15. Supplications (Duʿāʾ), and Rememberence and Glorification of Allah

al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1958No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَرْبَعٍ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَقَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ دُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ
✧ He heard Abu Hurayrah saying: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from four things: knowledge that does not benefit, a heart that does not humble, a soul that is not satisfied, and a supplication that is not heard.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1959No grade recorded
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ وَقَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ»
✧ The translation of the above sentence is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sought refuge from knowledge that does not benefit, supplication that is not answered, a heart that does not humbly fear Allah, and a soul that is never satisfied."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1960No grade recorded
مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الْجَنَّةَ ثَلَاثًا قَالَتِ الْجَنَّةُ اللَّهُمَّ أَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَنْ تَعَوَّذَ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ ثَلَاثًا قَالَتِ النَّارُ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِذْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ Whoever asks Allah for Paradise three times, Paradise says: O Allah, admit him into Paradise. And whoever seeks refuge with Allah from the Fire three times, the Fire says: O Allah, protect him from the Fire.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1961No grade recorded
كَانَ إِذَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ الْوَحْيُ نَسْمَعُ عِنْدَ وَجْهِهِ كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ فَأُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا فَسَكَتْنَا سَاعَةً فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ زِدْنَا وَلَا تَنْقُصْنَا وَأَكْرِمْنَا وَلَا تُهِنَّا وَأَعْطِنَا وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا وَآثِرْنَا وَلَا تُؤْثِرْ عَلَيْنَا وَارْضَ عَنَّا وَأَرْضِنَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ لَقَدْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ عَشْرُ آيَاتٍ مَنْ أَقَامَهُنَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ} [المؤمنون 1] حَتَّى خَتَمَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَيُونُسُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ هَذَا كَانَ عَمُّهُ وَالِيًا قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي عَمِّي إِلَى يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ حَتَّى أَمْلَى عَلَيَّ أَحَادِيثَ
✧ When revelation descended upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we would hear near his face a sound like the buzzing of bees. One day revelation descended upon him, and we remained silent for a while. He then faced the qiblah, raised his hands, and said: "O Allah, increase us and do not decrease us; honor us and do not humiliate us; give us and do not deprive us; prefer us and do not prefer others over us; be pleased with us and make us pleased." Then he said: "Ten verses have been revealed to me; whoever upholds them will enter Paradise." Then he recited, 'The believers have certainly succeeded' [Quran 23:1] until he completed ten verses. Abd al-Razzaq and Yunus b. Sulaym said: This was his uncle who was a governor. He said: My uncle sent me to Yunus b. Yazid so that he dictated hadiths to me.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1962No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَسْتَحِي مِنَ الْعَبْدِ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْهِ فَيَرُدَّهُمَا خَائِبَتَيْنِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is too merciful to be ashamed to turn away the hands of His servant empty-handed."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1963No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ «رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ أَحْجَارِ الزَّيْتِ يَدْعُو وَهُوَ مُقَنَّعٌ بِكَفَّيْهِ»
✧ He saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the stones of al-Zayt supplicating while he was covering his face with his palms.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1964No grade recorded
«مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ شَاهِرًا يَدَيْهِ يَدْعُو عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ وَلَا غَيْرُهُ كَانَ يَجْعَلُ أُصْبُعَيْهِ بِحِذَاءِ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَيَدْعُو»
✧ I never saw the Prophet ﷺ raising his hands wide open while supplicating on his pulpit or elsewhere. He would place his fingers at the level of his shoulders and supplicate.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1965No grade recorded
رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَحَدٌ أَحَدٌ» قَدْ رُوِيَتْ هَذِهِ السُّنَّةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "One, One." This sunnah has been narrated from Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1966No grade recorded
عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِي وَأَنَا أَدْعُو بِأُصْبُعَيَّ فَقَالَ «أَحَدٌ أَحَدٌ» وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ
✧ From Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas: The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was supplicating with two fingers, and he said, "One, one," and he pointed with the index finger.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1967No grade recorded
كَانَ إِذَا مَدَّ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ لَمْ يَرُدَّهُمَا حَتَّى يَمْسَحَ بِهِمَا وَجْهِهِ»
✧ "That the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, used to keep his hands extended in supplication, and would not retract them until he wiped his face with them." And it has been narrated from Abdullah bin Abbas.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1968No grade recorded
«إِذَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللَّهَ فَاسْأَلُوهُ بِبُطُونِ أَكُفِّكُمْ وَلَا تَسْأَلُوهُ بِظُهُورِهَا وَامْسَحُوا بِهَا وُجُوهَكُمْ»
✧ When you ask Allah, ask Him with the palms of your hands, and do not ask Him with their backs, and wipe your faces with them.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1969No grade recorded
مَا جَلَسَ قَوْمٌ مَجْلِسًا كَثُرَ لَغَطُهُمْ فِيهِ فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُومَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ ثُمَّ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا كَانَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ
✧ No people sit in a gathering in which there is much idle talk, and then one of them says before he rises: 'Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and with Your praise. There is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I turn to You in repentance,' except that he is forgiven for whatever was in that gathering.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1970No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ فَقَالَهَا فِي مَجْلِسِ ذِكْرٍ كَانَتْ كَالطَّابِعِ يُطْبَعُ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ قَالَهَا فِي مَجْلِسِ لَغْوٍ كَانَتْ كَفَّارَةً لَهُ
✧ Whoever says: 'Glory be to Allah and with His praise. Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I turn to You in repentance,' and says it in a gathering of remembrance, it will be like a seal stamped upon it; and whoever says it in a gathering of idle talk, it will be an expiation for him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1971No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِآخِرِهِ إِذَا طَالَ الْمَجْلِسُ قَالَ «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ» فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ مَا كُنَّا نَسْمَعُهُ مِنْكَ قَالَ «هَذَا كَفَّارَةُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ»
✧ At the end of his life, when a gathering became long, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say: 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I turn to You in repentance.' Some of us said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we have not heard this saying from you before.' He said: 'This is an expiation for what occurs in the gathering.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1972No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُهُ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْهَضَ قَالَ «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ عَمِلْتُ سُوءًا وَظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ» فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ كَلِمَاتٌ أَحْدَثْتَهُنَّ؟ قَالَ أَجَلْ جَاءَنِي جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ هُنَّ كَفَّارَةُ الْمَجَالِسِ
✧ When his companions gathered around him and he wanted to get up, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say: 'Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I turn to You in repentance. I have done wrong and have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You.' We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, are these words you have newly introduced?' He said: 'Yes. Jibril came to me and said: O Muhammad, these are an expiation for gatherings.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1973No grade recorded
أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ عَلَّمَنِيهِنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ مِثْلُ جَبَلِ صَبِيرٍ دَيْنًا لَأَدَّاهُ اللَّهُ عَنْكَ قُلْ «اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ»
✧ Shall I not teach you words that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me? If you had a debt like Mount Sabir, Allah would pay it off for you. Say: 'O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have made unlawful, and make me content with Your bounty over anyone other than You.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1974No grade recorded
مَنْ دَخَلَ السُّوقَ فَقَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفَ سَيِّئَةٍ وَرَفَعَ لَهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفَ دَرَجَةٍ وَبَنَى لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فَقَدِمْتُ خُرَاسَانَ فَأَتَيْتُ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَتَيْتُكَ بِهَدِيَّةٍ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِالْحَدِيثِ فَكَانَ قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ يَرْكَبُ فِي مَوْكِبِهِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ بَابَ السُّوقِ فَيَقُولُهَا ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ
✧ Whoever enters the market and says: 'There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise. He gives life and causes death. In His hand is all good, and He has power over all things,' Allah will record for him a million good deeds, erase from him a million bad deeds, raise him a million degrees, and build for him a house in Paradise. He said: Then I came to Khurasan and went to Qutaybah b. Muslim. I said to him: I have brought you a gift. I narrated the hadith to him, and Qutaybah b. Muslim used to ride in his procession until he reached the gate of the market, say it, and then leave.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1975No grade recorded
مَنْ دَخَلَ السُّوقَ فَبَاعَ فِيهَا وَاشْتَرَى فَقَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفَ سَيِّئَةٍ وَبَنَى لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ
✧ Whoever enters the market, sells and buys in it, and says: 'There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise. He gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things,' Allah will record for him a million good deeds, erase from him a million bad deeds, and build for him a house in Paradise.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1976No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَالَ فِي السُّوقِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرِ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفَ سَيِّئَةٍ وَبَنَى لَهُ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ Whoever says in the market: 'There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise. In His hand is all good, and He has power over all things,' Allah will record for him a million good deeds, erase from him a million bad deeds, and build for him a house in Paradise.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1977No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ السُّوقَ قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ السُّوقِ وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُصِيبَ فِيهَا يَمِينًا فَاجِرَةً أَوْ صَفْقَةً خَاسِرَةً»
✧ "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the market, he would say, 'In the name of Allah, O Allah, I ask You for the goodness of this market and the goodness within it. And I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil within it. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from acquiring an unrighteous oath or a losing transaction within it.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1978No grade recorded
كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ الْجَوَامِعُ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ وَيَتْرُكُ مَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ»
✧ He used to like comprehensive supplications and leave aside what was in between.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1979No grade recorded
سَمِعَ ابْنَهُ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْقَصْرَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنْ يَمِينِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَكُونُ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ قَوْمٌ يَعْتَدُونَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَالطُّهُورِ»
✧ He heard his son saying: 'O Allah, I ask You for the white palace on the right side of Paradise.' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: There will be in this nation people who go to extremes in supplication and purification.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1980No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَضَوَّرَ عَنِ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned over during the night, he said: “There is no god but Allah, the One, the Compeller, Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Mighty, the Forgiving.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1981No grade recorded
كَانَ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِذَنْبِي وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ اللَّهُمَّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا وَلَا تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنِي وَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ»
✧ When he woke up at night, he said: “There is no god but You; glory be to You. O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for my sin, and I ask You by Your mercy. O Allah, increase me in knowledge, and do not let my heart deviate after You have guided me, and grant me mercy from Yourself. Truly, You are the Bestower.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1982No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاخْسَأْ شَيْطَانِي وَفُكَّ رِهَانِي وَثَقِّلْ مِيزَانِي وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي النَّدَى الْأَعْلَى»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ lay down on his side, he said: “O Allah, forgive me, drive away my devil, release my pledge, make my scales heavy, and place me in the highest assembly.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1983No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْقِلَّةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say in his supplication: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from poverty, from insufficiency, and from humiliation, and I seek refuge in You from wronging or being wronged.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1984No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ النَّارِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْغِنَى وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْفَقْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْ خَطَايَايَ بِمَاءِ الثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَنَقِّنِي مِنْ خَطَايَايَ كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ وَبَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَايَ كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَالْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the trial of the Fire and the punishment of the Fire, and I seek refuge in You from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of the trial of wealth and from the evil of the trial of poverty, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of the trial of the false Messiah. O Allah, wash away my sins with water of snow and hail, and purify me from my sins as a white garment is purified from filth, and put distance between me and my sins as You have put distance between the east and the west. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, senility, sin, and debt.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1985No grade recorded
«خُذُوا جُنَّتَكُمْ» قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ قَدْ حَضَرَ؟ قَالَ لَا جُنَّتَكُمْ مِنَ النَّارِ قُولُوا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَإِنَّهَا يَأْتِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مُنْجِيَاتٍ وَمُقَدَّمَاتٍ وَهُنَّ الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ
✧ “Take your shields.” We said: “O Messenger of Allah, from an enemy who has come?” He said: “No; your shields from the Fire. Say: Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest. For they will come on the Day of Resurrection as saviors and foremost, and they are the enduring good deeds.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1986No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِيشَةً نَقِيَّةً وَمِيتَةً سَوِيَّةً وَمَرَدًّا غَيْرَ مُخْزٍ وَلَا فَاضِحٍ»
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) used to pray, "O Allah, I ask You for a pure life, a just death, and a return that is not shameful or embarrassing."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1987No grade recorded
كَانَ يَدْعُو «اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ أَوْسَعَ رِزْقِكَ عَلَيَّ عِنْدَ كِبَرِ سِنِّي وَانْقِطَاعِ عُمْرِي»
✧ He used to supplicate: “O Allah, make the most expansive of Your provision upon me in my old age and when my life comes to an end.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1988No grade recorded
كَانَ فِيكُمْ أَمَانَانِ مَضَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا وَبَقِيَتِ الْأُخْرَى {وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فِيهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ}
✧ There were two assurances among you: one has passed and the other remains. {And Allah would not punish them while you are among them, and Allah would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.}
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1989No grade recorded
أَمَانَانِ كَانَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَرُفِعَ أَحَدُهُمَا وَبَقِيَ الْآخَرُ {وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فِيهِمْ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ}
✧ There were two assurances on earth: one was lifted and the other remains. {And Allah would not punish them while you are among them, and Allah would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.}
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1990No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَالَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ كَانَ دَوَاءً مِنْ تِسْعَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ دَاءً أَيْسَرُهَا الْهَمُّ»
✧ “Whoever says: There is no might and no power except with Allah, it is a remedy for ninety-nine ailments, the least of which is worry.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1991No grade recorded
أَنَّ أَبَا طَالِبٍ مَرِضَ فَثَقُلَ فَعَادَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي ادْعُ رَبَّكَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ عَمِّي» فَقَالَ كَأَنَّمَا نَشِطَ مِنْ عِقَالٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ بَعَثَكَ لِيُطِيعَكَ قَالَ «وَأَنْتَ يَا عَمِّ إِنْ أَطَعْتَ اللَّهَ لَيُطِيعَنَّكَ»
✧ Abu Talib fell ill and became gravely sick, so the Prophet ﷺ visited him. He said: “O son of my brother, call upon your Lord who sent you to heal me.” The Prophet ﷺ said: “O Allah, heal my uncle.” Then it was as if he were released from a bond. Abu Talib said: “Your Lord sent you that people might obey you.” He said: “And you, O uncle, if you obey Allah, He will surely obey you.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1992No grade recorded
سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الدُّعَاءِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «دُعَاءُ الْمَرْءِ لِنَفْسِهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: “Which supplication is most excellent?” He said: “A person’s supplication for himself.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1993No grade recorded
أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأُرَاهُ عَوْفَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ بَنِي فُلَانٍ أَغَارُوا عَلَيَّ فَذَهَبُوا بِابْنِي وَإِبِلِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ كَذَا وَكَذَا أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ وَأَظُنُّهُ قَالَ تِسْعَةَ أَبْيَاتٍ مَا فِيهِمْ صَاعٌ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَلَا مُدٌّ مِنْ طَعَامٍ فَاسْأَلِ اللَّهَ ﷻ» قَالَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى امْرَأَتِهِ قَالَتْ مَا رَدَّ عَلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ فَأَخْبَرَهَا قَالَ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثِ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ إِبِلُهُ وَابْنَهُ أَوْفَرَ مَا كَانُوا فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَامَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِمَسْأَلَةِ اللَّهِ ﷻ وَالرَّغْبَةَ إِلَيْهِ وَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ {وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبْ} [الطلاق 3]
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—I think he was Awf b. Malik—and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, the sons of so-and-so raided me and took my son and my camels.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘The family of Muhammad has such-and-such households’—I think he said nine households—‘and they do not have a saa‘ of food or a mudd of food. Ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic.’ He said, ‘So he returned to his wife. She said, “What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reply to you?” So he informed her.’ He said, ‘It was not long before the man’s camels and his son were returned to him, more abundant than they had been. So he came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him. He stood on the minbar, praised and extolled Allah, commanded them to ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and to turn to Him with longing, and recited to them: “And whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out and will provide for him from where he does not expect” [al-Talaq 3].’
