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370 — Yahyā ibn Ayyūb narrated to us: Ismāīl ibn Jafar narrated to us: ⦗202⦘ al-Alā informed me, from his father, from Abū Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “When one of you supplicates, he should not say, ‘O Allah, if You will.’ Rather, let him ask with resolve and make his desire great, for nothing is too great for Allah to give.”
٣٧٠ - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي ⦗٢٠٢⦘ الْعَلَاءُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ﵁، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: " إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَقُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ شِئْتَ، وَلَكِنْ لِيَعْزِمْ وَلْيُعَظِّمِ الرَّغْبَةَ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَتَعَاظَمُهُ شَيْءٌ أَعْطَاهُ "