al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3754

Translation

✧ The angels of the night and the angels of the day gather at the ‘Asr prayer and the Fajr prayer. The angels of the day ascend at the ‘Asr prayer, and the angels of the night remain among you, and the angels of the night ascend at the Fajr prayer, and the angels of the day remain among you. They say: “We came to them while they were praying, and we left them while they were praying. We left among them a man whom no good or affliction ever befell except that he knew it was from You.” So He says: “Test My servant,” or “Increase My servant.” Sufyan said: I do not know which of the two he began with. He said: So they test him. Then He says: “Test him,” and he is tested. Then He says: “Test him,” while He is most knowing. Then they say: “The affliction has reached its limit, O Lord.” He says: “Increase him,” and he is increased. Then He says: “Increase him,” and he is increased. Then He says: “Increase him,” and he is increased. Then He says: “Increase him,” while He is most knowing. Then they say: “The increase has reached its limit, O Lord.” He says: “How did you leave My servant in affliction, and how did you see him in ease?” They say: “O Lord, the most patient of servants and the most grateful.” He says: “Record My servant among those who will not be replaced or changed until he meets Me.”

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 3223Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3135al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 9166Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 2199al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 11257

Narrators

1. 1
   Aḥad al-ṣaḥābah

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)
   أَحَدُ الصَّحَابَةِصحابي
   حدثنا
2. 2
   ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abī Laylá

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 82 AH, or 83 AH, also said: 71 AH, which is a mistake
   عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَىثقة
   سمعت
3. 3
   ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib

   Truthful (ṣadūq), became confused (ikhtalaṭa)d. 133 AH, or 134 AH, or 136 AH, or 137 AH
   عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِصدوق اختلط
   عن
4. 4
   Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an imam and a proof (ḥujjah), except that his memory changed towards the end of his life; he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs), but only from trustworthy narrators.d. 197 AH or 198 AH
   سُفْيَانُثقة حافظ فقيه , إمام حجة إلا أنه تغير حفظه بأخرة , وكان ربما دلس لكن عن الثقات
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Ibn Abī ʿUmar

   Truthful (ṣadūq); he compiled a Musnad and was a close companion of Ibn ʿUyaynah; but Abū Ḥātim said: He had some heedlessness (ghaflah)d. 243 AH, also said: 244 AH
   ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَصدوق ، صنف المسند ، وكان لازم ابن عيينة ، لكن قال أبو حاتم : كانت فيه غفلة

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