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1994No grade recorded
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ وَاذُنُوبَاهُ وَاذُنُوبَاهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَغْفِرَتِكَ أَوْسَعُ مِنْ ذُنُوبِي وَرَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجَى عِنْدِي مِنْ عَمَلِي» فَقَالَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «عُدْ» فَعَادَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «عُدْ» فَعَادَ فَقَالَ «قُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ» حَدِيثٌ رُوَاتُهُ عَنْ آخِرِهِمْ مَدَنِيُّونَ مِمَّنْ لَا يُعْرَفُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ بِجَرْحٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ
✧ A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, ‘O my sins! O my sins!’—saying this two or three times. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, ‘Say: O Allah, Your forgiveness is vaster than my sins, and Your mercy is more hoped for by me than my deeds.’ So he said it. Then he said, ‘Repeat.’ So he repeated. Then he said, ‘Repeat.’ So he repeated. Then he said, ‘Rise, for Allah has forgiven you.’ This is a hadith whose narrators, down to the last of them, are from Madinah, none of whom is known for any disparagement, and they did not record it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1995No grade recorded
مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «سَلْ فَقَدْ نَظَرَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ» الْفَضْلُ بْنُ عِيسَى هُوَ الرَّقَاشِيُّ وَأَخْشَى أَنْ يَكُونَ عَمُّهُ يَزِيدَ بْنَ أَبَانَ إِلَّا أَنِّي قَدْ وَجَدْتُ لَهُ شَاهِدًا مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a man while he was saying, ‘O Most Merciful of the merciful.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, ‘Ask, for Allah has looked upon you.’ Al-Fadl b. Isa is al-Raqashi, and I fear that his uncle might be Yazid b. Aban, except that I found a supporting witness for it from the hadith of Abu Umamah al-Bahili.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1996No grade recorded
إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَكًا مُوَكَّلًا بِمَنْ يَقُولُ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ فَمَنْ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا قَالَ الْمَلَكُ إِنَّ أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْكَ فَاسْأَلْ
✧ Allah has an angel entrusted with those who say, ‘O Most Merciful of the merciful.’ Whoever says it three times, the angel says, ‘The Most Merciful of the merciful has turned to you, so ask.’
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1997No grade recorded
«مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يُسْتَجَابَ لَهُ عِنْدَ الْكَرْبِ وَالشَّدَائِدِ فَلْيُكْثِرِ الدُّعَاءَ فِي الرَّخَاءِ»
✧ Whoever would like his supplication to be answered at times of distress and hardship, let him supplicate abundantly in times of ease.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1998No grade recorded
نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ لَمْ يَنْزِلٍ فِي مِثْلَهَا قَطُّ ضَاحِكًا مُسْتَبْشِرًا فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكَ بِهَدِيَّةِ كُنُوزِ الْعَرْشِ أَكْرَمَكَ اللَّهُ بِهِنَّ قَالَ وَمَا تِلْكَ الْهَدِيَّةُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ جِبْرِيلُ قُلْ يَا مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْجَمِيلَ وَسَتَرَ الْقَبِيحَ يَا مَنْ لَا يُؤَاخِذُ بِالْجَرِيرَةِ وَلَا يَهْتِكُ السِّتْرَ يَا عَظِيمَ الْعَفْوِ يَا حَسَنَ التَّجَاوُزِ يَا وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا بَاسِطَ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالرَّحْمَةِ يَا صَاحِبَ كُلِّ نَجْوَى وَيَا مُنْتَهَى كُلِّ شَكْوَى يَا كَرِيمَ الصَّفْحِ يَا عَظِيمَ الْمَنِّ يَا مُبْتَدِئَ النِّعَمِ قَبْلَ اسْتَحْقَاقِهَا يَا رَبَّنَا وَيَا سَيِّدَنَا وَيَا مَوْلَانَا وَيَا غَايَةَ رَغْبَتُنَا أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللَّهَ أَنْ لَا تَشْوِي خَلْقِي بِالنَّارِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَمَا ثَوَابُ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ» ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ بَاقِي الْحَدِيثِ بَعْدَ الدُّعَاءِ بِطُولِهِ
✧ Jibril ﷺ descended to the Prophet ﷺ in the most beautiful form in which he had ever descended, smiling and rejoicing. He said, ‘Peace be upon you, O Muhammad.’ He replied, ‘And upon you be peace, O Jibril.’ He said, ‘Allah has sent me to you with a gift from the treasures of the Throne, with which Allah has honored you.’ He asked, ‘And what is that gift, O Jibril?’ Jibril said, ‘Say: O You who makes beautiful things manifest and conceals ugly things, O You who does not take to task for the offense and does not tear the veil, O Great in pardon, O Beautiful in overlooking, O Vast in forgiveness, O You who spreads out Your hands in mercy, O Knower of every secret, O Ultimate end of every complaint, O Generous in forbearance, O Great in favor, O Initiator of blessings before they are deserved, O our Lord, O our Master, O our Protector, O goal of our desire, I ask You, O Allah, not to scorch my body with the Fire.’ Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘What is the reward of these words?’ Then he mentioned the rest of the hadith after the supplication in its full length.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1999No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا يَمْنَعُ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا عَرَفَ الْإِجَابَةَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ فَشُفِيَ مِنْ مَرَضٍ أَوْ قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ يَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بِعِزَّتِهِ وَجَلَالِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ «» تَفَرَّدَ عِيسَى بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَعِيسَى غَيْرُ مُتَّهَمٍ بِالْوَضْعِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: What prevents one of you, when he recognizes that his supplication has been answered—so he is healed from an illness or returns from a journey—from saying: Praise be to Allah, by whose might and majesty righteous deeds are completed. Isa b. Maymun alone narrated it from al-Qasim b. Muhammad from Aishah, and Isa is not accused of fabrication.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2000No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِفَاطِمَةَ مَا يَمْنَعُكِ أَنْ تَسْمَعِي مَا أُوصِيكِ بِهِ أَنْ تَقُولِي إِذَا أَصْبَحْتِ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتِ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرَفَةَ عَيْنٍ «»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Fatimah: What prevents you from listening to what I advise you? Say when you wake in the morning and when you reach the evening: O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting, by Your mercy I seek help; set right all my affairs and do not entrust me to myself for the blink of an eye.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2001No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَفَانِي وَآوَانِي الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعِمْنِي وَسَقَانِي الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَيَّ فَأَفْضَلَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ أَنْ تُنَجِّيَنِي مِنَ النَّارِ فَقَدْ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ بِجَمِيعِ مَحَامِدِ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمْ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever says, when he goes to his bed, 'Alhamdulillahil-ladhi kafaani wa aawani, Alhamdulillahil-ladhi at'amani wa saqaani, Alhamdulillahil-ladhi mann 'alayya fa afdala. Allahumma inni as-aluka bi'izzatika an tunajjiyani min an-naar, faqad hamidallaha bijami'i mahamidil-khalqi kullihim,' it will be a source of thanksgiving to Allah for all the praises of creation."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2002No grade recorded
«إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمْ فِرَاشَهُ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ أَنْتَ الْأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَيْءٌ أَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَاقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ»
✧ When one of you comes to his bed, let him say: O Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, our Lord and Lord of everything, You hold the forelock. You are the First, so there is nothing before You. You are the Last, so there is nothing after You. You are the Outward, so there is nothing above You. You are the Inward, so there is nothing below You. Enrich us from poverty and settle our debt.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2003No grade recorded
دَعَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ أَهْلِ قُبَاءَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا طَعِمَ وَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ أَوْ قَالَ يَدَهُ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُطْعِمُ وَلَا يُطْعَمُ مَنَّ عَلَيْنَا فَهَدَانَا وَأَطْعَمْنَا وَسَقَانَا وَكُلَّ بَلَاءٍ حَسَنٍ أَبْلَانَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُوَدَّعٍ وَلَا مُكَافَئٍ وَلَا مَكْفُورٍ وَلَا مُسْتَغْنًى عَنْهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَسَقَى مِنَ الشَّرَابِ وَكَسَا مِنَ الْعُرْيِ وَهَدَى مِنَ الضَّلَالَةِ وَبَصَّرَ مِنَ الْعَمَايَةِ وَفَضَّلَ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضِيلًا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»
✧ A man from the Ansar, from the people of Quba, invited the Prophet ﷺ, and we went with him. When he had eaten and washed his hands—or he said his hand—he said: ‘Praise be to Allah who feeds and is not fed. He bestowed favor upon us, guided us, fed us, gave us drink, and every good trial He has tried us with. Praise be to Allah, not bidding farewell, nor recompensed, nor denied, nor dispensed with. Praise be to Allah who fed from food, gave drink from drink, clothed from nakedness, guided from misguidance, gave sight from blindness, and favored over many of those He created with great favor. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.’
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2004No grade recorded
إِذَا نَادَى الْمُنَادِي فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَاسْتُجِيبَ الدُّعَاءُ فَمَنْ نَزَلَ بِهِ كَرْبٌ أَوْ شِدَّةٌ فَلْيَتَحَيَّنِ الْمُنَادِي فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ كَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا تَشَهَّدَ تَشَهَّدُوا وَإِذَا قَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَإِذَا قَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ قَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ الصَّادِقَةِ الْمُسْتَجَابَةِ الْمُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا دَعْوَةِ الْحَقِّ وَكَلِمَةِ التَّقْوَى أَحْيِنَا عَلَيْهَا وَأَمِتْنَا عَلَيْهَا وَابْعَثْنَا عَلَيْهَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْ خِيَارِ أَهْلِهَا أَحْيَاءً وَأَمْوَاتًا ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ حَاجَتَهُ
✧ When the caller to prayer calls, the gates of heaven are opened and supplication is answered. Whoever is afflicted by distress or hardship, let him wait for the caller. When he says the takbir, say the takbir. When he bears witness, bear witness. When he says, ‘Come to prayer,’ say, ‘Come to prayer.’ When he says, ‘Come to success,’ say, ‘Come to success.’ Then say: O Allah, Lord of this truthful, answered call—the call whose answer is sought—the call of truth and the word of piety, make us live by it, die by it, and raise us by it, and make us among the best of its people, living and dead. Then ask Allah for his need.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2005No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَعْقِدُ التَّسْبِيحَ» رَوَاهُ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ
✧ I saw the Prophet ﷺ counting glorification on his fingers. Al-A‘mash narrated it from Ata’ b. al-Sa’ib.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2006No grade recorded
«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَعْقِدُ التَّسْبِيحَ»
✧ “I saw the Prophet ﷺ counting the tasbīḥ with his fingers.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2007No grade recorded
«عَلَيْكُنَّ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّهْلِيلِ وَالتَّقْدِيسِ وَلَا تَغْفُلْنَ فَتَنْسَيْنَ التَّوْحِيدَ وَاعْقِدْنَ بِالْأَنَامِلِ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مَسْئُولَاتٍ وَمُسْتَنْطَقَاتٍ»
✧ “Hold fast to glorification (tasbīḥ), declaration of God’s oneness (tahlīl), and sanctification (taqdīs), and do not be heedless lest you forget monotheism. Count with the fingertips, for they will be questioned and made to speak.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2008No grade recorded
دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافِ نَوَاةٍ أُسَبِّحُ بِهِنَّ فَقَالَ «يَا بِنْتَ حُيَيٍّ مَا هَذَا؟» قُلْتُ أُسَبِّحُ بِهِنَّ قَالَ «قَدْ سَبَّحْتُ مُنْذُ قُمْتُ عَلَى رَأْسِكِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا» قُلْتُ عَلِّمْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «قُولِي سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me while there were four thousand date pits in front of me, with which I was glorifying Allah. He said, “O daughter of Ḥuyayy, what is this?” I said, “I am glorifying Allah with them.” He said, “I have glorified Allah since I stood before you more than this.” I said, “Teach me, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Say: ‘Glory be to Allah, as many times as the number of things He has created.’”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2009No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا نَوًى أَوْ حَصًى أُخْبِرُكِ بِمَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيْكِ مِنْ هَذَا وَأَفْضَلُ؟ قُولِي سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ فِي السَّمَاءِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ فِي الْأَرْضِ تُسَبِّحُ فَقَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا هُوَ خَالِقٌ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ»
✧ He entered with the Prophet ﷺ upon a woman who had date pits or pebbles in front of her. He said, “Shall I inform you of what is easier for you than this and more excellent? Say: ‘Glory be to Allah, as many times as the number of what He has created in the heaven; glory be to Allah, as many times as the number of what He has created in the earth’; and you glorify Allah.” Then he said: “Glory be to Allah, as many times as the number of what is between that; glory be to Allah, as many times as the number of what He is going to create; Allah is greater, the like of that; praise be to Allah, the like of that; there is no god but Allah, the like of that; there is no power except with Allah, the like of that.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2010No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُ بِكَلِمَاتٍ مِنَ الْفَزَعِ «أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَمِنْ عِقَابِهِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ عِبَادِهِ وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونَ» قَالَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَمَنْ بَلَغَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ عَلَّمَهُنَّ إِيَّاهُ فَقَالَهُنَّ عِنْدَ قَوْمِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَبْلُغْ مِنْهُمْ كَتَبَهَا فَعَلَّقَهَا فِي عُنُقِهِ
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanding words to be said at times of terror: “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from His wrath, from His punishment, from the evil of His servants, from the whisperings of the devils, and from their coming to me.” He said: ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar used to teach them to those of his children who had reached puberty, and they would say them when they were with their people. For those who had not reached puberty, he would write them down and hang them around their necks.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2011No grade recorded
إِذَا أَوَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ ابْتَدَرَهُ مَلَكٌ وَشَيْطَانٌ يَقُولُ الشَّيْطَانُ افْتَحْ بِشَرٍّ وَيَقُولُ الْمَلَكُ افْتَحْ بِخَيْرٍ فَإِنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ ذَهَبَ الشَّيْطَانُ وَيَأْتِي الْمَلَكُ وَيَكْلَؤُهُ وَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ ابْتَدَرَهُ مَلَكٌ وَشَيْطَانٌ يَقُولُ الشَّيْطَانُ افْتَحْ بِشَرٍّ وَيَقُولُ الْمَلَكُ افْتَحْ بِخَيْرٍ فَإِنْ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي رَدَّ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَلَمْ يُمِتْهَا فِي مَنَامِهَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ فَإِنْ خَرَّ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ مَاتَ شَهِيدًا وَإِنْ قَامَ فَصَلَّى صَلَّى فِي الْفَضَائِلِ
✧ When one of you retires to his bed, an angel and a devil rush to him. The devil says, “Begin with evil,” and the angel says, “Begin with good.” If he remembers Allah, the devil departs and the angel comes and guards him. When he wakes up, an angel and a devil rush to him. The devil says, “Begin with evil,” and the angel says, “Begin with good.” If he says: “Praise be to Allah who restored my soul to me after its death and did not cause it to die in its sleep. Praise be to Allah who holds the heaven lest it fall upon the earth except by His permission; indeed Allah is kind and merciful to mankind. Praise be to Allah who gives life to the dead, and He is capable of everything,” then if he falls from a riding animal, he dies as a martyr, and if he rises and prays, he prays in a state of excellence.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2012No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي وَاخْسَأِ شَيْطَانِي وَفُكَّ رِهَانِي وَثَقِّلْ مِيزَانِي وَاجْعَلْنِي فِي الْمَلَأِ الْأَعْلَى»
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ lay down to sleep, he would say: “O Allah, forgive me my sin, drive away my devil, release my pledge, make my scale heavy, and place me in the highest assembly.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2013No grade recorded
إِذَا جَاءَ الرَّجُلُ يَعُودُ مَرِيضًا فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ عَبْدَكَ يَنْكَأُ لَكَ عَدُوًّا أَوْ يَمْشِي لَكَ إِلَى صَلَاةٍ
✧ When a man comes to visit a sick person, he should say: “O Allah, heal Your servant, that he may strike an enemy for You or walk to prayer for You.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2014No grade recorded
عَادَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا عَلِيلٌ فَقَالَ «يَا سَلْمَانُ شَفَى اللَّهُ سَقَمَكَ وَغَفَرَ ذَنْبَكَ وَعَافَاكَ فِي بَدْنِكَ وَجِسْمِكَ إِلَى مُدَّةِ أَجَلِكَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited me while I was ill and said: “O Salmān, may Allah heal your sickness, forgive your sin, and grant you well-being in your body and your frame until the end of your appointed term.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2015No grade recorded
«إِنَّ الْبَخِيلَ مَنْ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ»
✧ “Indeed the miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned and he does not invoke blessings upon me.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2016No grade recorded
«رَغِمَ أَنْفُ رَجُلٍ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ»
✧ “May the nose of a man be rubbed in dust in whose presence I am mentioned and he does not invoke blessings upon me.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2017No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا جَلَسَ قَوْمٌ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ لَمْ يُصَلُّوا عَلَى نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ إِلَّا كَانَ ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِمْ تِرَةً وَلَا قَعَدَ قَوْمٌ لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ إِلَّا كَانَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ تِرَةُ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “No people sit remembering Allah and do not invoke blessings upon their Prophet ﷺ but that gathering will be a loss for them. And no people sit without remembering Allah but that will be a loss for them.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2018No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ صَلَاةً ﷺ عَشْرَ صَلَوَاتٍ وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ عَشْرَ خَطِيئَاتٍ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever sends one blessing upon me, Allah sends ten blessings upon him and removes from him ten sins.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2019No grade recorded
إِنِّي لَقِيتُ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَبَشَّرَنِي وَقَالَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْكَ صَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكَ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَسَجَدْتُ لِلَّهِ شُكْرًا
✧ I met Gabriel ﷺ and he gave me glad tidings, saying, “Your Lord says: Whoever sends blessings upon you, I send blessings upon him; and whoever sends greetings of peace upon you, I send greetings of peace upon him.” So I prostrated to Allah in gratitude.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1801No grade recorded
«لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنَ الدُّعَاءَ»
✧ “Nothing is more honorable to Allah than supplication.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1802No grade recorded
«إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ}
✧ “Supplication is worship.” Then he recited, {And your Lord said, ‘Call upon Me; I will respond to you.’}
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1803No grade recorded
عَنْ ذَرٍّ نَحْوَهُ وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ جَرِيرٍ
✧ From Dharr, similar to it. As for the ḥadīth of Jarīr—
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1804No grade recorded
عَنْ ذَرٍّ ذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ شَاهِدٌ بِإِسْنَادٍ صَحِيحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
✧ From Dharr, who mentioned it with his chain of transmission, similar to it. This ḥadīth has a corroborating witness with a sound chain from ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1805No grade recorded
«أَفْضَلُ الْعِبَادَةِ هُوَ الدُّعَاءُ» وَقَرَأَ {وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ}
✧ “The best form of worship is supplication.” And he recited, {And your Lord said, ‘Call upon Me; I will respond to you. Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell in humiliation.’}
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1806No grade recorded
«مَنْ لَا يَدْعُو اللَّهَ يَغْضَبْ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ Whoever does not supplicate to Allah, He becomes angry with him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1807No grade recorded
«مَنْ لَا يَدْعُو اللَّهَ يَغْضَبْ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيَغْضَبُ عَلَى مَنْ يَفْعَلُهُ وَلَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُهُ» يَعْنِي فِي الدُّعَاءِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever does not supplicate to Allah, He becomes angry with him. Indeed, Allah becomes angry with the one who does not supplicate to Him, and no one does that except himself."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1808No grade recorded
«مَا مِنْ قَوْمٍ جَلَسُوا مَجْلِسًا وَتَفَرَّقُوا مِنْهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ فِيهِ إِلَّا كَأَنَّمَا تَفَرَّقُوا عَنْ جِيفَةِ حِمَارٍ وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no group of people who sit together in a gathering and disperse from it without mentioning Allah in it, except that it is as if they have dispersed from the carcass of a dead donkey, and they will have regret on the Day of Resurrection."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1809No grade recorded
أَخْبَرْنَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الشَّعْرَانِيُّ ثنا جَدِّي ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ
✧ Ismail b. Muhammad b. al-Fadl b. Muhammad al-Sha'rani narrated to us, saying: My grandfather narrated to us, saying: Ismail b. Abi Uways narrated to us, saying: Abd al-Aziz b. Abi Hazim narrated to us, from Suhayl b. Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a similar narration.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1810No grade recorded
«مَا جَلَسَ قَوْمٌ مَجْلِسًا ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ وَيُصَلُّوا عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ No people sit in a gathering and then disperse before remembering Allah and invoking blessings upon His Prophet ﷺ except that it will be a regret for them on the Day of Resurrection.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1811No grade recorded
«مَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقُوا لَمْ يَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّمَا تَفَرَّقُوا إِلَّا عَنْ جِيفَةِ حِمَارٍ»
✧ No people gather together and then disperse without having remembered the name of Allah except that they disperse as if from the carcass of a donkey.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1812Fabricated
«الدُّعَاءُ سِلَاحُ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَعِمَادُ الدِّينِ وَنُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Duʿāʾ (supplication) is the weapon of the believer, the pillar of religion, and the nūr (light) of the heavens and the earth."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1813No grade recorded
«لَا يُغْنِي حَذَرٌ مِنْ قَدَرٍ وَالدُّعَاءُ يَنْفَعُ مِمَّا نَزَلَ وَمِمَّا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ وَإِنَّ الْبَلَاءَ لَيَنْزِلُ فَيَتَلَقَّاهُ الدُّعَاءُ فَيَعْتَلِجَانِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ Caution does not avail against destiny, but supplication benefits from what has descended and what has not descended. Indeed, affliction descends, and supplication meets it, and they struggle until the Day of Resurrection.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1814No grade recorded
«لَا يَرُدُّ الْقَدَرَ إِلَّا الدُّعَاءُ وَلَا يَزِيدُ فِي الْعُمُرِ إِلَّا الْبِرُّ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُحْرَمُ الرِّزْقَ بِالذَّنْبِ يُصِيبُهُ»
✧ Nothing repels destiny except supplication, and nothing increases one's lifespan except righteousness. Indeed, a man is deprived of provision because of a sin he commits.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1815No grade recorded
«الدُّعَاءُ يَنْفَعُ مِمَّا نَزَلَ وَمِمَّا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ فَعَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ بِالدُّعَاءِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Supplication benefits from what has come down and what has not yet come down, so upon you is to supplicate, O servants of Allah."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1816No grade recorded
مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَدْعُو اللَّهَ بِدَعْوَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا مَأْثَمٌ وَلَا قَطِيعَةُ رَحِمٍ إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ إِمَّا أَنْ يَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ دَعْوَتَهُ أَوْ يَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ مِنَ السُّوءِ مِثْلَهَا أَوْ يَدَّخِرَ لَهُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مِثْلَهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذًا نُكْثِرُ قَالَ «اللَّهُ أَكْثَرُ»
✧ There is no Muslim who supplicates to Allah with a supplication that contains no sin and no severing of kinship except that He grants him one of three things: either He answers his supplication promptly, or He averts from him an evil equivalent to it, or He stores up for him an equivalent reward. They said, 'O Messenger of Allah, then we should increase supplication.' He said, 'Allah is more abundant.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1817No grade recorded
«ادْعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَنْتُمْ مُوقِنُونَ بِالْإِجَابَةِ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَقْبَلُ دُعَاءً مِنْ قَلْبٍ غَافِلٍ لَاهٍ»
✧ Supplicate to Allah while you are certain of the answer, and know that Allah does not accept supplication from a heedless, distracted heart.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1818No grade recorded
«لَا تَعْجِزُوا فِي الدُّعَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَهْلِكُ مَعَ الدُّعَاءِ أَحَدٌ»
✧ Do not be incapable in supplication, for no one perishes with supplication.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1819No grade recorded
يَدْعُو اللَّهُ بِالْمُؤْمِنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُوقِفَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ عَبْدِي إِنِّي أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَدْعُونَي وَوَعَدْتُكَ أَنْ أَسْتَجِيبَ لَكَ فَهَلْ كُنْتَ تَدْعُونِي؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَمْ تَدْعُنِي بِدَعْوَةٍ إِلَّا اسْتَجَبْتُ لَكَ فَهَلْ لَيْسَ دَعَوْتَنِي يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا لِغَمٍّ نَزَلَ بِكَ أَنْ أُفَرِّجَ عَنْكَ فَفَرَّجْتُ عَنْكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ فَإِنِّي عَجَّلْتُهَا لَكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَدَعَوْتَنِي يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا لِغَمٍّ نَزَلَ بِكَ أَنْ أُفَرِّجَ عَنْكَ فَلَمْ تَرَ فَرَجًا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ إِنِّي ادَّخَرْتُ لَكَ بِهَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَا يَدَعُ اللَّهُ دَعْوَةً دَعَا بِهَا عَبْدُهُ الْمُؤْمِنُ إِلَّا بَيَّنَ لَهُ إِمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ عُجِّلَ لَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ ادُّخِرَ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ الْمُؤْمِنُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَقَامِ يَا لَيْتَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عُجِّلَ لَهُ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ
✧ Allah will call the believer on the Day of Resurrection until He stops him before Him and says, 'My servant, I commanded you to supplicate to Me and promised you that I would answer you. Did you supplicate to Me?' He will say, 'Yes, O Lord.' Then He says, 'Indeed, you did not supplicate to Me with any supplication except that I answered it for you. Did you not supplicate to Me on such-and-such a day for a distress that had befallen you, that I relieve you of it, and I relieved you?' He will say, 'Yes, O Lord.' Then He says, 'I hastened it for you in this world. And you supplicated to Me on such-and-such a day for a distress that had befallen you, that I relieve you of it, but you did not see relief.' He will say, 'Yes, O Lord.' Then He says, 'I have stored up for you thereby in Paradise such-and-such.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah will not leave any supplication that His believing servant made except that He will show him whether it was hastened for him in this world or stored up for him in the hereafter.' He said, 'The believer will say in that station: Would that nothing had been hastened for him in any of his supplications.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1820No grade recorded
جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ سَرَايَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ تَحِلُّ وَتَقِفُ عَلَى مَجَالِسِ الذِّكْرِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَارْتَعُوا فِي رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ» قَالُوا وَأَيْنَ رِيَاضُ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ «مَجَالِسُ الذِّكْرِ فَاغْدُوا وَرُوحُوا فِي ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَذَكِّرُوهُ أَنْفُسَكُمْ مَنْ كَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ مَنْزِلَتَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ كَيْفَ مَنْزِلَةُ اللَّهِ عِنْدَهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُنْزِلُ الْعَبْدَ مِنْهُ حَيْثُ أَنْزَلَهُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ»
✧ Jabir b. Abd Allah: The Prophet ﷺ came out to us and said, 'O people, Allah has troops of angels that descend and stand over gatherings of remembrance on earth, so graze in the meadows of Paradise.' They said, 'Where are the meadows of Paradise?' He said, 'Gatherings of remembrance. So go forth morning and evening in the remembrance of Allah and remind yourselves of Him. Whoever would like to know his standing with Allah, let him look at how Allah stands with him, for Allah places a servant with Him where the servant places Him with himself.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1821No grade recorded
إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَائِكَةً سَيَّارَةً وَفُضَلَاءَ يَلْتَمِسُونَ مَجَالِسَ الذِّكْرِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَإِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَى مَجْلِسِ ذِكْرٍ حَفَّ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا بِأَجْنِحَتِهِمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتُمْ؟ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا جِئْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ عِبَادِكَ يُسَبِّحُونَكَ وَيُكَبِّرُونَكَ وَيَحْمَدُونَكَ وَيُهَلِّلُونَكَ وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ وَيَسْتَجِيرُونَكَ فَيَقُولُ مَا يَسْأَلُونَنِي؟ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا يَسْأَلُونَكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ وَهَلْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ كَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُ وَمِمَّ يَسْتَجِيرُونَنِي؟ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ فَيَقُولُونَ مِنَ النَّارِ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ رَأَوْهَا؟ فَيَقُولُونَ لَا فَيَقُولُ فَكَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَوْهَا؟ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اشْهَدُوا أَنِّي قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُمْ وَأَعْطَيْتُهُمْ مَا سَأَلُونِي وَأَجَرْتُهُمْ مِمَّا اسْتَجَارُونِي فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا إِنَّ فِيهِمْ عَبْدًا خَطَّاءً جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ فَيَقُولُ وَهُوَ أَيْضًا قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَهُ هُمُ الْقَوْمُ لَا يَشْقَى بِهِمْ جَلِيسُهُمْ
✧ The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: "Verily, Allah has angels who roam the earth in search of gatherings of remembrance. When they find such a gathering, they surround it with their wings until it reaches the heavens. Then Allah asks them, although He already knows the answer: 'From where have you come?' They reply: 'We have come from Your servants on Earth who glorify You, praise You, and declare Your greatness. They seek Your forgiveness, ask for Your protection, and beseech You.' Allah then asks: 'What do they ask of Me?' And He already knows the answer. They reply: 'They ask for Paradise.' Allah asks: 'Have they seen it?' They reply: 'No, O Lord.' He then asks: 'How would it be if they were to see Paradise?' They respond: 'They would be even more eager in their worship and obedience to You.' He asks: 'From what do they seek protection?' And He already knows the answer. They reply: 'From the Fire.' Allah asks: 'Have they seen it?' They reply: 'No, O Lord.' He then asks: 'How would it be if they were to see it?' They respond: 'They would be even more fearful and committed to avoiding it.' Then Allah says: 'Bear witness, O angels, that I have forgiven them and granted them what they asked for, and I have accepted their seeking of my protection.' They say: 'Our Lord, among them is a servant who is a sinner. He happens to be sitting amongst them, although he is not truly one of them.' Allah says, 'He too is forgiven, for they are a people whose sitting companions will not be unfortunate.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1822No grade recorded
لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ شَرَائِعَ الْإِسْلَامِ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ عَلَيَّ فَأَنْبِئْنِي بِشَيْءٍ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِهِ فَقَالَ «لَا يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ»
✧ A man said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, 'The laws of Islam have become numerous for me, so tell me of something I can cling to.' He said, 'Let your tongue remain moist with the remembrance of Allah.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1823No grade recorded
«سَبَقَ الْمُفَرِّدُونَ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْمُفَرِّدُونَ؟ قَالَ «الَّذِينَ يُهْتَرُونَ فِي ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ»
✧ “The singled-out have gone ahead.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, who are the singled-out?” He said, “Those who are devoted to the remembrance of Allah.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1824No grade recorded
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ أَنَا مَعَ عَبْدِي إِذَا هُوَ ذَكَرَنِي وَتَحَرَّكَتْ بِي شَفَتَاهُ
✧ Indeed Allah says: “I am with My servant when he remembers Me and his lips move for Me.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1825No grade recorded
«أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ أَعْمَالِكُمْ وَأَزْكَاهَا عِنْدَ مَلِيكِكُمْ وَأَرْفَعِهَا فِي دَرَجَاتِكُمْ وَخَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ إِعْطَاءِ الذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ وَأَنْ تَلْقَوْا عَدُوَّكُمْ فَتَضْرِبُوا أَعْنَاقَهُمْ وَيَضْرِبُوا أَعْنَاقَكُمْ؟» قَالُوا وَمَا ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ ﷻ» وَقَالَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ «مَا عَمِلَ آدَمِيٌّ مِنْ عَمَلٍ أَنْجَى لَهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ﷻ»
✧ “Shall I not inform you of the best of your deeds, the purest of them with your Sovereign, the loftiest of them in your ranks, and better for you than giving gold and silver, and better for you than that you meet your enemy and strike their necks and they strike your necks?” They said, “And what is that, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “The remembrance of Allah ﷻ.” And Muʿādh b. Jabal said, “No human being performs a deed that is more saving for him from the punishment of Allah than the remembrance of Allah ﷻ.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1826No grade recorded
أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ «أَيُّمَا قَوْمٍ جَلَسُوا فَأَطَالُوا الْجُلُوسَ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ وَيُصَلُّوا عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ إِلَّا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ تِرَةٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ عَذَّبَهُمْ وَإِنْ شَاءَ غَفَرَ لَهُمْ»
✧ Abū al-Qāsim ﷺ said: “Any people who sit and lengthen their sitting, then disperse before remembering Allah and invoking blessings upon His Prophet ﷺ, there will be upon them from Allah a loss; if Allah wills, He will punish them, and if He wills, He will forgive them.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1827No grade recorded
مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُومُ مِنْ مَجْلِسٍ إِلَّا قَالَ «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ» فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ إِذَا قُمْتَ قَالَ «لَا يَقُولُهُنَّ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حِينَ يَقُومُ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ إِلَّا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never rose from a gathering except that he said: “Glory be to You, O Allah, my Lord, and with Your praise. There is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I turn to You.” I said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, how often you say these words when you rise!” He said, “No one says them when he rises from his gathering except that he is forgiven for what occurred from him in that gathering.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1828No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ عَبْدِي أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّكَ بِي وَأَنَا مَعَكَ إِذَا ذَكَّرْتَنِي «ذِكْرُ الظَّنِّ مُخَرَّجٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ وَذِكْرُ الدُّعَاءِ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْقَاسِمِ ثِقَةٌ وَفِي هَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ يَقُولُ صَالِحٌ جَزْرَةَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah, Mighty and Exalted, says, "I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me. Mentioning Me is a way to bring me closer, and making supplication is a unique way to gain nearness to Me. Indeed, Muhammad ibn Al-Qasim is trustworthy and in this chain of narration Saleh narrates, 'Jazra said.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1829No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَنْصِبُ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ فِي مَسْأَلَةٍ إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهَا إِمَّا أَنْ يُعَجِّلَهَا وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَدَّخِرَهَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “There is no servant who directs his face to Allah ﷻ in a request except that Allah gives it to him, either by hastening it or by storing it for him.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1830No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْتَحِي أَنْ يَبْسُطَ الْعَبْدُ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْهِ فِيهِمَا خَيْرًا فَيَرُدَّهُمَا خَائِبَتَيْنِ»
