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The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say between the two prostrations: "Rabbi ighfir li, rabbi ighfir li" (My Lord, forgive me; my Lord, forgive me)

عن حُذَيْفَةَ رضي الله عنه: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ: «رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي».
Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say between the two prostrations: "Rabbi ighfir li, rabbi ighfir li" (My Lord, forgive me; my Lord, forgive me).
Narrated by Abu Dāwūd, An-Nasā’i, Ibn Mājah, and AhmadGradeAuthentic
Explanation

When the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) sat between the two prostrations, he would say: My Lord, forgive me; my Lord, forgive me, repeatedly. "My Lord, forgive me" means: The servant asks his Lord to eliminate his sins and conceal his faults.

Benefits
  1. It is prescribed to say this supplication between the two prostrations in obligatory and supererogatory prayers.
  2. It is recommended to repeat the phrase: "My Lord, forgive me." The obligation is one time.
Reference

سنن أبي داود (2/ 154) (874)، سنن النسائي (2/ 231) (1145)، سنن ابن ماجه (2/ 64) (897)، مسند أحمد (38/ 392) (23375)، نيل الأوطار (2/ 305).

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