Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1300

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ أَخِي، أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَالِسًا - يَعْنِي - وَرَجُلٌ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَتَشَهَّدَ دَعَا فَقَالَ فِي دُعَائِهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لأَصْحَابِهِ ‏ "‏ تَدْرُونَ بِمَا دَعَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ دَعَا اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah narrated to us: Khalaf ibn Khalifah narrated to us, from Hafs, the nephew of Anas, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)—that is, sitting—while a man stood praying. When he bowed, prostrated, and recited the tashahhud, he supplicated, saying: “O Allah, I ask You, for all praise belongs to You. There is no deity but You, the Bestower, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of majesty and honor, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer. I ask You.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said to his companions, “Do you know what he supplicated with?” They said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said: “By the One in whose hand is my soul, he called upon Allah by His great name: when He is called upon by it, He responds, and when He is asked by it, He gives.”

Translation notes
  • The source contains the parenthetical narrator cue ya‘ni (“that is”) in the description of the narrator sitting; it is retained as a brief gloss.