✧ “Indeed Allah is shy that a servant should stretch out his hands to Him with good in them, then He should return them empty and disappointed.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1831No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَيِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ يَسْتَحِي مِنْ عَبْدِهِ أَنْ يَبْسُطَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَرُدَّهُمَا خَائِبَتَيْنِ»
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is Ḥayī (shy) and Karīm (generous). He is too shy to let His servant extend his hands in supplication and then return them empty."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1832No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَحِيمٌ حَيِيٌّ كَرِيمٌ يَسْتَحِي مِنْ عَبْدِهِ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ إِلَيْهِ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ لَا يَضَعُ فِيهِمَا خَيْرًا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Verily, Allah is Merciful, Modest, and Generous. He is too modest to let his servant raise his hands to Him and then not put anything good in them."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1833No grade recorded
«مَنْ فُتِحَ لَهُ فِي الدُّعَاءِ مِنْكُمْ فُتِحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ وَلَا يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ عَبْدٌ شَيْئًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ الْعَافِيَةَ»
✧ “Whoever among you has the door of supplication opened for him, the doors of Paradise are opened for him. And no servant asks Allah for anything more beloved to Him than asking for well-being.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1834No grade recorded
«أَفْضَلُ الذِّكْرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَفْضَلُ الدُّعَاءِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ»
✧ “The best remembrance is: There is no god but Allah, and the best supplication is: Praise be to Allah.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1835No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَسْتَفْتِحُ دُعَاءً إِلَّا اسْتَفْتَحَهُ بِسُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَلِيِّ الْأَعْلَى الْوَهَّابِ
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ begin a supplication only by beginning it with: “Glory be to my Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted, the Bestower.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1836No grade recorded
«أَلِظُّوا بِيَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ»
✧ “Persist in invoking: O Possessor of Majesty and Honor.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1837No grade recorded
«أَلِظُّوا بِيَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ»
✧ “Persist in invoking: O Possessor of Majesty and Honor.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1838No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُمْ «أَتُحِبُّونَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنْ تَجْتَهِدُوا فِي الدُّعَاءِ؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ
✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, "O people, would you love to strive hard in supplication?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Say: O Allah, help me to remember You, thank You, and worship You well."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1839No grade recorded
«أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا مَجْنُونٌ»
✧ “Increase in the remembrance of Allah until they say, ‘Madman.’”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1840No grade recorded
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَاهُ الْأَمْرُ يَسُرُّهُ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ» وَإِذَا أَتَاهُ الْأَمْرُ يَكْرَهُهُ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ»
✧ When something pleasing came to the Prophet ﷺ, he would say, "Praise be to Allah by whose blessing good things are completed," and when something he disliked came to him, he would say, "Praise be to Allah in every situation."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1841No grade recorded
«الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ مِنْ جَلَالِ التَّمْجِيدِ وَالتَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ وَالتَّهْلِيلِ يَتَعَاطَفْنَ حَوْلَ الْعَرْشِ لَهُنَّ دَوِيٌّ كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ يَقُلْنَ لِصَاحِبِهِنَّ أَلَا يُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ عِنْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ شَيْءٌ يُذَكِّرُهُ بِهِ»
✧ “Those who remember Allah through majestic glorification, declaring His glory, declaring His greatness, and declaring His oneness—they encircle the Throne, making a sound like the buzzing of bees, saying on behalf of their reciter: Would not one of you love to have something with the Most Merciful that reminds Him of him?”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1842No grade recorded
«مَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلَامِهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ “Whoever’s last words are ‘There is no god but Allah’ will enter Paradise.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1843No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَالَ فِي يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ لَمْ يَسْبِقْهُ أَحَدٌ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا يُدْرِكُهُ أَحَدٌ كَانَ بَعْدَهُ إِلَّا مَنْ عَمِلَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ» سَمِعْتُ الْأُسْتَاذَ أَبَا الْوَلِيدِ الْقُرَشِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يَقُولُ إِذَا كَانَ الرَّاوِي عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ثِقَةً فَهُوَ كَأَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ
✧ “Whoever says one hundred times in a day: ‘There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is capable of all things,’ no one before him shall surpass him, and no one after him shall catch up with him except one who does deeds better than his.” I heard Ustadh Abu al-Walid al-Qurashi say: I heard Ibrahim b. Abi Talib say: I heard Ishaq b. Ibrahim say: If the narrator from Amr b. Shuayb is trustworthy, then he is like Ayyub from Nafi from Ibn Umar.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1844No grade recorded
إِنَّا لَعِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ قَالَ «هَلْ فِيكُمْ غَرِيبٌ؟» يَعْنِي أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قُلْنَا لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَمَرَ بِغَلْقِ الْبَابِ فَقَالَ «ارْفَعُوا أَيْدِيكُمْ فَقُولُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ» فَرَفَعْنَا أَيْدِيَنَا سَاعَةً ثُمَّ وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ بَعَثْتَنِي بِهَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةِ وَأَمَرَتْنِي بِهَا وَوَعَدْتَنِي عَلَيْهَا الْجَنَّةَ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَبْشِرُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكُمْ»
✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he said, "Is there any stranger among you?" meaning from the People of the Book. We said, "No, O Messenger of Allah." He ordered the door to be locked and said, "Raise your hands and say: There is no god but Allah." We raised our hands for a while, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ lowered his hand and said, "Praise be to Allah. O Allah, You sent me with this word, commanded me to it, and promised me Paradise for it; indeed You do not break Your promise." Then he said, "Rejoice, for Allah has forgiven you."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1845No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ فَهُوَ كَعِتَاقِ نَسَمَةٍ
✧ Whoever says, "There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is capable of all things," ten times is like one who frees a slave.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1846No grade recorded
عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَسْرِيُّ حَيٌّ مِنْ عَنَزَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأُمِّي وَأَبِي أَيُّ الْكَلَامِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ مَا اصْطَفَاهُ اللَّهُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِهِ
✧ From Abu Abd Allah al-Jasri, a clan of Anaza, from Abd Allah b. al-Samit, from Abu Dharr, who said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, by my mother and father, which speech is most beloved to Allah?" He said, "That which Allah chose for His angels: ‘Glory be to my Lord and with His praise; glory be to my Lord and with His praise.’"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1847No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ غُرِسَتْ لَهُ نَخْلَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ
✧ Whoever says "Glory be to Allah the Almighty," a palm tree is planted for him in Paradise.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1848No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ تَفْسِيرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «هُوَ تَنْزِيهُ اللَّهِ عَنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ»
✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the meaning of "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah). He said, "It is declaring Allah free from every evil."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1849No grade recorded
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي» فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ} [النصر 1] قَالَ «سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ» هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ إِنْ كَانَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ سَمِعَ مِنْ أَبِيهِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to frequently say, "Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise; O Allah, forgive me." When the verse {When the victory of Allah and the conquest comes} [al-Nasr 1] was revealed, he said, "Glory be to You, O Allah; O Allah, forgive me, for You are the Bestower." This is a sound chain if Abu Ubayda b. Abd Allah b. Masud heard from his father, though the two Shaykhs did not record it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1850No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَسْلَمَ عَبْدِي وَاسْتَسْلَمَ
✧ Whoever says: 'Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah,' Allah says: 'My servant has submitted and surrendered.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1851No grade recorded
«أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُدْعَى إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِينَ يَحْمَدُونَ اللَّهَ فِي السَّرَّاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ»
✧ The first to be called to Paradise are those who praise Allah in prosperity and adversity.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1852No grade recorded
أَفْضَلُ الذِّكْرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَفْضَلُ الدُّعَاءِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
✧ The best remembrance is 'there is no god but Allah,' and the best supplication is 'praise be to Allah.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1853No grade recorded
مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ رَجُلٌ يَقُولُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ إِلَّا كُفِّرَتْ عَنْهُ ذُنُوبُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no person on Earth who says, 'There is no deity except Allah, Allah is the Greatest, Glory be to Allah, Praise be to Allah, and there is no power or strength except with Allah,' except that his sins will be forgiven, even if they are as abundant as the foam of the sea." This was narrated by Shu'bah from Abi Balj Yahya ibn Abi Sulaim, and he narrated it standing.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1854No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ كَثِيرًا وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ كُفِّرَتْ خَطَايَاهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ
✧ Whoever says: 'There is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest, and praise be to Allah, and glory be to Allah, many times, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah,' his sins are expiated, even if they are more than the foam of the sea.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1855No grade recorded
«إِنَّ مِنْ جَلَالِ اللَّهِ مِمَّا يَذْكُرُونَ التَّسْبِيحَ وَالتَّحْمِيدَ وَالتَّهْلِيلَ إِنَّهُنَّ لَيَتَعَطَّفْنَ حَوْلَ الْعَرْشِ لَهُنَّ دَوِيٌّ كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ يُذَكِّرْنَ بِصَاحِبِهِنَّ أَفَلَا يُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَنْ يُذَكِّرُهُ بِهِ؟»
✧ Among the majesty of Allah, of what they remember, are glorification, praise, and declaring His oneness. They circle around the Throne, having a buzzing like the buzzing of bees, mentioning the one who says them. Would not any of you love to have someone with Allah who mentions him?
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1856No grade recorded
كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي حَلْقَةٍ وَرَجُلٌ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ تَشَهَّدَ وَدَعَا فَقَالَ فِي دُعَائِهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَقَدْ دَعَا بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى»
I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a man was offering prayer. He then made supplication: O Allah, I ask Thee by virtue of the fact that praise is due to Thee, there is no deity but Thou, Who showest favour and beneficence, the Originator of the Heavens and the earth, O Lord of Majesty and Splendour, O Living One, O Eternal One. The Prophet ﷺ then said: He has supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when supplicated by this name, He answers, and when asked by this name He gives. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1495)
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1857No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَقَدْ كَادَ يَدْعُو اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a man saying: 'O Allah, I ask You by the fact that praise is Yours, there is no god but You, You are the Bestower, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of majesty and honor. I ask You for Paradise and seek refuge in You from the Fire.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'He has called upon Allah by His name by which, when called upon, He answers, and when asked by it, He gives.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1858No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَقَدْ دَعَا اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى وَإِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a man saying: O Allah, I ask Thee, I bear witness that there is no god but Thou, the One, He to Whom men repair, Who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and to Whom no one is equal, and he said: You have supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when asked with this name He gives, and when supplicated by this name he answers. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1493)
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1859No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّكَ أَحَدٌ صَمَدٌ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ وَالْأَكْبَرِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard a man saying: O Allah, I ask Thee, I bear witness that there is no god but Thou, the One, He to Whom men repair, Who has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and to Whom no one is equal, and he said: You have supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when asked with this name He gives, and when supplicated by this name he answers. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1493)
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1860No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اسْمَ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرَ رَبِّ رَبِّ»
✧ The greatest name of Allah is 'Lord, Lord.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1861No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اسْمَ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمَ فِي ثَلَاثِ سُوَرٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآلِ عِمْرَانَ وَطَهَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "Verily, the greatest name of Allah is mentioned in three Surahs of the Quran: Surah Al-Baqarah, Surah Al-Imran, and Surah Ta-Ha." Al-Qasim said, "So I sought it, and it is 'Al-Hayy, Al-Qayyum.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1862No grade recorded
«دَعْوَةُ ذِي النُّونِ إِذْ دَعَا وَهُوَ فِي بَطْنِ الْحُوتِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَدْعُ بِهَا مُسْلِمٌ فِي شَيْءٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا»
✧ The supplication of Dhul-Nun when he called out while in the belly of the whale: 'There is no god but You, glory be to You, indeed I was among the wrongdoers.' No Muslim ever supplicates with it for anything but Allah answers him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1863No grade recorded
دَعْوَةُ ذِي النُّونِ إِذْ دَعَا وَهُوَ فِي بَطْنِ الْحُوتِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ لَا يَدْعُو بِهَا رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ فِي شَيْءٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ لَهُ
✧ The supplication of Dhul-Nun when he called out while in the belly of the whale: 'There is no god but You, glory be to You, indeed I was among the wrongdoers.' No Muslim man ever supplicates with it for anything but Allah answers him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1864No grade recorded
كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ كَرِبٌ أَوْ بَلَاءٌ مِنْ بَلَايَا الدُّنْيَا دَعَا بِهِ يُفَرَّجُ عَنْهُ؟» فَقِيلَ لَهُ بَلَى فَقَالَ دُعَاءُ ذِي النُّونِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
✧ We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ and he said: 'Shall I not inform you of something that, if a distress or a trial from the trials of this world befalls a man among you and he supplicates with it, he is relieved?' It was said to him: 'Yes.' He said: 'The supplication of Dhul-Nun: There is no god but You, glory be to You, indeed I was among the wrongdoers.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1865No grade recorded
«هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى؟ الدَّعْوَةُ الَّتِي دَعَا بِهَا يُونُسُ حَيْثُ نَادَاهُ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ الثَّلَاثِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ كَانَتْ لِيُونُسَ خَاصَّةً أَمْ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَامَّةً؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلَا تَسْمَعُ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ ﷻ {وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَكَذَلِكَ نُنْجِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [الأنبياء 88] وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ دَعَا بِهَا فِي مَرَضِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ مَرَّةً فَمَاتَ فِي مَرَضِهِ ذَلِكَ أُعْطِيَ أَجْرَ شَهِيدٍ وَإِنْ بَرَأَ بَرَأَ وَقَدْ غُفِرَ لَهُ جَمِيعُ ذُنُوبِهِ»
✧ Shall I guide you to the greatest name of Allah, by which when He is called upon He answers, and when He is asked by it He gives? It is the supplication with which Yunus called when he cried out in the three darknesses: 'There is no god but You, glory be to You, indeed I was among the wrongdoers.' A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, was it special to Yunus or general for the believers?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do you not hear the saying of Allah ﷻ: {And We delivered him from distress, and thus do We deliver the believers} [al-Anbiya' 88].' And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Any Muslim who supplicates with it in his illness forty times and then dies in that illness, he is given the reward of a martyr, and if he recovers, he recovers with all his sins forgiven.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1866No grade recorded
إِنَّ اسْمَ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمَ لَفِي ثَلَاثِ سُوَرٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآلِ عِمْرَانَ وَطَهَ فَالْتَمَسْتُهَا فَوَجَدْتُ فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ {اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ} [البقرة 255] وَفِي سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ {الم اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ} [آل عمران 2] وَفِي سُورَةِ طَهَ {وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِ} [طه 111]
