Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 1086
✧ Al-Halimi, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If one's hope is attached to Allah, glorified be His praise, he should ask Him for whatever he needs, small or great
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الْمَالِينِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ الرَّسْعَنِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ،
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " سَلُوا اللهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُسْأَلَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، وَأَفْضَلُ الْعِبَادَةِ انْتِظَارُ الْفَرَجِ "
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machine translationAbū Saʿd al-Mālīnī informed us, Abū Aḥmad b. ʿAdī al-Ḥāfiẓ informed us, al-Qāsim b. al-Layth al-Rasʿanī informed us, Bishr b. Muʿādh narrated to us, Ḥammād b. Wāqid narrated to us, Isrāʾīl narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq al-Hamdānī, from Abū al-Aḥwaṣ, from ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd,
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He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Ask Allah for His bounty, for Allah loves to be asked for His bounty, and the best form of worship is waiting for relief."
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