Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 778
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْمُوَفَّقِ أَبُو الْجَهْمِ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ السَّائِلِينَ عَلَيْكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مَمْشَاىَ هَذَا فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَخْرُجْ أَشَرًا وَلاَ بَطَرًا وَلاَ رِيَاءً وَلاَ سُمْعَةً وَخَرَجْتُ اتِّقَاءَ سُخْطِكَ وَابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِكَ فَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُعِيذَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ - أَقْبَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِوَجْهِهِ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Sa'id ibn Yazid ibn Ibrahim al-Tustari narrated to us: Al-Fadl ibn al-Muwaffaq Abu al-Jahm narrated to us: Fudayl ibn Marzuq narrated to us, from 'Atiyyah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever leaves his house for prayer and says, “O Allah, I ask You by the right owed by those who supplicate to You, and I ask You by the right of this journey of mine. I have not gone out in insolence, arrogance, ostentation, or to be heard of by people; I have gone out fearing Your displeasure and seeking Your good pleasure. I ask You to protect me from the Fire and forgive my sins, for none forgives sins except You”—Allah turns toward him, and seventy thousand angels ask forgiveness for him.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The prayer's repeated requests and its four negated motives are preserved. The source concludes with Allah turning toward him and seventy thousand angels seeking forgiveness.
بِحَقِّ السَّائِلِينَ عَلَيْكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مَمْشَاىَ هَذَا
The wording invokes a ‘right’ associated with supplicants and the journey; its theological interpretation is not made explicit here.
Should ‘by the right of’ be retained literally, or is another conventional English rendering preferred?