Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (3/160)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

146 / Commentary on Ammār’s Hadith concerning Remembrance between the Tashahhud and the Taslīm

We have already discussed the hadith of Ammār ibn Yāsir (may Allah be pleased with him), which contains that magnificent supplication with which the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to supplicate during his prayer. Al-Nasā’ī and others narrated it from Atā ibn al-Sā'ib, from his father (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

“Ammār ibn Yāsir (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in prayer and made it brief. Some of the people said to him, ‘You have certainly shortened—or made brief—the prayer.’ He replied, ‘Even so, I recited in it supplications that I heard from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).’ When he rose, a man from among the people—my father, though he referred to himself indirectly—followed him and asked him about the supplication. He then returned and informed the people of it:

‘O Allah, by Your knowledge of the unseen and Your power over creation, keep me alive for as long as You know life to be better for me, and cause me to die when You know death to be better for me. O Allah, I ask You for fear of You in secret and in public. I ask You to speak the truth when content and when angry. I ask You for moderation in poverty and wealth. I ask You for bliss that never ends and joy that never ceases. I ask You for contentment after Your decree and a life of ease after death. I ask You for the pleasure of gazing upon Your Face and the longing to meet You, without harmful adversity or a trial that leads astray. O Allah, adorn us with the beauty of faith and make us guides who are themselves rightly guided.’”1.

This hadith is immensely beneficial and of great value. It encompasses profound meanings and beneficial indications relating to creed, worship, and character. A Muslim derives the greatest benefit from such blessed supplications only by grasping their meanings, understanding their implications and aims, and striving against himself to put them into practice. What follows is a discussion of some of the meanings of this hadith2.

1. Its source was cited previously. 2. For further discussion, see Ibn Rajab’s *Sharh Hadīth Ammār ibn Yāsir* (Commentary on the Hadith of Ammār ibn Yāsir), may Allah be pleased with him.

١٤٦ / شرح حديث عمار في الذِّكر بين التشهد والتسليم لقد مرَّ معنا حديثُ عمار بن ياسر ﵁ المشتمل على ذلكم الدعاء العظيم الذي كان يدعو به النَّبِيّ ﷺ في صلاته، وهو ما رواه النسائي وغيره عن عطاء بن السائب عن أبيه ﵁ قال: "صَلَّى بِنَا عَمَّارُ بنُ يَاسِرٍ ﵁ صَلاَةً فَأَوْجَزَ فِيهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ القَوْمِ: لَقْدْ خَفَّفْتَ أَوْ أَوْجَزْتَ الصَّلاَةَ فَقَالَ: أَمَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ دَعَوْتُ فِيهَا بِدَعَوَاتٍ سَمِعْتُهُنَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا قَامَ تَبِعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ القَوْمِ هُوَ أبِي غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ كَنَّى عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَسَأَلَهُ عَن الدُّعَاءِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَأَخْبَرَ بِهِ القَوْمَ: اللَّهُمَّ بِعِلْمِكَ الغَيْبَ، وَقُدْرَتِكَ عَلَى الخَلْقِ أَحْيِنِي مَا عَلِمْتَ الحَيَاةَ خَيْراً لِي، وَتَوَفَّنِي إِذا عَلِمْتَ الوَفَاةَ خَيْراً لِي، اللَّهُمَّ وَأَسْأَلُكَ خَشْيَتَكَ فِي الغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ كَلِمَةَ الحَقِّ فِي الرِّضَا وَالغَضَبِ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ القَصْدَ فِي الفَقْرِ وَالغِنَى، وَأَسْأَلُكَ نَعِيماً لاَ يَنْفَدُ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ قُرَّةَ عَيْنٍ لاَ تَنْقَطِعُ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ الرِّضَا بَعْدَ القَضَاءِ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ بَرْدَ العَيْشِ بَعْدَ المَوْتِ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ لَذَّةَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ، وَالشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ، فِي غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ، وَلاَ فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ، اللَّهُمَّ زَيِّنَا بِزِينَةِ الإِيمَانِ، وَاجْعَلْنَا هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِينَ"١. وهو حديثٌ عظيمُ النفع كبيرُ الفائدة، مشتملٌ على معان عظيمة ودلالات نافعة متعلقة بالعقيدة والعبادة والأخلاق، وإنَّما تعظم فائدةُ المسلم من مثل هذه الدعوات المباركة بوقوفه على معانيها وفهمه لدلالاتها ومراميها ومجاهدته لنفسه على تحقيقها، وفيما يلي وقفةٌ في بيان بعض معاني هذه الحديث٢.

١ سبق تخريجه. ٢ ينظر للاستزادة كتاب "شرح حديث عمار بن ياسررضي الله عنه) لابن رجب.