Sharh Usul Itiqad Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Jamaah - Al-Lalakai - (3/467)

709 — Ahmad ibn Ubayd informed us; he said: Ali ibn Abd Allah ibn Mubashshir informed us; he said: Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated to us; he said: Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Muqri’ narrated to us. [Through another chain:]

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710 — Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad informed us; he said: al-Husayn ibn Isma‘il informed us; he said: Yusuf ibn Musa narrated to us; he said: Abu Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; he said: Haywah narrated to us; he said: Abu Hani’ informed me that he heard Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli say that he heard Abd Allah ibn Amr say that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say:

“The hearts of the children of Adam are between two of the fingers of the Most Merciful, like a single heart; He turns them as He wills.”

Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “O Allah, Turner of hearts, turn our hearts to Your obedience.”

The wording is Ahmad ibn Sinan’s. Muslim narrated it from Zuhayr and Ibn Numayr, from Abu Abd al-Rahman.

٧٠٩ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُبَشِّرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ، قَالَ: ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ، ح. ⦗٤٦٨⦘ ٧١٠ - وَأَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: ثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالَ: ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: ثَنَا حَيْوَةُ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو هَانِئٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحُبُلِيَّ، يَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو، يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ قُلُوبَ بَنِي آدَمَ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَقَلْبٍ وَاحِدٍ يُصَرِّفُهُ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ» , ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «اللَّهُمَّ مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا إِلَى طَاعَتِكَ» وَاللَّفْظُ لِأَحْمَدَ بْنِ سِنَانٍ أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ , وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