Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3431

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Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Baz‘i narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Warith ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from ‘Amr ibn Dinar, the client of the family of al-Zubayr, from Salim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, from Ibn ‘Umar, from ‘Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever sees someone afflicted and says, “Praise belongs to Allah, who has spared me from what has afflicted you and favored me greatly over many of those He created,” will be spared that affliction, whatever it may be, for as long as he lives.’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This is a gharib hadith. There is also a report on this subject from Abu Hurayrah. ‘Amr ibn Dinar, the steward of the family of al-Zubayr, was a Basran shaykh and was not strong in hadith. He alone reported certain hadiths from Salim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar. It is also reported from Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali that he said: If someone sees a person afflicted and seeks refuge from it, he should say this to himself and not let the afflicted person hear it.’