I asked Ayesha, the Mother of the Believers, "With what would the Prophet of Allah open his prayer when he stood up at night?"She replied, "When he stood up at night, he would open his prayer with, 'O Allah, Lord of Jibrail, Mikail, and Israfil, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You judge between Your servants concerning that wherein they differ. Guide me to the truth in that wherein they differ, by Your permission. Indeed, You guide whom You will to a straight path.'"
سألت عائشة أم المؤمنين: بأي شيء كان نبي الله يفتتح صلاته إذا قام من الليل؟ قالت: كان إذا قام من الليل افتتح صلاته: اللهم رب جبرائيل وميكائيل وإسرافيل فاطر السماوات والأرض، عالم الغيب والشهادة، أنت تحكم بين عبادك فيما كانوا فيه يختلفون، اهدني لما اختلف فيه من الحق بإذنك إنك تهدي من تشاء إلى صراط مستقيم.
Muslim narrated it in the Book of the Prayer of Travelers (770) through various routes from Umar bin Yunus, who said, "Ikrima bin Ammar narrated to us, who said, 'Yahya bin Abu Kathir narrated to us, who said, "Abu Salama bin Abdul-Rahman narrated to me,"'" and he mentioned it.