Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 625

Muhammad ibn Salam narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Abi Ghaniyyah narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Sulayman informed us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Safwan ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Safwan, whose wife was al-Darda’, daughter of Abu al-Darda’. He said: I came to them in Syria and found Umm al-Darda’ at home, but I did not find Abu al-Darda’. She asked, “Are you intending to perform Hajj this year?” I said, “Yes.” She said, “Then supplicate to Allah for good for us, for the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say: ‘A Muslim’s supplication for his brother in his absence is answered. At his head is an angel appointed over him; whenever he supplicates for good for his brother, the angel says, “Amen, and the same for you.”’” He said: I met Abu al-Darda’ in the market, and he said the same, relating it from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.