✧ About the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Indeed, the greatest name of Allah is in three Surahs of the Quran: Surah Al-Baqarah, Surah Al-Imran, and Surah Taha. So, I searched for it and found it in Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayat Al-Kursi (Allahu la ilaha illa huwa al-Hayyul-Qayyum) [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:255], and in Surah Al-Imran (Alif Lam Meem Allah la ilaha illa huwa al-Hayyul-Qayyum) [Surah Al-Imran 3:2], and in Surah Taha (And the faces will humble themselves before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence) [Surah Taha 20:111]."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1867No grade recorded
«إِنَّ اسْمَ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمَ لَفِي سُوَرٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ثَلَاثٍ»
✧ Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ: "Indeed, the greatest name of Allah is found in three Surahs of the Quran." Isa ibn Musa said, while I was listening, "O Aba Zabir, I heard Ghaylan ibn Anas say that he heard Al-Qasim Abu Abdur Rahman say that he heard Abu Umamah narrate from the Prophet ﷺ: 'Indeed, the greatest name of Allah is found in three Surahs.' Then he mentioned a similar narration from Amr ibn Abi Salamah: 'This does not invalidate the hadith of Al-Walid ibn Muslim, for Al-Walid is more knowledgeable, skillful, and well-acquainted with the hadith of his land, although the two sheikhs did not rely on Al-Qasim Abu Abdur Rahman.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1868No grade recorded
رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اسْتَوُوا حَتَّى أُثْنِيَ عَلَى رَبِّي» فَصَارُوا خَلْفَهُ صُفُوفًا فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ اللَّهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا بَسَطْتَ وَلَا بَاسِطَ لِمَا قَبَضْتَ وَلَا هَادِيَ لِمَنْ أَضْلَلْتَ وَلَا مُضِلَّ لِمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ وَلَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلَا مُقَرِّبَ لِمَا بَاعَدْتَ وَلَا مُبَاعِدَ لِمَا قَرَّبْتَ اللَّهُمَّ ابْسُطْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ بَرَكَاتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ وَرِزْقِكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ النَّعِيمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالْأَمْنَ يَوْمَ الْخَوْفِ اللَّهُمَّ عَائِذٌ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنَا وَشَرِّ مَا مَنَعْتَنَا اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْإِيمَانَ وَزَيِّنْهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا وَكَرِهَ إِلَيْنَا الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الرَّاشِدِينَ اللَّهُمَّ تَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ وَأَحْيِنَا مُسْلِمِينَ وَأَلْحِقْنَا بِالصَّالِحِينَ غَيْرَ خَزَايَا وَلَا مَفْتُونِينَ اللَّهُمَّ قَاتِلِ الْكَفَرَةَ الَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ رُسُلَكَ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ وَاجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزَكَ وَعَذَابَكَ إِلَهَ الْحَقِّ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Stand straight so that I may praise my Lord.' They formed rows behind him, and he said: 'O Allah, to You belongs all praise. O Allah, there is no withholder of what You extend, and no extender of what You withhold, and no guide for the one You lead astray, and no misleader for the one You guide, and no giver of what You prevent, and no preventer of what You give, and no bringer near of what You distance, and no distancer of what You bring near. O Allah, spread upon us from Your blessings, Your mercy, Your bounty, and Your provision. O Allah, I ask You for bliss on the Day of Resurrection and security on the Day of fear. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You have given us and the evil of what You have withheld. O Allah, make faith beloved to us and beautify it in our hearts, and make disbelief, wickedness, and disobedience hateful to us, and make us among the rightly guided. O Allah, cause us to die as Muslims and live as Muslims and join us with the righteous, not disgraced nor tempted. O Allah, fight the disbelievers who deny Your messengers and hinder from Your path, and place upon them Your punishment and torment, O God of truth.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1869No grade recorded
«يَأْتِي عَلَيْكُمْ زَمَانٌ لَا يَنْجُو فِيهِ إِلَّا مَنْ دَعَا دُعَاءَ الْغَرِيقِ»
✧ There will come upon you a time in which none will be saved except the one who supplicates with the supplication of a drowning person.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1870No grade recorded
مَنْ أَكَلَ طَعَامًا فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَمَنْ لَبِسَ ثَوْبًا فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ
✧ Whoever eats food and says: 'Praise be to Allah who fed me this and provided it to me without any strength or power from me,' his previous sins will be forgiven. And whoever wears a garment and says: 'Praise be to Allah who clothed me this without any strength or power from me,' his previous sins will be forgiven.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1871No grade recorded
مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى عَبْدٍ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ إِلَّا وَقَدْ أَدَّى شُكْرَهَا فَإِنْ قَالَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ جَدَّدَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ثَوَابَهَا فَإِنْ قَالَهَا الثَّالِثَةَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ذُنُوبَهُ
✧ Allah does not bestow a blessing upon a servant and he says: 'Praise be to Allah,' except that he has fulfilled its gratitude. If he says it a second time, Allah renews its reward for him. If he says it a third time, Allah forgives his sins.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1872No grade recorded
بَيْنَمَا هُمْ فِي سَفَرٍ إِذْ نَزَلَ الْقَوْمُ يَتَصَبَّحُونَ فَقَالَ شَدَّادٌ أَدْنُوا هَذِهِ السُّفْرَةَ نَعْبَثُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ مَا تَكَلَّمْتُ بِكَلِمَةٍ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا وَأَنَا أَزُمُّهَا وَأَخْطِمُهَا قَبْلَ كَلِمَتِي هَذِهِ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَلَكِنْ قَالَ يَا شَدَّادُ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ فَاكْنِزْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ التَّثْبِيتَ فِي الْأُمُورِ وَعَزِيمَةَ الرُّشْدِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ وَحُسْنَ عِبَادَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ قَلْبًا سَلِيمًا وَلِسَانًا صَادِقًا وَخُلُقًا مُسْتَقِيمًا وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ
✧ While they were on a journey, the people dismounted to eat in the morning. Shaddad said: 'Bring this dining cloth near so we may eat.' Then he said: 'I seek Allah's forgiveness. I have not spoken a word since I embraced Islam except that I rein it in and bridle it before this word of mine. It is not like that. Muhammad ﷺ said: But he said: O Shaddad, when you see people hoarding gold and silver, then hoard these words: O Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in all affairs and determination in righteousness. I ask You for gratitude for Your blessings and excellence in worshipping You. I ask You for a sound heart, a truthful tongue, and upright character. I seek Your forgiveness for what You know. I ask You for the good of what You know, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what You know. Indeed, You are the Knower of the unseen.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1873No grade recorded
عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِي كَرْبٌ أَنْ أَقُولَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me, when distress befell me, to say: 'There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to Allah, and blessed is Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1874No grade recorded
لَقَّنَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِي شِدَّةٌ أَوْ كَرْبٌ أَنْ أَقُولَهُنَّ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ» قَالَ «فَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ يُلَقِّنُهَا الْمَيِّتَ وَيَنْفُثُ بِهَا عَلَى الْمَوْعُوكِ» قَدْ أَخْرَجَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مُخْتَصَرًا مِنْ حَدِيثِ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me these words to say when I am afflicted with hardship or distress: "There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Honorable, Glorified and Exalted is He. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of the Great Throne, and all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all worlds." Abdullah bin Ja'far used to teach this to a dead person and blow it on the afflicted area. Bukhari and Muslim have narrated this hadith in a summarized form from Qatadah, from Abu Al-'Aliyah, from Ibn Abbas.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1875No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِهِ هَمٌّ أَوْ غُمٌّ قَالَ «يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ»
✧ When anxiety or grief befell the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would say: 'O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining, by Your mercy I seek help.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1876No grade recorded
مَا كَرَبَنِي أَمْرٌ إِلَّا تَمَثَّلَ لِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًا
✧ No matter ever distressed me except that Gabriel ﷺ appeared to me and said: 'O Muhammad, say: I have put my trust in the Ever-Living who does not die, and praise be to Allah who has not taken a son, and has no partner in sovereignty, and has no protector out of weakness; and magnify Him with all magnificence.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1877No grade recorded
«مَا أَصَابَ مُسْلِمًا قَطُّ هَمٌّ وَلَا حَزَنٌ فَقَالَ (اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي فِي يَدِكَ مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ عَدْلٌ فِي قَضَاؤُكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي وَجِلَاءَ حُزْنِي وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي) إِلَّا أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ هَمَّهُ وَأَبْدَلَهُ مَكَانَ حُزْنِهِ فَرَحًا» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ: أَلَا نَتَعَلَّمُ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ؟ قَالَ «بَلَى يَنْبَغِي لِمَنْ سَمِعَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَهُنَّ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No Muslim is afflicted with any hardship or grief, and they say: 'O Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, my forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is forever executed, and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or You taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Quran the life of my heart and the light of my chest, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety.' So Allah will remove his hardship and replace it with ease." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, should we not learn these words?" He replied, "Of course, whoever hears them should learn them."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1878No grade recorded
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْعُو يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ قَنِّعْنِي بِمَا رَزَقْتَنِي وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَاخْلُفْ عَلَى كُلِّ غَائِبَةٍ لِي بِخَيْرٍ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate, saying: 'O Allah, make me content with what You have provided me, bless me in it, and replace every absent thing for me with something better.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1879No grade recorded
«اللَّهُمَّ انْفَعْنِي بِمَا عَلَّمْتَنِي وَعَلِّمْنِي مَا يَنْفَعُنِي وَارْزُقْنِي عِلْمًا تَنْفَعُنِي بِهِ»
✧ O Allah, benefit me with what You have taught me, teach me what benefits me, and provide me with knowledge that benefits me.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1880No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْلِمَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ قَالَ مَا أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي شَرَّ نَفْسِي وَاعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى أَرْشِدِ أَمْرِي فَقَالَهَا ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ وَلَمْ يُسْلِمْ ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ وَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ؟ قَالَ قُلْ اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي شَرَّ نَفْسِي وَاعْزِمْ لِي عَلَى أَرْشِدِ أَمْرِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَخْطَأْتُ وَمَا عَمَدْتُ وَمَا عَلِمْتُ وَمَا جَهِلْتُ
✧ He came to the Prophet ﷺ before embracing Islam. When he wanted to leave, he said: 'What should I say?' He said: 'Say: O Allah, protect me from the evil of my soul, and resolve for me the most guided of my affairs.' He said it and then left, and he had not embraced Islam. Then he embraced Islam and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what should I say now that I have embraced Islam?' He said: 'Say: O Allah, protect me from the evil of my soul, and resolve for me the most guided of my affairs. O Allah, forgive me what I have concealed and what I have made public, what I have done in error and what I have done deliberately, what I know and what I am ignorant of.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1881No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْمُغِيرَةِ أَوِ الْمُغِيرَةَ أَبَا الْوَلِيدِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ ذَرِبُ اللِّسَانِ وَإِنَّ عَامَّةَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَهْلِي فَقَالَ «فَأَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنَ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ؟ إِنِّي لَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ أَوِ اللَّيْلَةِ أَوْ فِي الْيَوْمِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ»
✧ I heard Abu al-Mughirah or al-Mughirah Abu al-Walid narrating from Hudhayfah that he said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I am a man with a sharp tongue, and most of that is directed at my family.' He said: 'Where are you with regard to seeking forgiveness? I seek Allah's forgiveness a hundred times in the day and night, or in the night or in the day.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1882No grade recorded
كُنْتُ ذَرِبَ اللِّسَانِ عَلَى أَهْلِي قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُدْخِلَنِي لِسَانِي النَّارَ قَالَ «فَأَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنَ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ؟ إِنِّي لَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي الْيَوْمِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ»
✧ I was sharp-tongued towards my family. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I fear that my tongue will cause me to enter the Fire.' He said: 'Where are you with regard to seeking forgiveness? I seek Allah's forgiveness a hundred times a day.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1883No grade recorded
«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لَمَّا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ»
✧ O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for what I have sent ahead and what I have delayed, what I have done openly and what I have done secretly. You are the One who brings forward and You are the One who defers, and You are over all things competent.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1884No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا غُفِرَتْ لَهُ ذُنُوبُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فَارًّا مِنَ الزَّحْفِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever says, 'Astaghfirullah al-'Azeem, alladhee la ilaha illa huwal Hayyul Qayyum, wa atubu ilayhi,' three times, his sins will be forgiven, even if he had run away from the battle."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1885No grade recorded
بَخٍ بَخٍ بِخَمْسٍ مَا أَثْقَلَهُنَّ فِي الْمِيزَانِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَالْوَلَدُ الصَّالِحُ يُتَوَفَّى لِلْمُسْلِمِ فَيَحْتَسِبُهُ
✧ Excellent! Excellent! Five things, how heavy they are on the Scale: Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, Allah is greatest, and a righteous child who dies for a Muslim and he seeks reward for it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1886No grade recorded
إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى الْكَلَامَ مِنْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدِ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَإِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عِشْرِينَ حَسَنَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ عِشْرِينَ سَيِّئَةً وَإِذَا قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَإِذَا قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَإِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ ثَلَاثُونَ حَسَنَةً وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ ثَلَاثُونَ سَيِّئَةً
✧ Indeed Allah chose the speech from 'Glory be to Allah', 'Praise be to Allah', 'There is no god but Allah', and 'Allah is greatest'. So when the servant says 'Glory be to Allah', Allah writes for him twenty good deeds and erases from him twenty evil deeds. And when he says 'Allah is greatest', it is the same. And when he says 'There is no god but Allah', it is the same. And when the servant says 'Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds' from his own self, thirty good deeds are written for him and thirty evil deeds are erased from him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1887No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِهِ وَهُوَ يَغْرِسُ غَرْسًا فَقَالَ «مَا تَصْنَعُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟» قَالَ أَغْرِسُ غَرْسًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى غَرْسٍ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْهُ؟» قُلْتُ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ يُغْرَسُ لَكَ بِكُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ شَجَرَةٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by him while he was planting a plant, so he said, 'What are you doing, O Abu Hurayrah?' He said, 'I am planting a plant.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Shall I not direct you to a planting better for you than this?' I said, 'What is it?' He said, 'Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest. A tree is planted for you for each one of them.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1888No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ غُرِسَتْ لَهُ نَخْلَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ
✧ Whoever says 'Glory be to Allah the Magnificent', a palm tree is planted for him in Paradise.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1889No grade recorded
«اسْتَكْثِرُوا مِنَ الْبَاقِيَاتِ الصَّالِحَاتِ» قِيلَ وَمَا هُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «الْمِلَّةُ» قِيلَ وَمَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ «التَّكْبِيرُ وَالتَّهْلِيلُ وَالتَّسْبِيحُ وَالتَّحْمِيدُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ»
✧ ‘Abound in the enduring righteous deeds.’ It was said, 'And what are they, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'The creed.' It was said, 'And what is it?' He said, 'Takbir (saying Allahu akbar), tahlil (saying la ilaha illa Allah), tasbih (saying subhan Allah), tahmid (saying al-hamdu lillah), and la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1890No grade recorded
«مَنْ كَبَّرَ وَاحِدَةً كُتِبَ لَهُ عِشْرُونَ وَمُحِيَتْ عَنْهُ عِشْرُونَ وَمَنْ سَبَّحَ وَاحِدَةً كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عِشْرُونَ وَمُحِيَتْ عَنْهُ عِشْرُونَ وَمَنْ حَمِدَ وَاحِدَةً كُتِبَتْ لَهُ ثَلَاثُونَ وَمُحِيَتْ عَنْهُ ثَلَاثُونَ»
✧ Whoever says takbir once, twenty good deeds are written for him and twenty evil deeds are erased from him. And whoever says tasbih once, twenty good deeds are written for him and twenty evil deeds are erased from him. And whoever says tahmid once, thirty good deeds are written for him and thirty evil deeds are erased from him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1891No grade recorded
مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مِلْأَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا أَحْصَى كِتَابُهُ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَدَدَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِثْلَهُنَّ قَالَ فَأَعْظَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَلِكَ
✧ There is no servant who says: 'Praise be to Allah as much as the number of what Allah has created, praise be to Allah as much as what fills what Allah has created, praise be to Allah as much as the number of what is in the heavens and the earth, praise be to Allah as much as the number of what His Book has enumerated, praise be to Allah as much as the number of everything, and glory be to Allah the like of them.' He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarded that as great.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1892No grade recorded
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مُرْنِي بِكَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ فَقَالَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ فَقَالَ «قُلْهَا إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ وَإِذَا أَخَذْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ»
✧ Abu Bakr al-Siddiq asked the Prophet ﷺ, saying: 'Command me with words that I say when I enter upon morning and when I enter upon evening.' He said: 'Say: O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, Lord of everything and its Sovereign, I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self and the evil of Satan and his polytheism.' He said: 'Say it when you enter upon morning, and when you enter upon evening, and when you take to your bed.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1893No grade recorded
قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ قَدْ كَبِرْتُ وَضَعُفْتُ فَدُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ قَالَ «كَبِّرِي اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَاحْمَدِي اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَسَبِّحِي اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكِ مِنْ مِائَةِ بَدَنَةٍ مُتَقَبَّلَةٍ وَخَيْرٌ مِنْ مِائَةِ فَرَسٍ مُسْرَجٍ مُلْجَمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَخَيْرٌ مِنْ مِائَةِ رَقَبَةٍ مُتَقَبَّلَةٍ وَقَوْلُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَا يَتْرُكُ ذَنْبًا وَلَا يُشْبِهُهَا عَمَلٌ»
✧ I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, I am a woman who has grown old and weak, so direct me to a deed.' He said, 'Say takbir of Allah one hundred times, praise Allah one hundred times, and glorify Allah one hundred times, for it is better for you than one hundred accepted camels, and better than one hundred saddled and bridled horses in the path of Allah, and better than one hundred accepted slaves. And saying la ilaha illa Allah does not leave any sin, and no deed resembles it.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1894Weak
«مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى عَبْدٍ نِعْمَةً فَعَلِمَ أَنَّهَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ شُكْرَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحْمَدَهُ عَلَيْهَا۔» «وَمَا أَذْنَبَ عَبْدٌ ذَنْبًا فَنَدِمَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَغْفِرَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرَهُ۔» «وَمَا اشْتَرَى عَبْدٌ ثَوْبًا بِدِينَارٍ أَوْ نِصْفِ دِينَارٍ فَلَبِسَهُ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا لَمْ يَبْلُغْ رُكْبَتَيْهِ حَتَّى يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Never a blessing that Allah bestows upon a servant and he realizes that it is from Allah, except that Allah writes down his gratitude for it even before he praises Him for it. Never a servant commits a sin and he feels remorse for it, except that Allah writes down his forgiveness for it even before he seeks His forgiveness. And never a servant purchases a garment for a dirham or half a dirham, and he wears it and praises Allah for it, except that Allah forgives him before his knees to touch the ground ˹in prayer˺."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1895No grade recorded
مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ فِي صَبَاحِ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَمَسَاءِ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَيَضُرُّهُ شَيْءٌ
✧ There is no servant who says in the morning of every day and the evening of every night: 'In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,' three times, and then anything harms him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1896No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَعَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَمَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ وَلَيْلَتِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ
✧ Whoever says: 'O Allah, You are my Lord, there is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant, and I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as much as I am able. I seek refuge in You from all that I have done, and I admit my sin, so forgive my sins, for none forgives sins except You.' Then he dies during that day or that night, he enters Paradise.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1897No grade recorded
لَا يَدَعُ رَجُلٌ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَإِنَّهَا أَلْفُ حَسَنَةٍ وَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فِي يَوْمِهِ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَيَكُونُ مَا عَمِلَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ سِوَى ذَلِكَ وَافِرًا
✧ Let none of you refrain from doing a thousand good deeds until morning by saying 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him' one hundred times, for that is a thousand good deeds, and he will not have done, if Allah wills, the like of that in his day of sins, and whatever good he does besides that will be abundant.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1898Fabricated
دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: هَلْ سَمِعْتِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ دُعَاءً عَلَّمَنِيهِ؟ قُلْتُ: مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ: كَانَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ يُعَلِّمُهُ أَصْحَابَهُ۔ قَالَ: لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ جَبَلُ ذَهَبٍ دَيْنًا فَدَعَا اللَّهَ بِذَلِكَ، لَقَضَاهُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: اللَّهُمَّ فَارِجَ الْهَمِّ، كَاشِفَ الْغَمِّ، مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ، رَحْمَانَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَرَحِيمَهُمَا، أَنْتَ تَرْحَمُنِي، فَارْحَمْنِي بِرَحْمَةٍ تُغْنِينِي بِهَا عَنْ رَحْمَةِ مَنْ سِوَاكَ۔ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ: وَكَانَتْ عَلَيَّ بَقِيَّةٌ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ وَكُنْتُ لِلدَّيْنِ كَارِهًا، فَكُنْتُ أَدْعُو بِذَلِكَ فَأَتَانِي اللَّهُ بِفَائِدَةٍ فَقَضَاهُ اللَّهُ عَنِّي۔ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: «كَانَ لِأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ عَلَيَّ دِينَارٌ وَثَلَاثَةُ دَرَاهِمٍ فَكَانَتْ تَدْخُلُ عَلَيَّ فَأَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أَنْظُرَ فِي وَجْهِهَا لِأَنِّي لَا أَجِدُ مَا أَقْضِيهَا۔ فَكُنْتُ أَدْعُو بِذَلِكَ فَمَا لَبِثْتُ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى رَزَقَنِي اللَّهُ رِزْقًا مَا هُوَ بِصَدَقَةٍ تُصُدِّقَ بِهَا عَلَيَّ وَلَا مِيرَاثٌ وَرِثْتُهُ فَقَضَاهُ اللَّهُ عَنِّي وَقَسَمْتُ فِي أَهْلِي قَسْمًا حَسَنًا وَحَلَّيْتُ ابْنَةَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بِثَلَاثِ أَوَاقٍ وَرِقٍ وَفَضَلَ لَنَا فَضْلٌ حَسَنٌ»
Abū Bakr came to me and said, "Have you heard a supplication from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he taught me?" I asked, "What is it?" He said, "Jesus, the son of Mary, used to teach it to his companions. If any of you had a debt as great as a mountain, and he invoked Allah with it, Allah would fulfill it for him. Say: allāhuma fārij al-hamm, kāshif al-ghamm, mujība daʿwat al-muḍṭarrīn, Raḥmān al-dunyā wa-al-ākhirah wa-raḥīmahumā, anta tarḥamunī, fa-irḥamnī bi-raḥmatin tughnīnī bihā ʿan raḥmati man siwāk (O Allah, reliever of distress, dispeller of sorrow, answerer of the supplication of the distressed, al-Raḥmān (Most Merciful) of the world and the Hereafter and the One Who who bestows mercy upon them, You are the One who ˹also˺ bestows mercy upon me, so bestow mercy upon me with a mercy that will suffice me from the mercy of anyone other than You.)" Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq said, "I had some remaining debt that I was a burden on me. I invoked Allah with this supplication, and Allah fulfilled it for me." ʿĀʾishah said, "Asmāʾ b. ʿUmays had a debt of one dinar and three dirhams upon me, and she used to visit me. I was embarrassed to face her because I had nothing to pay her with. So, I invoked Allah with this supplication, and soon after, Allah provided me with some wealth, not as charity to be given, nor as a heritage received, but Allah settled it for me. I distributed a good share among my relatives and set free the slave girl of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān with three 'ūqiyyah and he had a good favor upon us."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1899No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ ابْنُ آدَمَ فَإِنَّهُ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَخْطَأَ خَطِيئَةً فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يَتُوبَ إِلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَأْتِ رَفِيعَهُ فَلْيَمُدَّ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْهَا لَا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهَا أَبَدًا فَإِنَّهُ يُغْفَرُ لَهُ مَا لَمْ يَرْجِعْ فِي عَمَلِهِ ذَلِكَ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Every word that the son of Adam speaks is recorded against him. So if he commits a sin and wishes to repent to Allah, let him go to a high place and stretch out his hands to Allah ﷻ, then say: 'O Allah, I repent to You from it, never to return to it ever.' Then he will be forgiven as long as he does not return to that deed."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1900No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَّمَهُ وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَعَاهَدَ أَهْلَهُ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ «لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَالْخَيْرُ فِي يَدَيْكَ وَمِنْكَ وَإِلَيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ مَا قُلْتُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ حَلَفْتُ مِنْ حَلِفٍ أَوْ نَذَرْتُ مِنْ نَذْرٍ فَمَشِيئَتُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ مَا شِئْتَ كَانَ وَمَا لَمْ تَشَأْ لَا يَكُونُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِكَ إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ اللَّهُمَّ مَا صَلَّيْتُ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ فَعَلَى مَنْ صَلَّيْتَ وَمَا لَعَنْتُ مِنْ لَعْنٍ فَعَلَى مَنْ لَعَنْتَ أَنْتَ وَلِيِّي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الرِّضَا بَعْدَ الْقَضَاءِ وَبَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَلَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ وَشَوْقًا إِلَى لِقَائِكَ فِي غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ وَلَا فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ أَوْ أَعْتَدِيَ أَوْ يُعْتَدَى عَلَيَّ أَوْ أَكْسِبَ خَطِيئَةً أَوْ ذَنْبًا لَا تَغْفِرُ اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ فَإِنِّي أَعْهَدُ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا وَأُشْهِدُكَ وَكَفَى بِكَ شَهِيدًا أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَكَ الْمُلْكُ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ وَعْدَكَ حَقٌّ وَلِقَاءَكَ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ آتِيَةٌ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّكَ تَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ وَأَنَّكَ إِنْ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي تَكِلْنِي إِلَى ضَعْفٍ وَعَوْرَةٍ وَذَنْبٍ وَخَطِيئَةٍ وَإِنِّي لَا أَثِقُ إِلَّا بِرَحْمَتِكَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي كُلَّهَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught him and commanded him to look after his family every morning with: "Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, and at Your service. All good is in Your hands, and from You and to You. O Allah, whatever I have said of a saying, or sworn of an oath, or vowed of a vow, Your will comes before all of that. What You will happens, and what You do not will does not happen. There is no might and no power except with You. Indeed, You have power over all things. O Allah, whatever prayer I have prayed, it is upon the one for whom You prayed, and whatever curse I have uttered, it is upon the one whom You cursed. You are my protector in this world and the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous. O Allah, I ask You for contentment after the decree, the coolness of life after death, the delight of looking at Your face, and longing to meet You without harmful harm or misleading trial. I seek refuge in You from wronging or being wronged, from transgressing or being transgressed against, and from earning a sin or a fault that You do not forgive. O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, Possessor of majesty and honor, I covenant with You in this world and call You as witness, and sufficient is You as witness, that I bear witness that there is no god but You alone, with no partner. Yours is the dominion and Yours is the praise, and You have power over all things. I bear witness that Muhammad is Your servant and Messenger. I bear witness that Your promise is true, the meeting with You is true, the Hour is coming, there is no doubt about it, and that You will resurrect those in the graves. And that if You entrust me to myself, You entrust me to weakness, fault, sin, and error. I trust only in Your mercy, so forgive me all my sins. None forgives sins but You. Turn to me in mercy, for You are the Ever-Relenting, the Most Merciful."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1901No grade recorded
كُنَّا نَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ حِيطَانِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ «يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ» فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْمُكْثِرِينَ هُمُ الْأَقَلُّونَ إِلَّا مَنْ قَالَ بِمَالِهِ هَكَذَا وَكَذَا» وَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَا هُمْ
✧ We were walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in some of the gardens of Madinah when he said: "O Abu Hurayrah." I replied, "Here I am, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Those who have much wealth are the ones with the least, except for one who does like this and like this with his wealth," and he gestured with his hand to his right and to his left, "and few are they."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1902No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَعْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ وَحِينَ يُمْسِي «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَاتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي» يَعْنِي الْخَسْفَ
✧ I heard Ibn ʿUmar say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not abandon these words when he entered upon morning and when he entered upon evening: "O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth. O Allah, cover my faults and calm my fears. O Allah, protect me from before me, from behind me, from my right, from my left, and from above me. I seek refuge in Your greatness from being swallowed up from beneath me," meaning being swallowed by the earth.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1903No grade recorded
«مِنْ سَعَادَةِ ابْنِ آدَمَ اسْتِخَارَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَمِنْ شَقَاوَةِ ابْنِ آدَمَ تَرْكُهُ اسْتِخَارَةَ اللَّهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "One of the happinesses of the son of Adam is to seek Allah's guidance (Istikhara), and one of the miseries of the son of Adam is to abandon seeking Allah's guidance (Istikhara)."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1904No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولًا وَجَبَتْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةُ
✧ Whoever says, 'I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as Messenger,' Paradise becomes obligatory for him.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1905No grade recorded
كُنَّا جُلُوسًا فِي مَسْجِدِ حِمْصٍ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ فَقَالُوا هَذَا خَدَمَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَنَهَضْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ قُلْتُ حَدِّثْنِي حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَتَدَاوَلْهُ الرِّجَالُ بَيْنَكُمْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ حِينَ يُمْسِي وَحِينَ يُصْبِحُ رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا إِلَّا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يُرْضِيَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
✧ We were sitting in the mosque of Hims when a man passed by, and they said: 'This one served the Prophet ﷺ.' I got up and asked him: 'Tell me a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one that men have not passed around among yourselves.' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: There is no servant who says when evening comes and when morning comes, "I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as Prophet," except that it is binding upon Allah to make him pleased on the Day of Resurrection.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1906No grade recorded
مَنْ قَالَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِذَا أَمْسَى مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ غُفِرَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ
✧ Whoever says when morning comes one hundred times and when evening comes one hundred times, 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him,' his sins are forgiven, even if they are more than the foam of the sea.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1907No grade recorded
كَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ قَالَ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَزِلَّ أَوْ أَضِلَّ أَوْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ أَوْ أَجْهَلَ أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيَّ»
✧ When he left his house, he would say: "In the name of Allah. My Lord, I seek refuge in You from slipping or going astray, from wronging or being wronged, from acting ignorantly or having ignorance done against me."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1908No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ يَقُولُ «بِسْمِ اللَّهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ التُّكْلَانُ عَلَى اللَّهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say when he left his house: "In the name of Allah. There is no might and no power except with Allah. Reliance is upon Allah."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1909No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَرِيرًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخَّرْتُ ذَلِكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ» قَالَ فَادْعُهُ قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيُحْسِنَ الْوُضُوءَ وَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ فَتَقْضِيهَا لِي اللَّهُمَّ شَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ وَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ
✧ A blind man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Supplicate Allah Almighty to heal me.' He said: 'If you wish, I will delay that, and if you wish, I will supplicate.' He said: 'Supplicate to Him.' He commanded him to perform ablution and perfect the ablution, and to pray two rakʿahs, and to supplicate with this supplication: 'O Allah, I ask You and turn to You by Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I turn by you to your Lord in this need of mine, that He may fulfill it for me. O Allah, accept his intercession for me and accept my intercession for him.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1910No grade recorded
كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلَا تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلَا تَنْصُرْ عَلَيَّ وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلَا تَمْكُرْ عَلَيَّ وَاهْدِنِي وَيَسِّرِ الْهُدَى لِي وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَيَّ رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي لَكَ شَكَّارًا لَكَ ذَكَّارًا لَكَ رَهَّابًا لَكَ مِطْوَاعًا لَكَ مُخْبِتًا إِلَيْكَ أَوَّاهًا مُنِيبًا تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي وَأَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي وَاهْدِ قَلْبِي وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانِي وَاسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِي»
✧ Among the supplications of the Prophet ﷺ was: "My Lord, help me and do not help against me, grant me victory and do not grant victory over me, plan for me and do not plan against me, guide me and make guidance easy for me, and grant me victory over those who transgress against me. My Lord, make me greatly thankful to You, constantly remembering You, deeply fearful of You, obedient to You, humble before You, lamenting and turning to You. Accept my repentance, answer my supplication, guide my heart, make firm my proof, make my tongue upright, and remove the malice from my heart."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1911No grade recorded
هَذَا مَا سَأَلَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَبَّهُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ وَخَيْرَ الدُّعَاءِ وَخَيْرَ النَّجَاحِ وَخَيْرَ الْعَمَلِ وَخَيْرَ الثَّوَابِ وَخَيْرَ الْحَيَاةِ وَخَيْرَ الْمَمَاتِ وَثَبَّتَنِي وَثَقِّلْ مَوَازِينِي وَحَقِّقْ إِيمَانِي وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَاتِي وَتَقَبَّلْ صَلَاتِي وَاغْفِرْ خَطِيئَتِي وَأَسْأَلُكَ الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فَوَاتِحَ الْخَيْرِ وَخَوَاتِمَهُ وَجَوَامِعَهُ وَأَوَّلَهُ وَظَاهِرَهُ وَبَاطِنَهُ وَالدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ آمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا آتِي وَخَيْرَ مَا أَفْعَلُ وَخَيْرَ مَا أَعْمَلُ وَخَيْرَ مَا بَطَنَ وَخَيْرَ مَا ظَهَرَ وَالدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ آمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَرْفَعَ ذِكْرِي وَتَضَعَ وَزِرْي وَتُصْلِحَ أَمْرِي وَتُطَهِّرَ قَلْبِي وَتُحَصِّنَ فَرْجِي وَتُنَوِّرَ لِي قَلْبِي وَتَغْفِرَ لِي ذَنْبِي وَأَسْأَلُكَ الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ آمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَبَارَكَ لِي فِي نَفْسِي وَفِي سَمْعِي وَفِي بَصَرِي وَفِي رُوحِي وَفِي خَلْقِي وَفِي خُلُقِي وَفِي أَهْلِي وَفِي مَحْيَايَ وَفِي مَمَاتِي وَفِي عَمَلِي فَتَقَبَّلْ حَسَنَاتِي وَأَسْأَلُكَ الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ آمِينَ»
✧ About the Prophet ﷺ, this is what Muhammad asked his Lord: "O Allah, I ask You for the best of requests, the best of supplications, the best of success, the best of actions, the best of rewards, the best of lives, the best of deaths, and to make me steadfast. And make my scales heavy, and fulfill my faith, and elevate my ranks, and accept my prayers, and forgive my sins. And I ask You for the highest levels of Paradise, O Allah, I ask You for the beginnings of goodness, the endings of goodness, and the entirety of goodness, the outward and the inward, and the highest levels of Paradise. Amen, O Allah, I ask You for the best of what I am given, and the best of what I do, and the best of what I work for, and the best of what is invisible to others, and the best of what is visible, and the highest levels of Paradise. Amen, O Allah, I ask You to elevate my remembrance, and to take away my sins, and to rectify my affairs, and to purify my heart, and to protect my modesty, and to enlighten my heart, and to forgive my sins, and I ask You for the highest levels of Paradise. Amen, O Allah, I ask You to bless me in my self, and in my hearing, and in my sight, and in my soul, and in my creation, and in my disposition, and in my family, and in my life, and in my death, and in my actions. So accept my good deeds, and I ask You for the highest levels of Paradise. Amen."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1912No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَذَكَرَ الرَّبَّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فَقَالَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَأَنْ تَتُوبَ عَلَيَّ وَتَغْفِرَ لِي وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِتْنَةً فِي قَوْمٍ فَتَوَفَّنِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَعَلِّمُوهُنَّ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُنَّ الْحَقُّ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, and he mentioned the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, saying: 'Say: O Allah, I ask You for good things, and the abandonment of evil deeds, and love of the poor, and that You accept my repentance, forgive me, and have mercy on me. And if You intend a trial for a people, then take me to You without being tried.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: 'Teach them, for by the One in whose hand is my soul, they are the truth.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1913No grade recorded
«أَبْطَأَ عَنَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِصَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حَتَّى كَادَتْ أَنْ تُدْرِكَنَا الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَصَلَّى بِنَا فَخَفَّفَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَأَقْبَلْ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ» فَقَالَ عَلَى مَكَانِكُمْ أُخْبِرُكُمْ مَا أَبْطَأَنِي عَنْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ فِي هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ إِنِّي صَلَّيْتُ فِي لَيْلَتِي هَذِهِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ مَلَكَتْنِي عَيْنِي فَنِمْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فَأَلْهَمَنِي أَنْ قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَأَنْ تَتُوبَ عَلَيَّ وَتَغْفِرَ لِي وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِي خَلْقِكَ فِتْنَةً فَنَجِّنِي إِلَيْكَ مِنْهَا غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ اللَّهُمَّ وَأَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَحُبَّ عَمَلٍ يُقَرِّبُنِي إِلَى حُبِّكَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «تُعَلَّمُوهُنَّ وَادْرُسُوهُنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ حَقٌّ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delayed from the Fajr prayer until the sun almost caught us. Then he came out and prayed with us, making the prayer light. Then he finished and turned his face towards us, saying: 'Stay in your places. I will inform you what delayed me from you today in this prayer. I prayed in this night of mine as much as Allah willed, then sleep overcame my eyes and I slept. I saw my Lord, Blessed and Exalted, and He inspired me to say: O Allah, I ask You for good things, and the abandonment of evil deeds, and love of the poor, and that You accept my repentance, forgive me, and have mercy on me. And if You intend a trial among Your creation, then rescue me to You from it without being tried. O Allah, I ask You for Your love, and the love of those who love You, and the love of deeds that bring me closer to Your love.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to us and said: 'Learn them and study them, for they are the truth.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1914No grade recorded
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَلَّمَهُ فِي شَيْءٍ يُخْفِيهِ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ وَعَائِشَةُ تُصَلِّي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا عَائِشَةُ عَلَيْكِ بِالْكَوَامِلِ» أَوْ كَلِمَةٍ أُخْرَى فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَتْ عَائِشَةُ سَأَلَتْهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهَا قُولِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ وَأَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا اسْتَعَاذَ بِكَ مِنْهُ عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مَا قَضَيْتَ لِي مِنْ أَمْرٍ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ عَاقِبَتَهُ رُشْدًا
✧ Abu Bakr al-Siddiq entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and spoke with him about something he wanted to conceal from 'A'ishah while she was praying. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'O 'A'ishah, upon you are the complete ones'—or some other word. When 'A'ishah finished praying, she asked him about that. He said to her: 'Say: O Allah, I ask You for all good, the immediate and the delayed, what I know of it and what I do not know. And I seek refuge with You from all evil, the immediate and the delayed, what I know of it and what I do not know. I ask You for Paradise and whatever draws near to it of word or deed, and I seek refuge with You from the Fire and whatever draws near to it of word or deed. I ask You for the good of what Your servant and messenger Muhammad asked You, and I seek refuge with You from the evil of what Your servant and messenger Muhammad ﷺ sought refuge with You from. And I ask You that whatever You have decreed for me, You make its outcome right guidance.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1915No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ «هَكَذَا قَالَهُ أَبُو نَعَامَةَ وَشُعْبَةُ أَحْفَظُ مِنْهُ وَإِذَا خَالَفَهُ فَالْقَوْلُ قَوْلُ شُعْبَةَ»
✧ Something similar from the Prophet ﷺ. Abu Nu'amah said this, and Shu'bah is more reliable than him, and when he contradicts him, the word is that of Shu'bah.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1916No grade recorded
كَانَ يَدْعُو وَيَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَظُلْمَنَا وَهَزْلَنَا وَجِدَّنَا وَعَمَدْنَا وَكُلَّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَنَا»
✧ He used to supplicate, saying: 'O Allah, forgive us our sins, our wrongs, our jesting, our seriousness, our deliberate acts—and all of that is with us.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1917No grade recorded
أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تَدْعُو بِهَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ فَإِنَّهُ مُعْطِيكَ إِحْدَاهُنَّ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ تَعْجِيلَ عَافِيَتِكَ وَصَبْرًا عَلَى بَلِيَّتِكَ أَوْ خُرُوجًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ
✧ She said, "Gabriel ﷺ came to the Prophet (saw) and said, 'Verily, Allah commands you to invoke these words, for He will grant you one of them. O Allah, I ask for Your expedited recovery, patience in facing Your trials, or departure from this world to Your mercy.'"
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1918No grade recorded
كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ مَتِّعْنِي بِسَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَاجْعَلْهُمَا الْوَارِثَ مِنِّي وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنِي وَأَرِنِي فِيهِ ثَأْرِي»
✧ Among the supplications of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was: 'O Allah, let me enjoy my hearing and my sight, and make them my heirs, and grant me victory over the one who wrongs me, and show me my vengeance upon him.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1919No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَصَّى سَلْمَانَ الْخَيْرِ فَقَالَ يَا سَلْمَانُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَمْنَحَكَ كَلِمَاتٍ تَسْأَلُهُنَّ الرَّحْمَنَ وَتَرْغَبُ إِلَيْهِ فِيهِنَّ وَتَدْعُو بِهِنَّ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ قُلْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ صِحَّةً فِي إِيمَانٍ وَإِيمَانًا فِي حُسْنِ خُلُقٍ وَنَجَاحًا يَتْبَعُهُ فَلَاحٌ وَرَحْمَةً مِنْكَ وَعَافِيَةً وَمَغْفِرَةً مِنْكَ وَرِضْوَانًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ advised Salman al-Khayr, saying: 'O Salman, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wants to grant you words by which you ask the Most Merciful, desire Him, and supplicate with them night and day. Say: O Allah, I ask You for health in faith, faith in good character, success followed by prosperity, mercy from You, well-being, forgiveness from You, and good pleasure.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1920No grade recorded
«مَنْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ وَأُشْهِدُ مَلَائِكَتَكَ وَحَمَلَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَأُشْهِدُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ مَنْ قَالَهَا مَرَّةً أَعْتَقَ اللَّهُ ثُلُثَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَنْ قَالَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَعْتَقَ اللَّهُ ثُلُثَيْهِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَنْ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا أَعْتَقَ اللَّهُ كُلَّهُ مِنَ النَّارِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever says, 'O Allah, I testify that You are Allah, there is no god but You, alone, without partner, and I testify that Muhammad is Your servant and Messenger,' Allah will free one-third of him from the Fire. Whoever says it twice, Allah will free two-thirds of him from the Fire. Whoever says it three times, Allah will free him completely from the Fire."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1921No grade recorded
مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي فَقَالَ «سَلْ تُعْطَهْ يَا ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ فَابْتَدَرْتُهُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فَسَبَقَنِي إِلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ دُعَائِي الَّذِي لَا أَكَادُ أَدَعُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيمًا لَا يَبِيدُ وَقُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لَا تَنْفَدُ وَمُرَافَقَةَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي أَعْلَى جُنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me while I was praying and said: 'Ask and you will be given, O son of Umm 'Abd.' 'Umar said: Abu Bakr and I hurried to him, and Abu Bakr got to him before me. He said: Among my supplications that I hardly ever abandon is: 'O Allah, I ask You for delight that does not perish, coolness of eyes that does not run out, and the companionship of the Prophet ﷺ in the highest Garden of Eternity.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1922No grade recorded
كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ «اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْأَوَّلُ لَا شَيْءَ قَبْلَكَ وَأَنْتَ الْآخِرُ فَلَا شَيْءَ بَعْدَكَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ دَابَّةٍ نَاصِيَتُهَا بِيَدِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْإِثْمِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْغِنَى وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّ قَلْبِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ اللَّهُمَّ بَعِّدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطِيئَتِي كَمَا بَعَّدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ»
✧ He used to supplicate with these words: 'O Allah, You are the First, nothing is before You, and You are the Last, nothing is after You. I seek refuge with You from the evil of every creature whose forelock is in Your hand. I seek refuge with You from sin and laziness, from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of wealth, and from the trial of the grave. I seek refuge with You from wrongdoing and debt. O Allah, purify my heart from sins as You purified the white garment from filth. O Allah, distance between me and my sins as You distanced between the East and the West.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1923No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ صَلَّى بِأَصْحَابِهِ وَمَا صَلَاةٌ أَوْجَزَ فِيهَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا الْيَقْظَانِ خَفَّفْتَ قَالَ «مَا عَلَيَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ دَعَوْتُ فِيهَا بِدَعَوَاتٍ سَمِعْتُهُنَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ» قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَتَبِعَهُ هُوَ أَبُو عَطَاءٍ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الدُّعَاءِ فَرَجَعَ فَجَاءَ فَأَخْبَرَ «اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِكَ الْغَيْبَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ أَحْيِنِي مَا عَلِمْتَ الْحَيَاةَ خَيْرًا لِي وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذَا كَانَتِ الْوَفَاةُ خَيْرًا لِي اللَّهُمَّ وَأَسْأَلُكَ خَشْيَتَكَ فِي الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ كَلِمَةَ الْحُكْمِ فِي الْغَضَبِ وَالرِّضَا وَأَسْأَلُكَ الْقَصْدَ فِي الْغِنَى وَالْفَقْرِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيمًا لَا يَبِيدُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ قُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لَا تَنْفَدُ وَلَا تَنْقَطِعُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الرِّضَا بَعْدَ الْقَضَاءِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بَرْدَ الْعَيْشِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ النَّظَرَ إِلَى لَذَّةِ وَجْهِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ فِي غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ وَلَا فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَّا بِزِينَةِ الْإِيمَانِ وَاجْعَلْنَا هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِينَ»
✧ He prayed with his companions, and there was no prayer in which he was more concise. It was said to him: 'O Abu al-Yaqzan, you have made it light.' He said: 'There is no blame on me for that. I supplicated in it with supplications I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said: A man—who was Abu 'Ata'—stood up and followed him, asking about the supplication. So he returned and came and reported: 'O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation, keep me alive as long as You know life is better for me, and cause me to die when death is better for me. O Allah, I ask You for fear of You in secret and in public, and I ask You for the word of wisdom in anger and pleasure, and I ask You for moderation in wealth and poverty. I ask You for delight that does not perish, and I ask You for coolness of eyes that does not run out or cease. I ask You for contentment after the decree, and I ask You for a pleasant life after death. I ask You for the delight of looking at Your Face, and I ask You for longing to meet You without harmful adversity or misleading trial. O Allah, adorn us with the adornment of faith and make us guides who are guided.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1924No grade recorded
كَانَ يَدْعُو «اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي بِالْإِسْلَامِ قَائِمًا وَاحْفَظْنِي بِالْإِسْلَامِ قَاعِدًا وَاحْفَظْنِي بِالْإِسْلَامِ رَاقِدًا وَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِي عَدُوًّا حَاسِدًا وَاللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ خَزَائِنُهُ بِيَدِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ خَزَائِنُهُ بِيَدِكَ»
✧ He used to supplicate: 'O Allah, protect me with Islam while standing, protect me with Islam while sitting, and protect me with Islam while lying down. Do not let a gloating enemy rejoice at my misfortune. O Allah, I ask You for every good whose treasures are in Your hand, and I seek refuge with You from every evil whose treasures are in Your hand.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1925Weak
كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ مُوجِبَاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَعَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ، وَالسَّلَامَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ، وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ، وَالْفَوْزَ بِالْجَنَّةِ، وَالنَّجَاةَ بِعَوْنِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ».
It was among the duas of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: allāhumma innā nasʾaluka mūjibāti raḥmatik, wa-ʿazāʾima maghfiratik, wa-al-salāmata min kulli ithm, wa-al-ghanīmata min kulli birr, wa-al-fawza bi-al-jannah, wa-al-najāta bi-ʿawnika mina al-nār (O Allah, we ask You for the causes that make Your mercy incumbent, the firm means to Your forgiveness, safety from every sin, the gain of every righteousness, success in attaining Paradise, and salvation, by Your help, from the Fire.)
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1926No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ قَلْبٍ إِلَّا بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنْ شَاءَ أَقَامَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَزَاغَهُ» وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكِ وَالْمِيزَانُ بِيَدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَرْفَعُ أَقْوَامًا وَيَخْفِضُ آخَرِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'There is no heart except that it is between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful. If He wills, He keeps it straight, and if He wills, He causes it to deviate.' And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: 'O Allah, O Turner of hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion. And the Balance is in the hand of the Most Merciful; He raises some peoples and lowers others until the Day of Resurrection.'
