al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7824
✧ Seeking Refuge from an Insatiable Self
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أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيُّ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ دُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ»
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Chain of narrators
- ʿUbaydullāh b. Faḍālah b. Ibrāhīm
- Yaḥyá / Ibn Yaḥyá
- al-Layth b. Saʿd
- Saʿīd al-Maqburī
- Akhīh ʿAbbād b. Abū Saʿīd
- Abū Hurayrah
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from four things: Knowledge which does not profit, a heart which is not submissive, a soul which has an insatiable appetite, and a supplication which is not heard." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1548)
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