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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

The narrator is a Companion, and al-Ḥākim declared the chain authentic.

“al-ẓū”—with the lām pronounced with a kasrah and the ẓāʾ doubled—means: keep to this supplication and repeat it often.

1500 – Abū Umāmah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ made a lengthy supplication, none of which we were able to memorize. We said, “Messenger of Allah, you have invoked Allah with many words that we could not retain.” He replied, “Shall I guide you to something that gathers all of that? Say:

‘O Allah, I ask You for the best of what Your Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the worst of what Your Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ sought refuge from. You are the One whose help is sought, the conveyance is upon You, and there is no might nor power except by Allah.’”

Narrated by al-Tirmidhī, who said: it is a ḥasan ḥadīth.

1501 – Ibn Masʿūd, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Among the supplications of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was:

“O Allah, I ask You for those things that bring about Your mercy (1), for the means to obtain Your forgiveness, for safety from every sin, for a share of every righteous deed, for success in attaining Paradise, and for deliverance from the Fire.”

Narrated by al-Ḥākim Abū ʿAbd Allah, who said: it is authentic according to the criteria of Muslim (2).

251 – Chapter: The Virtue of Supplicating for One’s Brother in His Absence

The Exalted says: “And those who came after them say, ‘Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith.’” (Surah al-Hashr, 59:10)

And He says: “So ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women.” (Surah Muḥammad, 47:19)

And He, the Exalted, also said, informing us

(1) That is, whatever makes it binding. “And the firm resolutions of Your forgiveness” means the deeds that merit Your pardon. “And al-birr” denotes obedience. (2) So he maintained, but the chain contains a narrator whose memory became confused; see Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Daifah, no. 2908. It also appears in the newly arranged edition of Daif al-Jami al-Saghir, no. 1184, where Shaykh Nasir graded it weak.

الصحابي ، قال الحاكم : حديث صحيح الإسناد . « أَلْظُوا » : بكسر اللام وتشديد الظاء المعجمة ، معناه : أَلْزِمُوا هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةَ وَأَكْثِرُوا مِنْهَا . ١٥٠٠ - وعن أبي أُمامة رضي الله عنه قال : دعا رسول الله ﷺ ، بدعاء كثيرٍ ، لَمْ نَحْفَظْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ؛ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَعَوْتَ بِدُعَاءٍ كَثِيرٍ لَمْ نَحْفَظْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ؛ فقال : « أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى مَا يَجْمَعُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ ؟ تقول : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ ؛ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا اسْتَعَاذَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ ، وَأَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ ، وَعَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ » رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث حسن . ١٥٠١ - وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال : كان من دعاء رسول الله ﷺ : « اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مُوجِبَاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ (١) ، وَعَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ ، وَالسَّلَامَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ إِثْمٍ ، وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ ، وَالْفَوْزَ بِالْجَنَّةِ ، وَالنَّجَاةَ مِنَ النَّارِ » رواه الحاكم أبو عبد الله وقال : حديث صحيح على شرط مسلم (٢) . ٢٥١ - باب فضل الدعاء بظهر الغيب قال تعالى : ﴿ وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ : رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ ﴾ [ سورة الحشر الآية : ١٠ ] وقال تعالى : ﴿ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكَ ، وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ، وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ﴾ [ سورة محمد الآية : ١٩ ] وقال تعالى إِخْبَارًا

(١) أي : ما يوجبها . ( وعزائم مغفرتك ) أي : موجبات غفرانك . ( والبر ) : الطاعة . (٢) كذا قال ، وفيه من اختلط . انظر : « الضعيفة » (٢٩٠٨) - ن - . وهو في « ضعيف الجامع الصغير » الطبعة الجديدة المرتبة برقم ١١٨٤ وقال عنه الشيخ ناصر ضعيف .