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1927No grade recorded
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولُ «يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say often: “O Turner of hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1928No grade recorded
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ أَيْمَانًا لَا يَرْتَدُّ وَنَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ وَمُرَافَقَةَ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي أَعْلَى دَرَجِ الْجَنَّةِ جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Ask, and you shall be given.” He said: I said: “O Allah, I ask You for faith that does not turn back, bliss that does not run out, and the companionship of Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in the highest degree of Paradise, the Garden of Eternity.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1929No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَرِيرَ الْبَصَرِ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ يَرُدُّ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ بَصَرِي فَقَالَ لَهُ «قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي قَدْ تَوَجَّهْتُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي اللَّهُمَّ شَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ وَشَفِّعْنِي فِي نَفْسِي» فَدَعَا بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ فَقَامَ وَقَدْ أَبْصَرَ تَابَعَهُ شَبِيبُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْحَبَطِيُّ عَنْ رَوْحِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ «زِيَادَاتٍ فِي الْمَتْنِ وَالْإِسْنَادِ وَالْقَوْلُ فِيهِ قَوْلُ شَبِيبٍ فَإِنَّهُ ثِقَةٌ مَأْمُونٌ»
✧ A blind man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of Allah, teach me a supplication by which I may call upon Allah to restore my sight.” He said to him: “Say: O Allah, I ask You and turn to You by Your Prophet, the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I have turned by you to my Lord. O Allah, make him intercede for me and make me intercede for myself.” He supplicated with this, and he stood up and could see. Shabib b. Saʿid al-Habati followed him from Rawh b. al-Qasim: “Additions in the text and the chain, and the statement about it is the statement of Shabib, for he is trustworthy and reliable.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1930No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ ضَرِيرٌ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ ذَهَابَ بَصَرِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ لِي قَائِدٌ وَقَدْ شَقَّ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ائْتِ الْمِيضَأَةَ فَتَوَضَّأْ ثُمَّ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَيُجَلِّي لِي عَنْ بَصَرِي اللَّهُمَّ شَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ وَشَفِّعْنِي فِي نَفْسِي قَالَ عُثْمَانُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا تَفَرَّقْنَا وَلَا طَالَ بِنَا الْحَدِيثُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ وَكَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ ضُرٌّ قَطُّ
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a blind man came to him and complained of the loss of his sight. He said: “O Messenger of Allah, I have no guide and it has become hard for me.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Go to the place of ablution, perform ablution, then pray two rakʿahs, then say: O Allah, I ask You and turn to You by Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I turn by you to your Lord that He may remove my blindness. O Allah, make him intercede for me and make me intercede for myself.” ʿUthman said: “By Allah, we had not separated and the conversation had not lengthened before the man entered as if he had never had any affliction at all.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1931No grade recorded
لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ فَقَوِّ فِي رِضَاكَ ضَعْفِي وَخُذْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ بِنَاصِيَتِي وَاجْعَلِ الْإِسْلَامَ مُنْتَهَى رِضَائِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ فَقَوِّنِي وَإِنِّي ذَلِيلٌ فَأَعِزَّنِي وَإِنِّي فَقِيرٌ فَارْزُقْنِي»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Say: O Allah, I am weak, so strengthen my weakness in Your pleasure; take the good by my forelock; and make Islam the utmost of my satisfaction. O Allah, I am weak, so strengthen me; I am lowly, so honor me; I am poor, so provide for me.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1932No grade recorded
قِيلَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْ تُسْمَعْ وَسَلْ تُعْطَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْمٍ فِتْنَةً فَتَوَفَّنِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا غَيْرُ مَفْتُونٍ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَحُبًّا يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ»
✧ It was said to me: “O Muhammad, say and you will be heard; ask and you will be given.” He said: I said: “O Allah, I ask You for the doing of good deeds, the abandoning of evil deeds, love of the poor, and that You forgive me and have mercy on me. And if You intend a trial for a people, take me to You without being tried. O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and a love that brings me to Your love.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1933No grade recorded
كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ مَتِّعْنِي بِسَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي حَتَّى تَجْعَلَهُمَا الْوَارِثَ مِنِّي وَعَافِنِي فِي دِينِي وَجَسَدِي وَانْصُرْنِي مِمَّنْ ظَلَمَنِي حَتَّى تُرِيَنِي فِيهِ ثَأْرِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْلَمْتُ نَفْسِي إِلَيْكَ وَفَوَّضْتُ أَمْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَأَلْجَأْتُ ظَهْرِي إِلَيْكَ وَخَلَّيْتُ وَجْهِي إِلَيْكَ لَا مَلْجَأَ مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ آمَنْتُ بِرَسُولِكَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلْتَ وَبِكِتَابِكَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْتَ»
✧ Among the supplications of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was: “O Allah, let me enjoy my hearing and my sight until You make them my heirs, grant me well-being in my religion and my body, and help me against the one who wronged me until You show me my revenge upon him. O Allah, I have surrendered myself to You, entrusted my affair to You, leaned my back upon You, and turned my face to You. There is no refuge from You except to You. I believe in Your Messenger whom You sent and in Your Book which You revealed.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1934No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَجْلِسُ مَجْلِسًا كَانَ عِنْدَهُ أَحَدٌ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ إِلَّا قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي مِنْ طَاعَتِكَ مَا تَحُولُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ مَعْصِيَتَكَ وَارْزُقْنِي مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ مَا تُبَلِّغُنِي بِهِ رَحْمَتَكَ وَارْزُقْنِي مِنَ الْيَقِينِ مَا تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيَّ مَصَائِبَ الدُّنْيَا وَبَارِكْ لِي فِي سَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَاجْعَلْهُمَا الْوَارِثَ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ وَخُذْ بِثَأْرِي مِمَّنْ ظَلَمَنِي وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ عَادَانِي وَلَا تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّي وَلَا مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِي اللَّهُمَّ وَلَا تُسَلَّطْ عَلَيَّ مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُنِي» فَسُئِلَ عَنْهُنَّ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْتِمُ بِهِنَّ مَجْلِسَهُ»
✧ "He would never sit in a gathering without anyone else present, except that he would say, 'O Allah, forgive me for what I have done in the past and what I will do in the future, and what I have hidden and what I have made public, and what You know of me that I do not know. O Allah, grant me from Your obedience what will come between me and Your disobedience, and grant me from Your fear what will bring me closer to Your mercy, and grant me from certainty what will make worldly tribulations easier for me. Bless my hearing and my vision and make them my heirs. O Allah, seek revenge for me from those who wrong me, and help me against those who oppose me, and do not make the world my greatest concern, and do not allow knowledge to be beyond my reach. O Allah, do not let those who do not show mercy towards me have control over me.'" Ibn 'Umar was asked about them, and he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to conclude his gatherings with them."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1935No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا رُفِعَتِ الْمَائِدَةُ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا فِيهِ غَيْرَ مَكْفِيٍّ وَلَا مُوَدَّعٍ وَلَا مُسْتَغْنًى عَنْهُ رَبَّنَا»
✧ When the table was lifted, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say: “Praise be to Allah, much, good, blessed therein, not sufficient, nor forsaken, nor dispensed with, our Lord.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1936No grade recorded
قَالَ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَا رَبِّ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَذْكُرُكَ بِهِ وَأَدْعُوكَ بِهِ قَالَ يَا مُوسَى قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ كُلُّ عِبَادِكَ يَقُولُ هَذَا قَالَ قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ إِنَّمَا أُرِيدُ شَيْئًا تُخُصُّنِي بِهِ قَالَ يَا مُوسَى لَوْ كَانَ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَعَامِرُهُنَّ غَيْرِي وَالْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعُ فِي كِفَّةٍ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فِي كِفَّةٍ مَالَتْ بِهِنَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
✧ Moses ﷺ said: “O Lord, teach me something by which I remember You and call upon You.” He said: “O Moses, say: There is no god but Allah.” He said: “O Lord, all Your servants say this.” He said: “Say: There is no god but Allah.” He said: “There is no god but You, O Lord, but I want something You single me out with.” He said: “O Moses, if the seven heavens and their inhabitants besides Me, and the seven earths were on one scale, and ‘There is no god but Allah’ on the other, it would outweigh them: There is no god but Allah.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1937No grade recorded
يُصَاحُ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْخَلَائِقِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُنْشَرُ لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ سِجِلًّا كُلُّ سِجِلٍّ مَدَّ الْبَصَرِ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَتُنْكِرُ مِنْ هَذَا شَيْئًا؟ فَيَقُولُ لَا يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ أَلَكَ عُذْرٌ أَوْ حَسَنَةٌ؟ فَيَهَابُ الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُ لَا يَا رَبِّ فَيَقُولُ بَلَى إِنَّ لَكَ عِنْدَنَا حَسَنَاتٍ وَإِنَّهُ لَا ظُلْمَ عَلَيْكَ فَيُخْرَجُ لَهُ بِطَاقَةٌ فِيهَا أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مَا هَذِهِ الْبِطَاقَةُ مَعَ هَذِهِ السِّجِلَّاتِ؟ فَيَقُولُ إِنَّكَ لَا تُظْلَمُ قَالَ فَيُوضَعُ السِّجِلَّاتُ فِي كِفَّةٍ وَالْبِطَاقَةُ فِي كِفَّةٍ فَطَاشَتِ السِّجِلَّاتُ وَثَقُلَتِ الْبِطَاقَةُ
✧ A man from my community will be called out before all creatures on the Day of Resurrection, and ninety-nine scrolls will be spread out for him, each scroll as far as the eye can see. Then it will be said to him: “Do you deny anything of this?” He will say: “No, O Lord.” He will say: “Do you have an excuse or a good deed?” The man will be afraid and say: “No, O Lord.” He will say: “Yes, you have good deeds with Us, and no injustice will be done to you.” Then a card will be brought out for him, on which is: “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.” He will say: “O Lord, what is this card compared to these scrolls?” He will say: “You will not be wronged.” He said: The scrolls will be placed on one scale and the card on the other, and the scrolls will be light and the card will outweigh.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1938No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ أَوْسَطَ الْبَجَلِيَّ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ حِمْصٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَالَ فَاخْتَنَقَتْهُ الْعَبْرَةُ وَبَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ عَامَ أَوَّلَ «سَلُوا اللَّهَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ وَالْيَقِينَ فِي الْأُولَى وَالْآخِرَةِ فَإِنَّهُ مَا أُوتِي الْعَبْدُ بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ خَيْرًا مِنَ الْعَافِيَةِ»
✧ I heard Awsat al-Bajali on the pulpit of Hims saying: I heard Abu Bakr al-Siddiq on the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say — then he was overcome with tears and wept, then said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on this pulpit say in the first year: “Ask Allah for pardon, well-being, and certainty in the first and the last, for after certainty the servant is not given anything better than well-being.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1939No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَمِّهِ «أَكْثِرِ الدُّعَاءَ بِالْعَافِيَةِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to his uncle: “Make much supplication for well-being.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1940No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ أَنْ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَعَافِنِي وَارْحَمْنِي»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach those who embraced Islam to say, “O Allah, guide me, provide for me, grant me well-being, and have mercy on me.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1941No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي جَسَدِي وَعَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي وَاجْعَلْهُ الْوَارِثَ مِنِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, “O Allah, grant me well-being in my body, grant me well-being in my sight, and make it the inheritor of me. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1942No grade recorded
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ وَافَقْتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ مَا أَقُولُ فِيهَا؟ قَالَ قُولِي «اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي»
✧ I said, “O Messenger of Allah, what do you think—if I were to coincide with the Night of Decree, what should I say during it?” He said, “Say: O Allah, You are Pardoning and You love pardon, so pardon me.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1943No grade recorded
كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ خَمْسٍ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَسُوءِ الْعُمُرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الصَّدْرِ
✧ He used to seek refuge from five things: cowardice, miserliness, the evils of old age, the punishment of the grave, and the trial of the heart.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1944No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَالْقَسْوَةِ وَالْغَفْلَةِ وَالْعِيلَةَ وَالذِّلَّةَ وَالْمَسْكَنَةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْكُفْرِ وَالْفُسُوقِ وَالشِّقَاقِ وَالنِّفَاقِ وَالسُّمْعَةِ وَالرِّيَاءِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الصَّمَمِ وَالْبَكَمِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَالْبَرَصِ وَسَيِّئِ الْأَسْقَامِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say in his supplication: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity, laziness, cowardice, miserliness, senility, hard-heartedness, heedlessness, poverty, humiliation, and destitution. I seek refuge in You from poverty, disbelief, wickedness, dissension, hypocrisy, seeking reputation, and showing off. I seek refuge in You from deafness, muteness, madness, leprosy, vitiligo, and all bad diseases.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1945No grade recorded
كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الْعَدُوِّ وَشَمَاتَةِ الْأَعْدَاءِ»
✧ He used to supplicate with these words: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from being overcome by debt, from being overcome by the enemy, and from the gloating of enemies.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1946No grade recorded
كَانَ يَدْعُو فَيَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَمِنْ تَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ وَمِنْ فُجَاءَةِ نِقْمَتِكَ وَمِنْ جَمِيعِ سَخَطِكَ»
✧ He used to supplicate, saying: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the cessation of Your blessings, from the removal of Your well-being, from the sudden onset of Your punishment, and from all that displeases You.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1947No grade recorded
«تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْفَقْرَ وَالْقِلَّةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَأَنْ تُظْلَمَ أَوْ أَنْ تَظْلِمَ»
✧ “Seek refuge in Allah from poverty, scarcity, humiliation, and from wronging others or being wronged.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1948No grade recorded
كَانَ يَدْعُو فَيَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَدْمِ وَالتَّرَدِّي وَالْهَرَمِ وَالْغَمِّ وَالْغَرَقِ وَالْحَرَقِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ يَتَخَبَّطَنِي الشَّيْطَانُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ مُدْبِرًا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ لَدِيغًا»
✧ He used to supplicate, saying: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from destruction by collapsing, from falling from a height, from senility, from grief, from drowning, and from burning. I seek refuge in You from Satan seizing me at the time of death. I seek refuge in You from dying while retreating in Your path, and I seek refuge in You from dying from a sting in Your path.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1949No grade recorded
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنِي مُنْكَرَاتِ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَالْأَهْوَاءِ وَالْأَعْمَالِ وَالْأَدْوَاءِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say: “O Allah, keep me away from reprehensible morals, desires, actions, and diseases.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1950No grade recorded
«أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالدَّيْنِ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَتَعْدِلُ الْكُفْرَ بِالدَّيْنِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»
✧ “I seek refuge in Allah from disbelief and debt.” A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, do you equate disbelief with debt?” He said, “Yes.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1951No grade recorded
كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي دُعَائِهِ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَارِ السُّوءِ فِي دَارِ الْمُقَامَةِ فَإِنَّ جَارَ الْبَادِيَةِ يَتَحَوَّلُ»
✧ He used to say in his supplication: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a bad neighbor in the permanent abode, for the neighbor of the desert moves away.”
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1952No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ جَارِ الْمُقَامِ فَإِنَّ جَارَ الْمُسَافِرِ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يُزَايِلَ زَايَلَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "Seek refuge with Allah from the evil of the settled neighbor, for the traveler's neighbor, if he wishes, can depart."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1953No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي تَعَوُّذًا أَتَعَوَّذُ بِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِكَفِّي فَقَالَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ سَمْعِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ بَصَرِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَنِيِّي «حَتَّى حَفِظَهَا»
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, teach me a refuge-seeking supplication that I may seek refuge by it. He took hold of my palm and said: "Say: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my hearing, and from the evil of my sight, and from the evil of my soul, and from the evil of my semen," until I memorized it.
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1954No grade recorded
سَمِعَنِي أَبِي وَأَنَا أَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْكَسَلِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ» فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ مِمَّنْ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُهُنَّ قَالَ «الْزَمْهُنَّ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُنَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُهُنَّ»
✧ My father heard me saying: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety, laziness, and the punishment of the grave." He said: O my son, from whom did you hear this? I said: I heard you saying them. He said: "Hold fast to them, for I heard them from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying them."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1955No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَمَاتِ وَفِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hell, and the punishment of the grave, and the trial of life, and the trial of death, and the trial of the Dajjal."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1956No grade recorded
«اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ طَمَعٍ يَهْدِي إِلَى طَبْعٍ وَمِنْ طَمَعٍ فِي غَيْرِ مَطْمَعٍ حِينَ لَا مَطْمَعَ»
✧ "Seek refuge with Allah from greed that leads to stinginess, and from greed for something not desired when there is no desire."
al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 1957No grade recorded
كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَقَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَمِنَ الْجُوعِ فَإِنَّهُ بِئْسَ الضَّجِيعُ وَمِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ فَإِنَّهَا بِئْسَتِ الْبِطَانَةُ وَمِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَمِنَ الْهَرَمِ وَمِنْ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ قُلُوبًا أَوَّاهَةً مُخْبِتَةً مُنِيبَةً فِي سَبِيلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ عَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَمُنْجِيَاتِ أَمْرِكَ وَالسَّلَامَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ وَالْفَوْزَ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّجَاةَ مِنَ النَّارِ»
✧ Among the supplications of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, a heart that does not humble, a supplication that is not heard, a soul that is not satisfied, and from hunger, for it is an evil bedfellow; and from treachery, for it is an evil inner trait; and from laziness, miserliness, cowardice, senility, and from being brought back to the worst age; and from the trial of the Dajjal, the punishment of the grave, and the trial of life and death. O Allah, we ask You for hearts that are humble, submissive, and repentant in Your path. O Allah, we ask You for the determinations of Your forgiveness, the means of salvation in Your command, safety from every sin, booty from every act of piety, success in attaining Paradise, and deliverance from the Fire."