Another supporting report, in abbreviated form, is narrated from Ibn Masʿūd. It adds, after the words “Isaac”:

“the one offered in sacrifice to Allah.”

This report is rejected because of this addition; for that reason, I had included it in al-Ḍaʿīfah, no. 334.

3997 — “O Allah, place in Medina double the blessing that You have placed in Mecca.”

Al-Bukhārī (1885), Muslim (4/115), and Aḥmad (3/142) narrated it through al-Zuhrī, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: … Then he mentioned it.

The hadith has supporting reports from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, Abū Hurayrah, and ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.

Ibn Ḥibbān narrated them in his Ṣaḥīḥ (3735, 3736, 3738, and 3739), through authentic chains, with wording similar to this but more complete.

The hadiths of Abū Hurayrah and Abū Saʿīd are also found in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (4/116–118).

The hadith of ʿAlī was narrated by al-Tirmidhī and others, and is documented in al-Taʿlīq al-Raghīb (2/144).

3998 — “O Allah, [You] created my soul, and You cause it to die. Its death and its life belong to You. If You keep it alive, then preserve it; and if You cause it to die, then forgive it. O Allah, I ask You for well-being.”

Muslim (8/78), Ibn Ḥibbān (7/428/5516), al-Bayhaqī in al-Asmāʾ wa-l-Ṣifāt (75), and Aḥmad (2/79) all narrated it through ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Ḥārith, from ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar: