Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1408

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ الأَنْمَاطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ السَّيْبَانِيِّ، يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏ "‏ لَمَّا فَرَغَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ مِنْ بِنَاءِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ ثَلاَثًا حُكْمًا يُصَادِفُ حُكْمَهُ وَمُلْكًا لاَ يَنْبَغِي لأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَأَلاَّ يَأْتِيَ هَذَا الْمَسْجِدَ أَحَدٌ لاَ يُرِيدُ إِلاَّ الصَّلاَةَ فِيهِ إِلاَّ خَرَجَ مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ كَيَوْمَ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ أَمَّا اثْنَتَانِ فَقَدْ أُعْطِيَهُمَا وَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ الثَّالِثَةَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ubaydullah ibn al-Jahm al-Anmati narrated to us; Ayyub ibn Suwayd narrated to us, from Abu Zur‘ah al-Saybani—Yahya ibn Abi Amr—who narrated to us from Abdullah ibn al-Daylami, from Abdullah ibn Amr, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘When Sulayman ibn Dawud completed the building of Bayt al-Maqdis, he asked Allah for three things: judgment that would accord with His judgment, a kingdom such that no one after him would have its like, and that no one come to this mosque intending nothing but prayer there without leaving free of his sins as on the day his mother gave birth to him.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Two of these have been granted to him; I hope the third has also been granted.’