Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 420-519b
✧ Abdullah b. Abbas
"عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: أَرْدَفَنِى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا فأَخْلَفَ يَدَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْره فَقَالَ: يَا غُلامُ، أَلا أُعَلِّمُكَ كلِمَاتٍ: احْفَظِ اللهَ يَحْفَظكَ، احْفَظِ الله تَجِدْهُ أَمَامَكَ، جَفَّت الأَقْلامُ، وَرفُعَتِ الصُّحُفُ، فَإِذَا سَأَلْتَ فَاسْأَلِ اللهَ، وَإِذَا اسْتَعَنْتَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِالله، وَالَّذِى نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بيَدهِ لَوْجَهِدَتِ الأُمَّةُ عَلَى أَنْ يَضُرُّوكَ لَمْ يَضُرُّوكَ إِلا بِشَىْءٍ قَدْ كَتَبَهُ الله عَلَيْكَ، وَلَوْ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ يَنْفَعُوكَ مَا نَفَعُوكَ إِلا بِشَىْءٍ قدْ كَتَبَهُ الله لَكَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Ibn ʿAbbās
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"Ibn 'Abbas said: One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had me ride behind him, then he put his hand behind his back and said: 'O boy, shall I teach you some words? Guard Allah and He will guard you. Guard Allah and you will find Him before you. The pens have dried and the scrolls have been lifted. If you ask, ask Allah; if you seek help, seek help from Allah. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, if the nation were to gather to harm you, they would not harm you except with something Allah has already written against you, and if they were to gather to benefit you, they would not benefit you except with something Allah has already written for you.'"
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Notes
[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه
machine translation[Kar] Ibn ʿAsākir, in his Tārīkh.
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