you to help me! O He Who helps, I ask you to help me!

With great humbleness and emotion, the Companion رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ recited this three times. He had not yet finished his dua when he saw a horseman approaching, holding a spear in his hand, with which he killed the robber in one strike. He then came towards the Companion رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ, who asked, “O great individual, you have helped me in this trial today. Who are you?”

He replied, “I am an angel from the fourth sky, and I have come to help you.”  

Anas b. Mālik رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ finalised by saying, “Know that whoever performs wudu, offers four units of salah, and recites this dua, will have his dua accepted.”^[1]