It was narrated that ‘Asim bin Humaid said: “I asked ‘Aishah - with what did he — meaning the Prophet — start Qiyam Al-Lail? She said: ‘You have asked me something which no one before you has asked. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم used to say the Takbir ten times, the Tahmid ten times, the Tasbih ten times and the Tahill ten times, and pray for forgiveness ten times, and say: Allahummaghfirli, (Allah, forgive me, guide me, grant me provision and good health. I seek refuge with Allah from the difficulty of standing on the Day of Resurrection.)” (Hasan)