Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3548
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ الْمُلَيْكِيِّ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ فُتِحَ لَهُ مِنْكُمْ بَابُ الدُّعَاءِ فُتِحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَمَا سُئِلَ اللَّهُ شَيْئًا يَعْنِي أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يُسْأَلَ الْعَافِيَةَ " . وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ يَنْفَعُ مِمَّا نَزَلَ وَمِمَّا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ فَعَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ بِالدُّعَاءِ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ . لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ وَهُوَ الْمَكِّيُّ الْمُلَيْكِيُّ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ فِي الْحَدِيثِ ضَعَّفَهُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِفْظِهِ . وَقَدْ رَوَى إِسْرَائِيلُ، هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَا سُئِلَ اللَّهُ شَيْئًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعَافِيَةِ "
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Al-Hasan ibn ‘Arafah narrated to us; Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Qurashi al-Mulayki, from Musa ibn ‘Uqbah, from Nafi‘, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘For whoever among you is granted the opening of supplication, the gates of mercy have been opened for him. Allah is not asked for anything dearer to Him than being asked for well-being.’ The Messenger of Allah also said: ‘Supplication benefits against what has come and what has not yet come, so adhere to supplication, servants of Allah.’ He said: ‘This is a gharib hadith. We know it only through ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Qurashi, the Meccan al-Mulayki; he is weak in hadith, and some scholars considered him weak because of his memory.’ Isra’il also narrated this hadith from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, from Musa ibn ‘Uqbah, from Nafi‘, from Ibn ‘Umar, from the Prophet, with the wording: ‘Allah has not been asked for anything dearer to Him than well-being.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ وَهُوَ الْمَكِّيُّ الْمُلَيْكِيُّ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ فِي الْحَدِيثِ ضَعَّفَهُ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِفْظِهِ .
Al-Tirmidhi calls the report gharib, says its transmitter is weak due to memory, and gives a second route with variant wording; the English witness omits these critical notes.
Should the weakness assessment and alternate version be preserved alongside the witness?