45. Names of Allah

1. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7612No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لِلَّهِ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ اسْمًا مِائَةٌ إِلَّا وَاحِدًا مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِنَّهُ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ» اللَّفْظُ لِرَبِيعٍ

   Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has ninety-nine names, i.e. one-hundred minus one, and whoever knows them will go to Paradise." (Please see Hadith No. 419 Vol. 8) (Using translation from Bukhārī 2736)

2. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7613No grade recorded

   أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَا أَرْقِيكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قَالَ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ وَعَيْنٍ بِسْمِ اللهِ أَرْقِيكَ

   ✧ Jibril came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "Shall I not perform ruqya on you, O Muhammad?" He said: "Yes." He said: "In the name of Allah I perform ruqya on you from everything that harms you, and from the evil of every soul and eye. In the name of Allah I perform ruqya on you."

3. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7614No grade recorded

   أَنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ كَانُوا يَأْتُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بِلُحُومٍ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ يَأْتُونَا بِلَحْمٍ وَلَا نَدْرِي أَذَكَرُوا اسْمَ اللهِ عَلَيْهَا أَمْ لَا؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللهِ وَكُلُوا»

   ✧ Some desert Arabs used to bring meat to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and they said: 'O Messenger of Allah, some desert Arabs bring us meat, and we do not know whether they mentioned the name of Allah over it or not.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Mention the name of Allah and eat.'

4. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7615No grade recorded

   شَهِدْتُ الْأَضْحَى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ رَأَى غَنَمًا قَدْ ذُبِحَتْ قَالَ «مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَذْبَحْ شَاةً مَكَانَهَا وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَبَحَ فَلْيَذْبَحْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللهِ»

   ✧ I attended the Eid al-Adha prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he prayed with the people. When he finished the prayer, he saw some sheep that had been slaughtered. He said: 'Whoever slaughtered before the prayer, let him slaughter a sheep in its place, and whoever has not slaughtered, let him slaughter in the name of Allah.'

5. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7616No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَدْرَكَ عُمَرَ فِي رَكْبٍ يَحْلِفُ بِأَبِيهِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ يَنْهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ حَالِفٌ يَحْلِفُ بِاللهِ أَوْ لِيَسْكُتْ»

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ caught up with Umar while he was riding and swearing by his father. He said: 'Indeed Allah forbids you from swearing by your fathers. Let the one who swears swear by Allah, or be silent.'

6. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7617No grade recorded

   كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْخَلَاءَ قَالَ «أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ»

   ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the lavatory, he would say: 'I seek refuge in Allah from the male and female devils.'

7. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7618No grade recorded

   أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ قَدْ قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ وَهُوَ يَتَشَهَّدُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ يَا اللهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كَفُّوًا أَحَدٌ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي ذُنُوبِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قَدْ غَفَرَ لَهُ» ثَلَاثًا خَالَفَهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ

   ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque and found a man who had finished his prayer and was saying the tashahhud: 'O Allah, the One, the Unique, the Eternal Refuge, who neither begets nor is begotten, and there is none comparable to Him, I ask You to forgive my sins; indeed You are the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said three times: 'He has been forgiven.' Malik b. Mighwal disagreed with this.

8. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7619No grade recorded

   أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْوَاحِدُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ اللهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ 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)

9. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7620No grade recorded

   عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ كَذَّبَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَنْ يُكَذِّبَنِي وَشَتَمَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَمْ يَنْبَغِ لَهُ أَنْ يَشْتِمَنِي فَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ إِيَّايَ فَقَوْلُهُ لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا بَنَانِي وَلَيْسَ الْخَلْقُ بِأَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ إِعَادَتِهِ وَأَمَّا شَتْمُهُ فَقَوْلُهُ اتَّخَذَ اللهُ وَلَدًا وَأَنَا اللهُ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ أَلِدْ وَلَمْ أُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي كَفُّوا أَحَدٌ

   ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: Allah ﷻ said: 'The son of Adam belied Me, though he had no right to belie Me, and the son of Adam reviled Me, though he should not have reviled Me. As for his belying Me, it is his saying: "He will not resurrect me as He created me at first"—but the first creation is not easier for Me than restoring him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying: "Allah has taken a son"—but I am Allah, the One, the Eternal Refuge, who neither begets nor is begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.'

10. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7621No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبَّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى مُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرٍّ أَنْتَ آخُذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ أَنْتَ الْأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَيْءٌ أَقْضِ عَنِّي الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنِي مِنَ الْفَقْرِ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ retired to his bed, he would say: 'O Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, Lord of everything, Splitter of the grain and date-stone, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Quran, we seek refuge in You from the evil of every possessor of evil—You seize him by his forelock. You are the First, so there is nothing before You; You are the Last, so there is nothing after You; You are the Manifest, so there is nothing above You; You are the Hidden, so there is nothing below You. Settle our debt and make us free from poverty.'

11. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7622No grade recorded

    أَتَتْ فَاطِمَةُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَسْأَلُهُ خَادِمًا فَقَالَ «الَّذِي جِئْتِ تَطْلُبِينَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكِ أَوْ خَيْرًا مِنْهُ؟» قَالَ فَحَسِبْتُ أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ قَوْلِي مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَتْ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «فَقُولِي اللهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ رَبَّنَا وَرَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُنْزِلَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْفُرْقَانِ وَفَالِقَ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ آخُذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ أَنْتَ الْأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَيْءٌ اقْضِ عَنَّا الدِّينَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ»

    ✧ Fatimah came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asking him for a servant. He said: 'Is what you have come to ask for dearer to you, or something better than it?' He said: 'I thought she asked Ali.' He said: 'Say: what is better?' She said: 'What is better?' He said: 'Say: O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne, our Lord and Lord of everything, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion, Splitter of the grain and date-stone, I seek refuge in You from the evil of every thing—You seize it by its forelock. You are the First, so there is nothing before You; You are the Last, so there is nothing after You; You are the Manifest, so there is nothing above You; You are the Hidden, so there is nothing below You. Settle our debt and make us free from poverty.'

12. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7623No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِيمَا يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ رَبِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى «إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ رَحِيمٌ مَنْ هَمَّ بِحَسَنَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عَشْرًا إِلَى سَبْعمِائَةٍ إِلَى أَضْعَافٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَمَنْ هَمَّ بِسَيِّئَةٍ وَلَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةً فَإِنْ عَمَلَهَا كُتِبَتْ وَاحِدَةً أَوْ يَمْحَاهَا اللهُ وَلَا يَهْلِكُ عَلَى اللهِ إِلَّا هَالِكٌ»

    ✧ On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, in what he relates from his Lord, Blessed and Exalted: 'Indeed your Lord is Merciful. Whoever intends a good deed but does not do it, one good deed is written for him; if he does it, ten to seven hundred, to many multiples, are written for him. And whoever intends an evil deed but does not do it, one good deed is written for him; if he does it, one (evil deed) is written, or Allah wipes it away. No one is destroyed against Allah except one who is destroyed.'

13. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7624No grade recorded

    قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا اللهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ خَالَفَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ

    His father said: "We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, how should we send salah upon you?' He said: 'Say: Alahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad, kama sallaita 'ala Ibrahima wa barik 'ala Muhammad kama barakta 'ala ali Ibrahim fil-'alamin, innaka hamidun majid (O Allah, send salah upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent salah upon the family of Ibrahim, and send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon the family of Ibrahim among the nations. You are indeed Worthy of praise, Full of glory.)'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1290)

14. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7625No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ وَسَأَلَهُ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ خَارِجَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ صَلَّوْا عَلَيَّ ثُمَّ قُولُوا اللهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

    ✧ I heard Musa ibn Talhah and Abdul Hamid asked him, "How is the prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ?" Musa answered, "I asked Zaid ibn Kharijah al-Ansari who said, 'I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how is the prayer upon you?' He replied, 'Say, 'O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed the family of Ibrahim. Surely, You are worthy of praise and glory.'"

15. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7626No grade recorded

    عَنْ عَلِيٍّ لَقَّانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ وَأَمَرَنِي إِنْ نَزَلَ بِي كُرْبَةٌ أَوْ شِدَّةٌ أَنْ أَقُولَهَا «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَهُ تَبَارَكَ اللهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»

    ✧ From Ali: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me these words and commanded me, if any distress or hardship befalls me, to say them: 'There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous. Glory be to Him. Blessed is Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.'

16. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7627No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ الْكَرْبِ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say at times of distress: 'There is no god but Allah, the Great, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth and Lord of the Noble Throne.'

17. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7628No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهِنَّ عِنْدَ الْكَرْبُ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate with these words at times of distress: 'There is no god but Allah, the Great, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Noble Throne.'

18. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7629No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ صَلَّى إِلَى جَنْبِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً وَكَانَ يَقُولُ فِي رُكُوعِهِ «سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ» وَفِي سُجُودِهِ «سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى»

    ✧ He prayed beside the Prophet ﷺ one night, and he used to say in his bowing, “Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent,” and in his prostration, “Glory be to my Lord, the Most High.”

19. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7630No grade recorded

    قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ إِذَا قُلْتَهُنَّ غُفِرَ لَكَ عَلَى أَنَّهُ مَغْفُورٌ لَكَ؟ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Shall I not teach you some words which, if you say them, you will be forgiven, though you are already forgiven? (They are:) There is no god but Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent; there is no god but He, the Forbearing, the Generous; glory be to Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne; praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.”

20. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7631No grade recorded

    قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ إِذَا قُلْتَهُنَّ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَعَ أَنَّهُ مَغْفُورٌ لَكَ؟ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ السَّمَوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Shall I not teach you some words which, if you say them, you will be forgiven, although you are already forgiven? (They are:) There is no god but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous; there is no god but Allah, the Most High, the Magnificent; glory be to Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Noble Throne; praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.”

21. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7632No grade recorded

    عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَهَبَطْنَا فِي وَهْدَةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَرَفَعَ النَّاسُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَرْبِعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ؛ إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمًّا وَلَا غَائِبًا إِنَّكُمْ تَدْعُونَ سَمِيعًا قَرِيبًا» فَقَالَ لِي وَكُنْتُ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُ «يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَلَا أَدُلُّكُ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كَنْزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ»

    ✧ From Abu Musa: We were with the Prophet ﷺ when we descended into a low-lying area. The people raised their voices with takbir. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O people, be easy on yourselves, for you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent. You are calling upon One who is All-Hearing and Near.” Then he said to me, as I was close to him: “O ‘Abdullah b. Qays, shall I not direct you to a word from the treasure of Paradise?” I said, “Yes.” He said: “There is no might and no power except with Allah.”

22. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7633No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَجَعَلْنَا لَا نَصْعَدُ شَرَفًا وَلَا نَهْبِطُ وَادِيًا إِلَّا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا بِالتَّكْبِيرِ قَالَ فَدَنَا مِنَّا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَرْبِعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمًّا وَلَا غَائِبًا إِنَّمَا تَدْعُونَ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا إِنَّ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ عُنُقِ رَاحِلَتِهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَةٍ هِيَ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ»

    ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a military expedition, and we never ascended an elevation or descended into a valley without raising our voices with takbir. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came near to us and said: “O people, be easy on yourselves, for you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent. You are only calling upon One who is All-Hearing, All-Seeing. Indeed, the One you are calling is closer to one of you than the neck of his mount.” Then he said: “O ‘Abdullah b. Qays, shall I not teach you a word that is from the treasures of Paradise? (It is:) There is no might and no power except with Allah.”

23. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7634No grade recorded

    كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَجَعَلْنَا لَا نَصْعَدُ شَرَفًا وَلَا نَعْلُو شَرَفًا وَلَا نَهْبِطُ وَادِيًا إِلَّا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا بِالتَّكْبِيرِ فَدَنَا مِنَّا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَرْبِعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمًّا وَلَا غَائِبًا إِنَّمَا تَدَعُونَ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَةً هِيَ مِنْ كُنُوزٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ»

    ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a military expedition, and we never ascended an elevation, nor did we climb an elevation, nor did we descend into a valley, without raising our voices with takbir. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came near to us and said: “O people, be easy on yourselves, for you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent. You are only calling upon One who is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.” Then he said: “O ‘Abdullah b. Qays, shall I not teach you a word that is from a treasure in Paradise? (It is:) There is no might and no power except with Allah.”

24. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7635No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو «يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, "O Ever-Living, O Sustainer!"

25. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7636No grade recorded

    كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «أَيْ حَيُّ أَيْ قَيُّومُ»

    ✧ Among the supplications of the Prophet ﷺ was: “O Ever-Living, O Sustainer.”

26. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7637No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِلَيْكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّتِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَالْجِنُّ وَالْإِنْسُ يَمُوتُونَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: “O Allah, to You I have submitted, and in You I have believed, and upon You I have relied, and to You I have turned, and with You I have contended. I seek refuge in Your might—there is no god but You—You are the Living who does not die, while jinn and humans die.”

27. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7638No grade recorded

    وَعَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَتْ «لَمَّا كَانَتْ لَيْلَتِي الَّتِي هُوَ عِنْدِي انْفَلَتَ فَوَضَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ رِدَاءَهُ وَبَسَطَ طَرَفَ إِزَارِهِ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ» خَالَفَهُ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ فَرَوَاهُ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ [135] 7639 أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ؟ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ

    ✧ And from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? I said, “Yes.” She said: “When it was my night and he was with me, he slipped away, placed his sandals by his feet, laid down his cloak, spread the edge of his lower garment over his bed,” and she narrated the hadith in full. Ibn Wahb differed from him, reporting it from Ibn Jurayj, from ‘Abdullah b. Kathir, from Muhammad b. Qays. [135] 7639 Sulayman b. Dawud informed us: ‘Abdullah b. Wahb narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj informed us, from ‘Abdullah b. Kathir, that he heard Muhammad b. Qays say: I heard ‘A’ishah say: Shall I not tell you about the Prophet ﷺ? Then he mentioned something similar.

28. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7640No grade recorded

    جَاءَ حَبْرٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ وَضَعَ اللهُ السَّمَوَاتِ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ وَالْأَرَضِينَ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ وَالْجِبَالَ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ قَالَ فُضَيْلٌ وَهَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ وَالثَّرَى وَالْمَاءُ وَسَائِرُ الْخَلْقِ عَلَى هَذِهِ ثُمَّ هَزَّهُنَّ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ الْمُلُوكُ لِمَنِ الْمُلْكَ الْيَوْمَ لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ {وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللهِ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ} [الزمر 67]

    Jabir came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "On the Day of Resurrection, when Allah places the heavens on a finger, the earths on a finger, and the mountains on a finger..." Fudayl added, "and this one, and this one, and this one, and this one, and the soil and water and all of creation on this one, then He shook them and He would say, 'Where are the kings? To whom does dominion belong today?'" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed until his molars were visible, then he said, "They did not give Allah the Esteem that He ˹truly deserves˺, and the earth entirely will be ˹within˺ His grip.' (al-Zumar 67)"

29. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7641No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا تَضَوَّرَ أَيْ تَقَلَّبَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ «لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ»

    ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ tossed and turned during the night, he would say: “There is no god but Allah, the One, the Subduer, Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Mighty, the Forgiving.”

30. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7642No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَأْخُذُ الْجَبَّارُ سَمَوَاتِهِ وَأَرَضَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَقَبَضَ يَدَيْهِ فَجَعَلَ يَقْبِضُهُمَا وَيَبْسُطُهُمَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ فَأَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ؟ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ؟ قَالَ وَيَمِيلُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ تَحَرَّكَ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَقُولُ سَاقِطٌ هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “The Compeller will take His heavens and His earth in His hand,” and he clenched both his hands, then began clenching and opening them, saying: “I am the Compeller. Where are the tyrants? Where are the arrogant?” He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ leaned to his right and to his left, until I looked at the pulpit and saw it shaking from its lowest part, so much so that I said, “It is about to fall with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

31. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7643No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَوَّلُ النَّاسِ تَنْشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ عَنْ جُمْجُمَتِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَا فَخْرَ آتِي بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ فَآخُذُ حَلْقَتَهُ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَأَقُولُ أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ فَيَفْتَحُونَ لِي فَأَدْخُلُ فَأَجِدُ الْجَبَّارُ مُسْتَقْبِلِي فَأَسْجُدْ لَهُ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “I will be the first of mankind from whose skull the earth will split open on the Day of Resurrection, and no boast. I will come to the gate of Paradise and take hold of its ring. He will say, ‘Who is this?’ I will say, ‘I am Muhammad.’ Then they will open for me and I will enter and find the Compeller facing me, and I will prostrate to Him.”

32. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7644No grade recorded

    قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي كَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ قَالَ قُلِ اللهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ «قُلْهَا إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ وَإِذَا أَوَيْتَ إِلَى فِرَاشِكَ»

    ✧ Abu Bakr said, "O Messenger of Allah, teach me words to say when I enter upon the morning and when I enter upon the evening." He said, "Say: O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, Lord of all things and their Sovereign, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul and the evil of Satan and his shirk. Say it when you enter upon the morning and when you enter upon the evening and when you retire to your bed."

33. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7645No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْبِضُ اللهُ الْأَرْضَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَطْوِي السَّمَوَاتِ بِيَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَيْنَ مُلُوكُ الْأَرْضِ

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, and Sulayman b. Dawud informed us, he said: Ibn Wahb narrated to us, he said: Yunus informed me from Ibn Shihab from Sa'id b. al-Musayyib that Abu Hurayrah used to say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah will seize the earth on the Day of Resurrection and fold the heavens in His right hand, then He will say, 'I am the King; where are the kings of the earth?'"

34. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7646No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي رُكُوعِهِ «سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالرُّوحِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say in his bowing, "Glorified, Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit."

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    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا تَبَوَّأَ مَضْجَعَهُ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَفَانِي وَآوَانِي وَأَطْعَمَنِي وَسَقَانِي وَالَّذِي مَنَّ عَلَيَّ وَأَفْضَلَ وَأَعْطَانِي فَأَجْزَلَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ اللهُمَّ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَإِلَهَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ settled into his resting place, he would say, "Praise be to Allah who has sufficed me and sheltered me, fed me and given me drink, and who has been gracious to me and bestowed generously and given me abundantly. Praise be to Allah in every condition. O Allah, Lord of all things and Sovereign of all things and God of all things, I seek refuge in You from the Fire."

36. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7648No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ {وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللهَ حَقُّ قَدْرِهِ وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالسَّمَوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدَيْهِ هَكَذَا وَبَسَطَهُمَا وَجَعَلَ بَاطِنَهُمَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ «يُمَجِّدُ الرَّبُّ نَفْسَهُ أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَنَا الْعَزِيزُ أَنَا الْكَرِيمُ» فَرَجَفَ بِهِ الْمِنْبَرُ حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيَخِرَّنَّ بِهِ الْمِنْبَرُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited one day on the pulpit these verses: {They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be within His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand} to the end of the verse. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said with both his hands like this, spreading them and turning their palms toward the sky, "The Lord magnifies Himself: I am the Mighty, I am the King, I am the Exalted in Might, I am the Generous." The pulpit shook with him until we said it would surely fall with him.

37. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7649No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَالْأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ} [الزمر 67] الْآيَةُ قَالَ وَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا «يُمَجِّدُ الرَّبُّ» وَوَصَفَهُ لَنَا عَفَّانُ يَقْبِضُ يَدَهُ وَيَبْسُطُهَا «أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ أَنَا الْمُتَكَبِّرُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَنَا الْعَزِيزُ أَنَا الْكَرِيمُ» فَرَجَفَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمِنْبَرُ حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيَخِرَّنَّ بِهِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited this verse: {They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be within His grip on the Day of Resurrection} [al-Zumar 67] to the end of the verse. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept saying with his hand like this, "The Lord magnifies Himself." And 'Affan described it to us: he clenches his hand and opens it. "I am the Mighty, I am the Arrogant, I am the King, I am the Exalted in Might, I am the Generous." The pulpit shook with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until we said it would surely fall with him.

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    ذُكِرَ الْعَزْلُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لِمَ يَفْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ ذَلِكَ» وَلَمْ يَقُلْ «فَلَا يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْسَتْ نَفْسٌ مَخْلُوقَةٌ إِلَّا اللهُ خَالِقُهَا» اللَّفْظُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ

    ✧ Withdrawal ('azl) was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, "Why would one of you do that?" And he did not say, "Let him not do that, for there is no soul created except that Allah is its Creator." The wording is Muhammad's.

39. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7651No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا صِرْمَةَ وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يَقُولَانِ أَصَبْنَا سَبَايَا فِي غَزْوَةِ بَنِي الْمُصْطَلِقِ وَهِيَ الْغَزْوَةُ الَّتِي أَصَابَ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جُوَيْرِيَةَ فَكَانَ مِنَّا مَنْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ أَهْلًا وَمِنَّا مَنْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَمْتِعَ وَيَبِيعَ فَتَرَاجَعْنَا فِي الْعَزْلِ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَعْزِلُوا فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ قَدَّرَ مَا هُوَ خَالِقٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»

    ✧ He heard Abu Sirmah and Abu Sa'id al-Khudri say: We captured female captives in the expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq, which is the expedition in which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ captured Juwayriyah. Some of us wanted to take them as wives, and some of us wanted to enjoy them and sell them. We debated about withdrawal ('azl), then we mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, "It does not matter if you do not practice withdrawal, for Allah has already decreed what He is creating until the Day of Resurrection."

40. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7652No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مُرْنِي بِكَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ قَالَ قُلِ اللهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ فَقَالَ «قُلْهَا إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ وَإِذَا أَخَذَتْ مَضْجَعَكَ»

    ✧ Abu Bakr asked the Prophet ﷺ, "Command me with words to say when I enter upon the morning and when I enter upon the evening." He said, "Say: O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, Lord of all things and their Sovereign, I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul and from the evil of Satan." Then he said, "Say it when you enter upon the morning and when you enter upon the evening and when you take to your bed."

41. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7653No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ السَّلَامُ فَإِذَا قَعَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عَبَّادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِينَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهَ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ثُمَّ يَتَخَيَّرُ بعد مِنَ الْكَلَامِ مَا شَاءَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah is Peace, so when one of you sits, let him say: All greetings, prayers, and good things are for Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. Then let him choose afterward whatever supplication he wishes."

42. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7654No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جَالِسًا وَرَجُلٌ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَتَشَهَّدَ فَقَالَ فِي دُعَائِهِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يَاذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لأِصَحْابِهِ «تَدْرُونَ بِمَ دَعَا؟ فَقَالُوا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ» وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ دَعَا بِاسْمِهِ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى

    ✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while a man was standing praying. When he bowed, prostrated, and recited the tashahhud, he said in his supplication, "O Allah, I ask You by virtue of the fact that all praise is Yours, there is no god but You, the Bestower, Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, O Living, O Sustainer, I ask You." The Prophet ﷺ said to his companions, "Do you know what he supplicated with?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, he has supplicated by His greatest name, which when He is called upon by it He answers, and when He is asked by it He gives."

43. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7655No grade recorded

    قال قال رسول الله ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقُ وَيُعْطِي عَلَى الرِّفْقِ مَا لَا يُعْطِي عَلَى الْعُنْفِ»

    ✧ He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah is Gentle and loves gentleness, and He gives for gentleness what He does not give for harshness."

44. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7656No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يدعو إِذَا تَهَجَّدَ من الليل بهذا «اللهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السماوات وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيُّومُ السماوات وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ رَبُّ السماوات وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ وَلِقَاؤُكَ حَقُّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ اللهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ اللهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate when he performed tahajjud at night with this: “O Allah, to You belongs all praise. You are the Light of the heavens and the earth, and to You belongs all praise. You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth, and to You belongs all praise. You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them. You are the Truth, Your word is truth, Your promise is truth, the meeting with You is true, Paradise is true, the Fire is true, and the Hour is true. O Allah, to You I have submitted, in You I have believed, upon You I have relied, to You I have turned, with You I have disputed, and to You I have referred for judgment. So forgive me for what I have done and what I have delayed, what I have concealed and what I have declared. You are Allah; there is no god but You.”

45. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7657No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيَّامُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ وَقَوْلُكَ الْحَقُّ وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ وَلِقَاؤُكَ حَقٌّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ اللهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدِمْتُ وَأَخَّرْتُ وَأَسْرَرْتُ وَأَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ اللهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood for prayer in the depths of the night, he would say: “O Allah, to You belongs all praise. You are the Light of the heavens and the earth, and to You belongs all praise. You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth, and to You belongs all praise. You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them. You are the Truth, Your word is truth, Your promise is truth, the meeting with You is true, Paradise is true, the Fire is true, and the Hour is true. O Allah, to You I have submitted, in You I have believed, upon You I have relied, to You I have turned, with You I have disputed, and to You I have referred for judgment. So forgive me for what I have sent ahead and what I have delayed, what I have concealed and what I have declared. You are Allah; there is no god but You.”

46. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7658No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَتَهَجَّدُ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقٌّ وَقَوْلُكَ حَقٌّ وَلِقَاؤُكَ حَقٌّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ وَمُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ حَقٌّ اللهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدِمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at night to pray tahajjud, he would say: “O Allah, to You belongs all praise. You are the Light of the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them, and to You belongs all praise. You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them, and to You belongs all praise. You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them. You are the Truth, Your promise is true, Your word is true, the meeting with You is true, Paradise is true, the Fire is true, the Hour is true, the prophets are true, and Muhammad ﷺ is true. O Allah, to You I have submitted, in You I have believed, upon You I have relied, to You I have turned, with You I have disputed, and to You I have referred for judgment. So forgive me for what I have sent ahead and what I have delayed, what I have concealed and what I have declared. You are the One who brings forward and You are the One who defers; there is no god but You.”

47. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7659No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَدَّثَتْهُ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ أَتَى عَلَيْكَ يَوْمٌ أَشَدُّ مِنْ يَوْمِ أُحُدٍ؟ قَالَ لَقَدْ لَقِيتُ مِنْ قَوْمِكِ وَكَانَ أَشَدَّ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْعَقَبَةِ إِذْ عَرَضْتُ نَفْسِي عَلَى ابْنِ عَبْدِ يَالِيلُ بْنِ عَبْدِ كُلَالٍ فَلَمْ يُجِبْنِي إِلَى مَا أَرَدْتُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ وَأَنَا مَهْمُومٌ عَلَى وَجْهِي فَلَمْ أَسْتَفِقْ إِلَّا بِقَرْنِ الثَّعَالِبِ فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَإِذَا أَنَا بِسَحَابَةٍ قَدْ أَظَلَّتْنِي فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا جِبْرِيلُ فَنَادَانِي فَقَالُ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ سَمِعَ قَوْلَ قَوْمِكَ وَمَا رَدُّوا عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْ بَعَثَ إِلَيْكَ مَلَكَ الْجِبَالِ لِتَأْمُرَهُ بِمَا شِئْتَ فِيهِمْ فَنَادَانِي مَلَكُ الْجِبَالِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ سَمِعَ قَوْلَ قَوْمِكَ لَكَ وَأنا مَلَكُ الْجِبَالِ وَقَدْ بَعَثَنِي رَبُّكَ لِتَأْمُرَنِي بِمَا شِئْتَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أُطْبِقَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَخْشَبَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَرْجُو أَنْ يُخْرِجَ اللهُ مِنْ أَصْلَابِهِمْ مَنْ يَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَحْدَهُ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا»

    ✧ Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, narrated to him that she said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “O Messenger of Allah, has there ever been a day more difficult for you than the day of Uhud?” He said: “I suffered from your people, and the worst I suffered from them was on the day of ‘Aqaba, when I presented myself to Ibn ‘Abd Yalil b. ‘Abd Kulal, and he did not respond to what I wanted. So I left, troubled, on my face, and I did not regain awareness until I reached Qarn al-Tha‘alib. I raised my head, and there was a cloud that had shaded me. I looked, and in it was Jibril. He called me and said: ‘Allah has heard the words of your people and what they replied to you. He has sent the angel of the mountains to you so that you may command him whatever you wish concerning them.’ Then the angel of the mountains called me and greeted me, then said: ‘O Muhammad, Allah has heard the words of your people to you. I am the angel of the mountains, and your Lord has sent me to you so that you may command me whatever you wish. If you wish, I will crush them between the two mountains.’ But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘I hope that Allah will bring forth from their loins those who worship Allah alone and associate nothing with Him.’”

48. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7660No grade recorded

    أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي أَنَا الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me to recite: “Indeed, I am the Provider, Possessor of Strength, the Firm.”

49. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7661No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَصْبَرَ عَلَى أَذًى يَسْمَعُهُ مِنَ اللهِ يَدَّعُونَ لَهُ وَلَدًا وَإِنَّهُ يُعَافِيهِمْ وَيَرْزُقُهُمْ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “No one is more patient with harm that he hears than Allah. They claim a son for Him, yet He grants them well-being and provides for them.”

50. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7662No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَأْخُذُ اللهُ سَمَوَاتِهِ وَأَرَضِيهِ بِيَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا اللهُ وَيَقْبِضُ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ وَيَبْسُطُهَا أَنَا الرَّحْمَنُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَتَحَرَّكُ مِنْ أَسْفَلِ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ حَتَّى إِنِّي لَأَقُولُ أَسَاقِطٌ هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said while he was on the pulpit: “Allah takes His heavens and His earths in His two hands, then says: ‘I am Allah,’ and he closed his fingers and spread them: ‘I am the Most Merciful, I am the King,’ until I looked at the pulpit moving from its lowest part, and I said: ‘Is it falling with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?’”

51. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7663No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلَاتِي قَالَ قُلِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

    ✧ He said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: “Teach me a supplication that I may supplicate with in my prayer.” He said: “Say: O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly, and none forgives sins except You, so forgive me with forgiveness from You and have mercy on me. Indeed, You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”

52. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7664No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ صَبِيٌّ لَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَضُمُّ صَبِيَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَتَرْحَمُهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَاللهُ أَرْحَمُ بِكَ مِنْكَ بِهِ وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ» اللَّفْظُ لِعُبَيْدِ اللهِ

    ✧ A man from the Ansar was with the Prophet ﷺ and he had a young child with him. He began to hug his child to himself, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do you show him mercy?” He said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Allah is more merciful to you than you are to him, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.” The wording is that of ‘Ubayd Allah.

53. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7665No grade recorded

    قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَلِمْتُ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ مَا أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ قَوْلِي اللهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

    ✧ I said to the Prophet ﷺ: “What do you think? If I know the Night of Decree, what should I say?” He said: “Say: O Allah, indeed You are the Pardoner, You love pardon, so pardon me.”

54. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7666No grade recorded

    كَانَتْ يَمِينُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا وَمُقَلِّبِ الْقُلُوبِ»

    ✧ The oath of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was: “No, by the Turner of hearts.”

55. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7667No grade recorded

    أَنْ يَنَامَ يَضْطَجِعَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى مُنْزِلُ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ وَالْقُرْآنَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ أَنْتَ الْأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ قَبْلَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْآخِرُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الظَّاهِرُ فَلَيْسَ فَوْقَكَ شَيْءٌ وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَيْءٌ اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَأَغْنِنَا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ» وَكَانَ يَرْوِي ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

    when the prophet (May peace be upon him) went to his bed, he used to say: O Allah! Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, Lord of everything, who splittest the grain and the kernel, who hast sent down the Torah, forelock Thou seizes. Thou art the first and there is nothing before thee; Thou art the Last and there is nothing after Thee; Thou art the Outward and there is nothing above Thee; Thou art the Inward and there is nothing below Thee. Wahb added in his version: pay the debt for me and grant me riches instead of poverty. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5051)

56. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7668No grade recorded

    «قُلِ اللهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ وَإِذَا أَخَذْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ»

    ✧ “Say: O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, Originator of the heavens and the earth, 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 self, the evil of Shaytan, and his associates—when you enter the morning, when you enter the evening, and when you take your resting place.”

57. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7669No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَلْظُوا بِذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Cling to the Possessor of Majesty and Generosity."

58. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7670No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ»

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the salam, he would say, "O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Possessor of Majesty and Generosity."

59. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7671No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْحَلْقَةِ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَلَى الْقَوْمِ قَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ» قَالَ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ كَمَا يُحِبُّ رَبُّنَا وَيَرْضَى قَالَ قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «كَيْفَ؟» فَرَدَّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَمَا قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدِ ابْتَدَرَهَا عَشَرَةُ أَمْلَاكٍ كُلُّهُمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَى أَنْ يَكْتُبُوهَا فَمَا دَرُوا كَيْفَ يَكْتُبُونَهَا؟ حَتَّى رَفَعُوهُ إِلَى ذِي الْعِزَّةِ فَقَالَ اكْتُبُوهَا كَمَا قَالَ عَبْدِي

    ✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a circle when a man came and greeted the Prophet ﷺ and the people. He said, "Peace be upon you." The Prophet ﷺ replied to him, "And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." He said: When the man sat down, he said, "Praise be to Allah, abundant, good, blessed praise, as our Lord loves and is pleased with." He said: The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "How?" So he repeated to the Prophet ﷺ what he had said. The Prophet ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, ten angels raced to it, each of them eager to write it down, and they did not know how to write it until they raised it to the Possessor of Might, and He said, 'Write it as My servant said.'"

60. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7672No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَزَالُ جَهَنَّمُ تَقُولُ هَلْ مِنْ مَزِيدٍ حَتَّى يَضَعَ رَبُّ الْعِزَّةِ فِيهَا قَدَمَهُ فَتَقُولُ قَطِ قَطِ وَعِزَّتِكَ وَيُزْوِي بَعْضُهَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hell will keep saying, 'Is there any more?' until the Lord of Might places His foot in it, and it will say, 'Enough, enough, by Your might!' and it will shrink in on itself."

61. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7673No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «يَسْتَعِيذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave.

62. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7674No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَ يَسْتَعِيذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave and from the trial of the Dajjal.

63. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7675No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «عُوذُوا بِاللهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعُوذُوا بِاللهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ عُوذُوا بِاللهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "Seek refuge with Allah from the trial of the grave, and seek refuge with Allah from the trial of life and death, and seek refuge with Allah from the trial of the false Messiah, the Dajjal."

64. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7676No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي رُكُوعِهِ وَسُجُودِهِ «سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالرُّوحِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say in his bowing and prostration, "Most Glorified, Most Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit."

65. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7677No grade recorded

    أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَدْ أَخَذَهُ وَجِعٌ كَادَ يُبَطِّطُهُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ ضَعْ يَمِينَكَ عَلَى مَكَانِكَ الَّذِي تَشْتَكِي فَامْسَحْ بِهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِعِزَّةِ اللهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ

    ✧ He informed him that Uthman b. Abi al-As came to the Prophet ﷺ suffering from a pain that was nearly disabling him. He mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and claimed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Place your right hand on the place that hurts you and wipe it seven times, saying each time, 'I seek refuge in the might and power of Allah from the evil of what I find.'"

66. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7678No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَزَالُ جَهَنَّمُ يُلْقَى فِيهَا وَتَقُولُ هَلْ مِنْ مَزِيدٍ حَتَّى يَضَعَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ قَدَمَهُ فَيَزْوِي بَعْضُهَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ وَتَقُولُ قَدِ قَدِ بِعِزَّتِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hell will keep having people thrown into it and will say, 'Is there any more?' until the Lord of the Worlds places His foot in it, and its parts will shrink together, and it will say, 'Enough, enough, by Your might and Your generosity!'"

67. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7679No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَعُوذُ الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ «أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ» وَيَقُولُ «هَكَذَا كَانَ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ يُعَوِّذُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ»

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: He used to seek protection for al-Hasan and al-Husayn: "I seek protection for you two with the perfect words of Allah from every devil and poisonous creature and from every harmful eye." And he said, "This is how my father Ibrahim used to seek protection for Ismail and Ishaq."

68. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7680No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْرِضُ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ فِي الْمَوْسِمِ فَيَقُولُ «أَلَا رَجُلٌ يَحْمِلُنِي إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا قَدْ مَنَعُونِي أَنْ أُبَلِّغَ كَلَامَ رَبِّي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to present himself to the people during the season and say, "Will not a man carry me to his people, for Quraysh have prevented me from conveying the words of my Lord?"

69. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7681No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ خَمْسٌ {إِنَّ اللهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ} [لقمان 34] وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ اللهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The keys of the unseen are five: {Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rain} [Luqman: 34], and He knows what is in the wombs, and no soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in which land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing, Aware."

70. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7682No grade recorded

    «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا الِاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ» وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ

    ✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to teach us istikharah in all matters, just as he would teach us a surah from the Quran." And he narrated the hadith in full.

71. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7683No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى «أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حِينَ يَذْكُرُنِي فَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلَأٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلَأٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ شِبْرًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَيَّ ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا وَإِنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah, the Exalted, says: 'I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me within himself, I remember him within Myself; and if he remembers Me in an assembly, I remember him in an assembly better than them. And if he draws near to Me a handspan, I draw near to him an arm's length; and if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom. And if he comes to Me walking, I come to him rushing.'"

72. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7684No grade recorded

    قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ» قَالَ {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ قَالَ {أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ «أَيْسَرُ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "I seek refuge in Your face." He said: {Or from beneath your feet} [al-An'am: 65]. The Prophet ﷺ said: "I seek refuge in Your face." He said: {Or confound you into factions} [al-An'am: 65]. He said: "Easier."

73. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7685No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ مَضْجَعِهِ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيمِ وَكَلِمَاتِكَ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ اللهُمَّ أَنْتَ تَكْشِفُ الْمَغْرَمَ وَالْمَأْثَمَ اللهُمَّ لَا يُهْزَمُ جُنْدُكَ وَلَا يُخْلَفُ وَعْدُكَ وَلَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ سُبْحَانَكَ وَبِحَمْدِكَ»

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say when he lay down: O Allah, I seek refuge in Thy noble Person and in Thy perfect Words from the evil of what Thou seizest by its forelock; O Allah! Thou removest debt and sin; O Allah! thy troop's not routed, Thy promise is not broken and the riches of the rich do not avail against Thee. Glory and praise be unto Thee!. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5052)

74. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7686No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَمِينُ اللهِ مَلْأَى لَا يُغِيضُهَا نَفَقَةٌ سَحَّ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ» قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا أُنْفِقَ مُنْذُ خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ؟ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُغِضْ مَا فِي يَمِينِهِ» قَالَ «وَعَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ بِيَدِهِ الْأُخْرَى الْمِيزَانُ يَخْفِضُ وَيَرْفَعُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The right hand of Allah is full, and spending does not diminish it, pouring forth night and day." He said: "Do you see what He has spent since He created the heavens and the earth? Verily, it has not diminished what is in His right hand." He said: "And His throne is upon the water, and in His other hand is the balance; He lowers and raises."

75. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7687No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا تَصَدَّقَ أَحَدٌ بِصَدَقَةٍ مِنْ طَيِّبٍ وَلَا يَقْبَلُ اللهُ إِلَّا الطِّيبَ إِلَّا أَخَذَهَا الرَّحْمَنُ بِيَمِينِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ تَمْرَةً فَتَرْبُو فِي كَفِّ الرَّحْمَنِ حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَعْظَمَ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ كَمَا يُرَبِّي أَحَدُكُمْ فَلُوَّهُ أَوْ فَصِيلَهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "No one gives charity from good [earnings]—and Allah does not accept except what is good—except that the Most Merciful takes it in His right hand, even if it is a date, and it grows in the palm of the Most Merciful until it becomes greater than a mountain, just as one of you rears his foal or his young camel."

76. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7688No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ تَصَدَّقَ بِصَدَقَةٍ مِنْ كَسْبٍ طَيِّبٍ وَلَا يَقْبَلُ اللهُ إِلَّا الطِّيبَ كَأَنَّهَا إِنَّمَا يَضَعُهَا فِي كَفِّ الرَّحْمَنِ فَيُرَبِّيهَا كَمَا يُرَبِّي أَحَدُكُمْ فَلُوَّهُ أَوْ فَصِيلَهُ حَتَّى تَكُونَ مِثْلَ الْجَبَلِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever gives charity from good earnings—and Allah does not accept except what is good—it is as if he places it in the palm of the Most Merciful, and He nurtures it just as one of you nurtures his foal or his young camel, until it becomes like a mountain."

77. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7689No grade recorded

    جَاءَ حَبْرٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ جَعَلَ اللهُ السَّمَوَاتِ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ وَالْأَرَضِينَ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ وَالْجِبَالَ وَالشَّجَرَ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ وَالْمَاءَ وَالثَّرَى عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ وَالْخَلَائِقَ كُلَّهَا عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ ثُمَّ يَهُزُّهُنَّ فَيَقُولُ «أَنَا الْمَلِكُ أَنَا الْمَلِكُ» فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ضَحِكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ} [الأنعام 91]

    ✧ A rabbi from the Jews came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah will place the heavens on a finger, the earths on a finger, the mountains and trees on a finger, the water and the soil on a finger, and all creatures on a finger, then He will shake them and say: 'I am the King, I am the King.'" I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ laugh, and Allah, Blessed and Exalted, revealed: {They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal} [al-An'am: 91].

78. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7690No grade recorded

    أَسْمَعُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهِ يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دَيْنِكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ دَعْوَةٌ أَرَاكَ وَأُسْمَعُكَ تَكْثُرُ أَنْ تَدْعُوَ بِهَا يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دَيْنِكَ قَالَ «لَيْسَ مِنْ آدَمِيٍّ إِلَّا وَقَلْبُهُ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ اللهِ إِنْ شَاءَ أَقَامَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَزَاغَهُ»

    ✧ I used to hear the Prophet ﷺ frequently supplicating with it: 'O Turner of hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a supplication that I see and hear you frequently make: O Turner of hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.' He said: 'There is no human being except that his heart is between two fingers of the fingers of Allah; if He wills, He keeps it upright, and if He wills, He causes it to deviate.'

79. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7691No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ قَلْبٍ إِلَّا بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنْ شَاءَ أَقَامَهُ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَزَاغَهُ» وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى دَيْنِكَ 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 upright, and if He wills, He causes it to deviate." And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, Turner of hearts, make our hearts firm upon Your religion. And the balance is in the hand of the Most Merciful; He raises some people and lowers others until the Day of Resurrection."

80. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7692No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ قُلُوبَ بَنِي آدَمَ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَقَلْبٍ وَاحِدٍ يُصَرِّفُ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ» ثُمَّ يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اللهُمَّ مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا إِلَى طَاعَتِكَ»

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: "Verily, the hearts of the children of Adam are between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful, like a single heart; He turns it however He wills." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say: "O Allah, Turner of hearts, turn our hearts to Your obedience."

81. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7693No grade recorded

    عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَقَالَ تَحَاجَّتِ الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ فَقَالَتِ النَّارُ أُوثِرْتُ بِالْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ وَالْمُتَجَبِّرِينَ وَقَالَتِ الْجَنَّةُ مَا لِي لَا يَدْخُلُنِي إِلَّا ضُعَفَاءُ النَّاسِ وَسُقَّاطُهُمْ وَعَجَزَتُهُمْ فَقَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لِلْجَنَّةِ إِنَّمَا أَنْتِ رَحْمَةٌ يَعْنِي أَرْحَمُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِي وَقَالَ لِلنَّارِ إِنَّمَا أَنْتِ عَذَابٌ أُعَذِّبُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ وَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْكُمَا مِلْؤُهَا فَأَمَّا النَّارُ فَلَا تَمْتَلِئُ حَتَّى يَضَعَ الرَّحْمَنُ ﷻ فِيهَا قَدَمَهُ فَيَقُولُ أَقِطٍ؟ فَتَقُولُ قَطِ قَطِ فَهُنَالِكَ تَمْتَلِئُ وَيَزْوِي بَعْضُهَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ وَأَمَّا الْجَنَّةُ فَلَا يَظْلِمُ اللهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ أَحَدًا

    ✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: "Paradise and Hell disputed. Hell said: 'I have been favored with the arrogant and the tyrants.' Paradise said: 'What is wrong with me that none enter me except the weak among people, their lowly, and their incapable?' Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said to Paradise: 'You are only My mercy; I bestow mercy through you upon whomever I will of My servants.' And He said to Hell: 'You are only My punishment; I punish through you whomever I will. And each of you will have its fill.' As for Hell, it will not be filled until the Most Merciful, Mighty and Glorious, places His foot in it, and it says: 'Enough? Enough?' It will say: 'Enough, enough.' Thereupon it will be filled, and its parts will draw together. And as for Paradise, Allah will not wrong anyone of His creation."

82. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7694No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنِ رَجُلٍ ضَلَّتْ لَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ بَدَوِّيَّةٍ مُهْلِكَةٍ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ فَطَلَبَهَا حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ الْجَهْدَ قَالَ أَرْجِعُ مَوْضِعَ رَحْلِي فَأَمُوتُ فِيهِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَامَ فَإِذَا رَاحِلَتُهُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Allah is happier with the repentance of His servant than a man whose mount went astray in a barren, deadly desert, carrying his food and drink. He searched for it until, when exhaustion overtook him, he said, 'I will return to the place where I lost it and die there.' He returned, and as he sat up, behold, his mount was by his head, with its food and drink.

83. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7695No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ رَجُلٍ خَرَجَ بِأَرْضٍ دَوِّيَّةٍ مُهْلِكَةٍ وَمَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَزَادُهُ وَمَا يُصْلِحُهُ فَأَضَلَّهَا فَخَرَجَ فِي طَلَبِهَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي الَّذِي أَضْلَلْتُهَا فِيهِ فَأَمُوتُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ فَغَلَبَتْهُ عَيْنَاهُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَإِذَا رَاحِلَتُهُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ وَزَادُهُ وَمَا يُصْلِحُهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah is happier with the repentance of any one of you than a man who set out in a barren, deadly land with his mount, carrying his food, provisions, and whatever he needed. He lost it and went out searching for it until death overtook him. He said, 'I will return to the place where I lost it and die there.' He returned to that place, and sleep overcame him. When he awoke, behold, his mount was by his head, with its food, drink, provisions, and whatever he needed.

84. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7696No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ «وَشَرَابُهُ» وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَا بَعْدَهُ

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, similar up to his saying, 'and his drink,' and he did not mention what came after it.

85. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7697No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِذَا أَحَبَّ عَبْدِي لِقَائِي أَحْبَبْتُ لِقَاءَهُ وَإِذَا كَرِهَ لِقَائِي كَرِهْتُ لِقَاءَهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: When My servant loves to meet Me, I love to meet him; and when he hates to meet Me, I hate to meet him.

86. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7698No grade recorded

    أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا أَنْشُدُكَ مَحَامِدَ حَمِدْتُ بِهَا رَبِّي؟ فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْمَحَامِدَ وَمَا اسْتَزَادَنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ»

    ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, shall I not recite to you praises with which I praised my Lord? He said: Indeed, your Lord loves praise, and he did not ask me for more than that.

87. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7699No grade recorded

    لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ فِيكَ خُلُقَيْنِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللهُ» قُلْتُ مَا هُمَا؟ قَالَ «الْحِلْمُ وَالْحَيَاءُ» قَالَ أَقَدِيمًا كَانَا أَوْ حَدِيثًا؟ قَالَ «لَا بَلْ قَدِيمًا» قُلْتُ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَبَلَنِي عَلَى خُلُقَيْنِ يُحِبُّهُمَا اللهُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: You have two traits that Allah loves. I said: What are they? He said: Forbearance and modesty. I said: Have they been in me from old or are they recent? He said: No, rather from old. I said: Praise be to Allah who created me with two traits that Allah loves.

88. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7700No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَحَبَّ اللهُ عَبْدًا دَعَا جِبْرِيلَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ فُلَانًا فَأَحِبُّوهُ فَيُحِبُّهُ جِبْرِيلُ ثُمَّ يُنَادِي جِبْرِيلُ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ إِنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ فُلَانًا فَيُحِبُّوهُ ثُمَّ يَضَعُ لَهُ الْقَبُولَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَفِي الْبُغْضِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When Allah loves a servant, He calls Jibril and says: I love so-and-so, so love him. Then Jibril loves him, and Jibril calls out to the inhabitants of heaven: Allah loves so-and-so, so love him. Then they love him, and acceptance is placed for him on earth. And in the case of hatred, it is similar.

89. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7701No grade recorded

    فَقَدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ وَقَدَمَاهُ مَنْصُوبَتَانِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَبِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ لَا أَحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ»

    ✧ I lost track of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night and found him prostrating, with his feet upright, saying: O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, and in Your pardon from Your punishment. I cannot enumerate praise of You; You are as You have praised Yourself.

90. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7702No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ يَقُولُ لِأَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ يَا أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُونَ لَبَّيْكَ رَبَّنَا وَسَعْدَيْكَ فَيَقُولُ هَلْ رَضِيتُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ وَمَا لَنَا لَا نَرْضَى وَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتَنَا مَا لَمْ تُعْطِ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ؟ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا أُعْطِيكُمُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا يَا رَبِّ وَأَيُّ شَيْءَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ أُحِلُّ عَلَيْكُمْ رِضْوَانِي فَلَا أَسْخَطُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah will say to the people of Paradise: O people of Paradise. They will say: Here we are, our Lord, at Your service. He will say: Are you pleased? They will say: How could we not be pleased when You have given us what You have not given anyone of Your creation? He will say: I will give you something better than that. They will say: O Lord, what could be better than that? He will say: I will bestow My pleasure upon you and will never be angry with you thereafter.

91. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7703No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَمَّا قَضَى اللهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ فَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي غَلَبَتْ غَضَبِي» اللَّفْظُ لِقُتَيْبَةَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: When Allah decreed the creation, He wrote in His Book, which is with Him above the Throne: My mercy prevails over My anger. The wording is that of Qutaybah.

92. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7704No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَمَّا فَرَغَ اللهُ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ كَتَبَ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ «رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي وَهُوَ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When Allah completed the creation, He wrote upon His Throne: My mercy precedes My anger. Abu Dawud said: 'My mercy prevails over My anger, and it is above the Throne.'

93. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7705No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي آخِرُ وِتْرِهِ «أَعُوذُ» وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ لَا أَحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say at the end of his witr: 'I seek refuge...' And Muhammad said: O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, and I seek refuge in Your pardon from Your punishment, and I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot enumerate praise of You; You are as You have praised Yourself.

94. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7706No grade recorded

    خُسِفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالنَّاسِ فَخَطَبَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللهِ أَنْ يَزْنِيَ عَبْدُهُ أَوِ تَزْنِيَ أَمَتُهُ مُخْتَصَرًا»

    ✧ The sun eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led the people in prayer, then delivered a sermon, then departed, then said: “O Ummah of Muhammad, no one is more protective of honor than Allah that His male servant should commit adultery or His female servant should commit adultery,” in brief.

95. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7707No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ كَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ تَفْتَخِرُ عَلَى نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَقُولُ أَنْكَحَنِيَ اللهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ قَالَ يَحْيَى تُرِيدُ قَوْلَ اللهِ {زَوَّجْنَاكَهَا} [الأحزاب 37]

    ✧ I heard Anas b. Malik say: Zaynab used to boast over the wives of the Prophet ﷺ, saying: Allah married me from heaven. Yahya said: She meant the words of Allah {We gave her to you in marriage} [al-Ahzab 37].

96. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7708No grade recorded

    أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ جَارِيَةً لِي كَانَتْ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا لِي فَجِئْتُهَا فَفَقَدْتُ شَاةً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ فَسَأَلْتُهَا عَنْهَا فَقَالَتْ أَكْلَهَا الذِّئْبُ فَأَسِفْتُ عَلَيْهَا وَكُنْتُ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ فَلَطَمْتُ وَجْهَهَا وَعَلِيُّ رَقَبَةٌ أَفأُعْتِقُهَا؟ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيْنَ اللهُ؟» قَالَتْ فِي السَّمَاءِ قَالَ «فَمَنْ أَنَا؟» قَالَتْ أَنْتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ «أَعْتِقْهَا»

    ✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, a slave girl of mine used to tend some sheep of mine. I came to her and found that a sheep was missing from the flock. I asked her about it, and she said: The wolf ate it. I became angry with her, and I am one of the children of Adam, so I slapped her face. I have a duty to free a slave, so should I free her? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her: “Where is Allah?” She said: In the sky. He said: “Who am I?” She said: You are the Messenger of Allah. He said: “Free her.”

97. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7709No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَمَّا قَضَى اللهُ الْخَلْقَ كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَهُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَوْقَ الْعَرْشِ إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي سَبَقَتْ غَضَبِي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When Allah decreed the creation, He wrote in His Book, which is with Him above the Throne: Indeed My mercy preceded My wrath.”

98. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7710No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا تُخَيِّرُونِي عَلَى مُوسَى فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يُصْعَقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَأَكُونُ فِي أَوَّلِ مَنْ يُفِيقُ فَإِذَا مُوسَى بَاطِشٌ بِجَانِبِ الْعَرْشِ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَكَانَ صُعِقَ فَأَفَاقَ قَبْلِي أَمْ كَانَ مِمَّنِ اسْتَثْنَى الله ﷻ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do not prefer me over Musa, for the people will be struck unconscious on the Day of Resurrection, and I will be among the first to regain consciousness. Then Musa will be found grasping the side of the Throne. I do not know whether he was struck unconscious and regained consciousness before me, or whether he was among those whom Allah ﷻ exempted.”

99. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7711No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِصَدَقَةٍ مِنْ طَيِّبٍ وَلَا يَقْبَلُ اللهُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا وَلَا يَصْعَدُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ إِلَّا طَيِّبٌ إِلَّا كَأَنَّهُ يَضَعُهَا فِي كَفِّ الرَّحْمَنِ فَيُرَبِّيهَا كَمَا يُرَبِّي الرَّجُلُ فَلُوَّهُ أَوْ فَصِيلَهُ حَتَّى إِنَّ التَّمْرَةَ تَعُودُ مِثْلَ الْجَبَلِ الْعَظِيمِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “No Muslim gives charity from good earnings—and Allah accepts only what is good, and nothing ascends to heaven except what is good—except that it is as if he places it in the hand of the Most Merciful, and He nurtures it as a man nurtures his colt or young camel, until a date becomes like a great mountain.”

100. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7712No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلَائِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلَائِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ اللَّفْظُ لِقُتَيْبَةَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Angels take turns among you, angels by night and angels by day, and they assemble at the dawn prayer. Then those who spent the night among you ascend, and He asks them, though He knows best: How did you leave My servants? They say: We left them while they were praying, and we came to them while they were praying.” The wording is Qutaybah's.

101. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7713No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ فَقَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ تَرَوْنَ رَبَّكُمْ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ هَذَا لَا تُضَامُونَ فِي رُؤْيَتِهِ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us on the night of the full moon and looked at the moon, then said: “You will see your Lord as you see this moon; you will not be harmed in seeing Him.”

102. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7714No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَشَخَصَتْ أَبْصَارُنَا فَجَعَلْنَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّكُمْ سَتَنْظُرُونَ رَبَّكُمْ كَمَا تَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ لَا تُضَامُونَ عَلَى رُؤْيَتِهِ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ لَا تُغْلَبُوا عَلَى صَلَاتَيْنِ فَافْعَلُوا صَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَصَلَاةٌ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِهَا» وَتَلَا {وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ} [طه 130]

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night, and our eyes were fixed, so we began looking at the moon on the night of the full moon. He said: “Indeed, you will see your Lord as you see the moon; you will not be harmed in seeing Him. So if you are able not to be overcome so as to miss two prayers, then do so: a prayer before sunrise and a prayer before sunset.” Then he recited {And glorify with praise of your Lord} [Ta-Ha 130].

103. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7715No grade recorded

     قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ نَرَى رَبَّنَا؟ قَالَ «هَلْ تَرَوْنَ الشَّمْسَ فِي يَوْمٍ لَا غَيْمَ فِيهِ وَتَرَوْنَ الْقَمَرَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ لَا غَيْمَ فِيهَا؟» قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَإِنَّكُمْ سَتَرَوْنَ رَبَّكُمْ»

     ✧ We asked, "O Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord?" He said, "Do you see the sun on a cloudless day, and do you see the moon on a cloudless night?" We said, "Yes." He said, "So indeed, you will see your Lord."

104. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7716No grade recorded

     عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنِّي حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنِ مَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ حَتَّى خِفْتُ أَنْ لَا تَعْقِلُوهُ هُوَ قَصِيرٌ فَجَجٌ جَعْدٌ أَعْوَرُ مَطْمُوسُ الْعَيْنِ الْيُسْرَى لَيْسَ بِنَاتِئَةٍ وَلَا حَجْرَاءَ فَإِنِ الْتَبَسَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ رَبَّكُمْ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَيْسَ بِأَعْوَرَ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَرَوْا رَبَّكُمْ حَتَّى تَمُوتُوا»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I have told you about the false messiah, the Dajjal, until I feared that you would not comprehend. He is short, with splayed feet, curly hair, one-eyed, with his left eye obliterated, neither protruding nor sunken. If he becomes confused for you, then know that your Lord, blessed and exalted, is not one-eyed, and you will not see your Lord until you die.”

105. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7717No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «جَنَّتَانِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ آنِيَتُهُمَا وَمَا فِيهِمَا وَجَنَّتَانِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ آنِيَتُهُمَا وَمَا فِيهِمَا وَمَا بَيْنَ الْقَوْمِ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يُنْظِرُوا إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ إِلَّا رِدَاءُ الْكِبْرِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فِي جُنَّةِ عَدْنٍ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Two gardens of silver, their vessels and all that is in them, and two gardens of gold, their vessels and all that is in them. And between the people and the sight of their Lord is nothing but the cloak of pride upon His face in the Garden of Eden.”

106. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7718No grade recorded

     عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَى وَزِيَادَةٌ} [يونس 26] قَالَ إِذَا دَخَلَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ النَّارَ نُودُوا يَا أَهَلَ الْجَنَّةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَعْدًا قَالُوا مَا هُوَ؟ أَلَمْ يَبْيَضِ اللهُ وُجُوهَنَا وَيُثْقِلْ مَوَازِينَنَا وَيُدْخِلْنَا الْجَنَّةَ وَيُنَجِّينَا مِنَ النَّارِ؟ فَيَكْشِفُ الْحِجَابَ فَيَتَجَلَّى لَهُمْ فَوَاللهِ مَا أَعْطَاهُمُ اللهُ شَيْئًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إِلَيْهِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said regarding this verse {For those who have done good is the best and an increase} [Yunus 26]: When the people of Paradise enter Paradise and the people of the Fire enter the Fire, a caller will call: O people of Paradise, you have a promise from Allah. They will say: What is it? Has Allah not whitened our faces, made our scales heavy, admitted us to Paradise, and saved us from the Fire? Then the veil will be lifted and He will manifest to them. By Allah, Allah has not given them anything more beloved to them than looking at Him.

107. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7719No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَضْحَكُ اللهُ إِلَى رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتُلُ أَحَدُهُمَا الْآخَرَ كِلَاهُمَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ يُقَاتِلُ هَذَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَيُقْتَلَ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ اللهُ عَلَى الْقَاتِلِ فَيُقَاتِلُ فَيُسْتَشْهَدَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah laughs at two men, one of whom kills the other, yet both will enter Paradise. This one fights in the cause of Allah and is killed, then Allah turns in mercy to the killer, so he fights and is martyred."

108. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7720No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَنْزِلُ اللهُ تَعَالَى كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْأَخِيرُ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ مَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah, the Exalted, descends every night to the lowest heaven until the last third of the night remains, and He says: 'Who is calling upon Me that I may answer him? Who is asking of Me that I may give him? Who is seeking My forgiveness that I may forgive him?'"

109. al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7721No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَقَدْ نَقِهَ مِنْ مَرْضَةٍ مَرِضَهَا وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ وَقَدْ حَسَرَ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَهُمَا كَأَنَّهُمَا عَسِيبُ نَخْلٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ هَلِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كَمَا ذُقْنَا وَجَرَّبْنَا؟ وَاللهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَا أُخَيَّرُ فِيكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ حَتَّى أَلْحَقَ اللهَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِلَى رَحْمَةِ اللهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ بَلْ إِلَى مَا شَاءَ اللهُ لِي وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَلْوِ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ اللهُ شَيْئًا لِغَيَّرَهُ

     ✧ I saw Mu'awiyah after he had recovered from an illness he had suffered, while he was delivering a sermon. He had rolled up his sleeves, and his forearms were like palm stalks, and he was saying: "Is this world anything but what we have tasted and experienced? By Allah, I wish that I would not be given a choice among you for more than three [nights] until I meet Allah." A man stood up to him and said: "To the mercy of Allah, O Commander of the Believers!" He said: "Rather, to whatever Allah wills for me. Allah knows that I have not turned away from the truth, and if Allah disliked something, He would change it."