Supplication

‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Shaybah narrated to us, saying: ‘Abd Allah ibn Nafi‘ al-Sa’igh informed me, from ‘Isam ibn Zayd—whom Ibn Shaybah praised favorably—from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ascended the pulpit. When he climbed the first step, he said, “Amen.” Then he climbed the second and said, “Amen,” and then the third and said, “Amen.” They said, “Messenger of Allah, we heard you say ‘Amen’ three times.” He said: “When I climbed the first step, Jibril, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to me and said, ‘Wretched is the servant who reaches Ramadan, then it passes away from him without his being forgiven.’ I said, ‘Amen.’ Then he said, ‘Wretched is the servant whose parents, or one of them, are alive, but they do not bring him into the Garden.’ I said, ‘Amen.’ Then he said, ‘Wretched is the servant in whose presence you are mentioned, yet he does not send blessings upon you.’ I said, ‘Amen.’”

Ibrahim ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: Isma‘il ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, saying: al-‘Ala’ informed me, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Whoever invokes one blessing upon me—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—Allah sends ten blessings upon him.”

Muhammad ibn ‘Ubayd Allah narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from Kathir—who relates it—from al-Walid ibn Rabah, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ascended the pulpit and said, “Amen, amen, amen.” He was asked, “Messenger of Allah, what was that you were doing?” He said: “Jibril said to me, ‘May the nose of the servant who has one or both parents alive, yet does not enter the Garden, be rubbed in dust.’ I said, ‘Amen.’ Then he said, ‘May the nose of the servant who reaches Ramadan, but is not forgiven, be rubbed in dust.’ I said, ‘Amen.’ Then he said, ‘May the nose of the person in whose presence you are mentioned, but who does not send blessings upon you, be rubbed in dust.’ I said, ‘Amen.’”

‘Ali related to us: Sufyan related to us: Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, the client of the family of Talha, related to us, saying: I heard Kurayb Abu Rashdin, from Ibn ‘Abbas, from Juwayriyya bint al-Harith ibn Abi Dirar, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left her. Her name had been Barra, so the Prophet changed her name and called her Juwayriyya. He went out, disliking to enter while her name was Barra. Then he returned to her later in the day while she was still in her sitting place. He said, “Have you remained in your sitting place? After I left you, I uttered four phrases three times which, if weighed against your words, would outweigh them: ‘Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him, as numerous as His creation, in accordance with His good pleasure, as weighty as His Throne, and as abundant as the ink—or extent—of His words.’”

Ibn Salam related to us: Abu Mu‘awiya related to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayra, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Seek refuge with Allah from Hell. Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave. Seek refuge with Allah from the trial of the False Messiah. Seek refuge with Allah from the trials of life and death.”

Al-Hasan ibn al-Rabi‘ related to us: Ibn Idris related to us, from Layth, from Muharib ibn Dithar, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, “O Allah, set right my hearing and my sight, and make them the two that remain after me. Support me against whoever has wronged me, and let me see my retribution from him.”

Musa related to us: Hammad related to us, from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr, from Abu Salama, from Abu Hurayra, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, “O Allah, let me enjoy my hearing and my sight, and make them the last of me to go. Support me against my enemy, and let me see my retribution from him.”

‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah related to us: Marwan ibn Mu‘awiya related to us: Sa‘d ibn Tariq ibn Ashyam al-Ashja‘i related to us. He said: My father related to me: We used to go early in the morning to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. A man would come, and a woman would come, and one of them would say, “Messenger of Allah, what should I say when I pray?” He would say, “Say: ‘O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, and provide for me,’ for this gathers for you your worldly life and your Hereafter.”

Qutayba related to us: al-Layth related to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Abu al-Hasan, the client of Umm Qays bint Mihsan, from Umm Qays, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to her, “What did she say? May her life be long?” We do not know of any woman who was granted as long a life as she was.

‘Arim related to us: Sa‘id ibn Zayd related to us, from Sinan, who said: Anas related to us: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to come to us, the people of the household. One day he came and supplicated for us. Umm Sulaym said, “Will you not supplicate for your little servant?” He said, “O Allah, increase his wealth and children, prolong his life, and forgive him.”

Abu al-Yaman related to us: Shu‘ayb related to us, from al-Zuhri, who said: Ibn ‘Ubayd, the client of ‘Abd al-Rahman, informed me—and he was one of the Qur’an reciters and people of understanding in jurisprudence—that he heard Abu Hurayra say that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Each of you will be answered as long as he does not grow impatient, saying, ‘I supplicated, but I was not answered.’”

‘Abd Allah related to us: Mu‘awiya related to us that Rabi‘a ibn Yazid narrated to him, from Abu Idris, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: “Each of you will be answered so long as he does not supplicate for a sin or for severing ties of kinship, or become impatient and say, ‘I supplicated, but I do not see that I am being answered,’ and then give up supplicating.”

‘Abd Allah related to us: al-Layth related to me: Ibn al-Had related to me, from ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness and debt. I seek refuge in You from the trial of the False Messiah. I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the Fire.”

Musa related to us: Hammad related to us: Muhammad ibn Ziyad informed us, from Abu Hurayra, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to seek refuge with Allah from the evil of life and death, from the punishment of the grave, and from the evil of the False Messiah.

‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad related to us: Marwan ibn Mu‘awiya related to us: Abu al-Malih Subayh related to us: Abu Salih related to us, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: “Whoever does not ask Allah, Allah becomes angry with him.”

Musaddad related to us: ‘Abd al-Warith related to us, from ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “When you supplicate to Allah, be resolute in your supplication. None of you should say, ‘If You wish, give it to me,’ for no one can compel Allah.”

‘Abd Allah related to us: Abu Dawud related to us: ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi al-Zinad related to us, from his father, from Aban ibn ‘Uthman, who said: I heard ‘Uthman say: I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: “Whoever says three times each morning and three times each evening, ‘In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,’ nothing will harm him.”

Isma‘il related to us: Malik related to me, from Abu Hazim, from Sahl ibn Sa‘d, who said: “There are two times when the gates of heaven are opened, and few are the supplications of a person that are rejected: when the call to prayer is given, and while the ranks are formed in the path of Allah.”

‘Amr ibn Khalid related to us: al-Layth related to me, from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Hibban, from Lu’lu’a, from Abu Sirma, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, “O Allah, I ask You for my sufficiency and the sufficiency of my mawla.”

Yahya ibn Musa related to us: Waki‘ related to us: Sa‘d ibn Aws related to us, from Bilal ibn Yahya, from Shuthayr ibn Shakal ibn Humayd, from his father, who said: I said, “Messenger of Allah, teach me a supplication from which I may benefit.” He said, “Say: ‘O Allah, keep me safe from the evil of my hearing, my sight, my tongue, my heart, and my sexual desire.’”