2541 — “O Allah, increase his wealth and children, prolong his life, and forgive him”—meaning Anas.

Abu Yaʿla recorded it in his Musnad (3/1048): Abu al-Rabiʿ al-Zahrani narrated to us; Hammad ibn Zayd informed us, from Sinan ibn Rabiʿah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: My mother took me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, this is your little servant, so supplicate to Allah for him.” He said—and mentioned the above supplication. Anas said: My wealth became abundant, and my life grew so long that I became ashamed before my family; and my fruits ripened (!). As for the fourth matter—meaning forgiveness.

I say: This is a good chain of transmission. Its narrators are trustworthy and are among the narrators of the two Sahihs, except Sinan ibn Rabiʿah, whose narrations al-Bukhari included alongside those of another narrator. Al-Hafiz said: “Truthful, though possessing some weakness.”

Al-Bukhari also recorded it in al-Adab al-Mufrad (653), through Saʿid ibn Zayd, from Sinan, with similar wording. It states that he said: “He supplicated for me concerning three matters: I buried one hundred and three, my fruit bears twice a year, my life became so long that I grew ashamed before people, and I hope for forgiveness.” He gave it the chapter heading, “Chapter: One Who Supplicates for a Long Life.”

Its basis is found in Sahih al-Bukhari (11/122, Fath al-Bari) and Muslim (2/128), through two other routes from Anas, but without mentioning long life. The editor of al-Adab al-Mufrad erred in attributing it to Muslim rather than al-Bukhari, and in failing to point out that the reference to long life occurs in neither of them. Its documentation has preceded under nos. 140 and 141. Yet al-Bukhari did give it a chapter heading in the Sahih