Abu Hurayrah, Allah be pleased with him narrates that messenger of Allah, Allah send peace and blessings upon him would stay silent for a while between the (opening) Takbir and recitation of the Quran, (one of the narrators, Abdul Wahid ibn Ziyad says that I think my teacher mentioned ‘silent for a ”little” while’). So I (Abu Hurayrah) said, my mother and father be sacrificed for you O messenger of Allah, What do you recite in the time you stay silent between the (opening) Takbir and recitation of the Quran? He replied, I say

O Allah! Distance me from my sins as You have distanced the east from the west, O Allah! Cleanse me from sins as white clothing is cleansed of dirt, O Allah! Wash (away) my sins with water, snow and hail.

عن أبي هريرة قال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يسكت بين التكبير وبين القراءة إسكاتة قال أحسبه قال هنية فقلت بأبي وأمي يا رسول الله إسكاتك بين التكبير والقراءة ما تقول قال أقول

اَللَّهُمَّ بَاعِدْ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَايَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّنِيْ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْ خَطَايَايَ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ

(رواه البخاري:باب ما يقول بعد التكبير)