Chapter 06-Remembering Allah and Supplication

1581. Abu Hurairah   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "Allah, the Most High says: 'I am with My slave when he remembers Me and his lips move with My mention." Related by Ibn Majah and Ibn Hibban graded it as Sahih.







1582. Mu'adh Ibn Jabal   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "A man does nothing to rescue himself from Allah’s punishment better than remembering Allah," Related by Ibn Abi Shaibah and At-Tabarani with a good chain of narrators.






1583. Abu Hurairah   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "People will not sit in an assembly in which they remember Allah without the angels surrounding them, mercy covering them, and Allah mentioning them among those who are with Him." Related by Muslim.







1584. Abu Hurairah   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, ''If people sit in an assembly in which they do not remember Allah or invoke blessings on the Prophet it will be a cause of grief to them on the Day of Resurrection." Related by At-Tirmidhi who graded it as Hasan.








1585. Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari   narrated, 'The Messenger of Allah   said, "Whoever says ten times: 'None has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone, without partner, to Him belongs all sovereignty and praise. He gives life and causes death. He is over all things, Omnipotent,' will have a reward equivalent to that of emancipating four of the descendants of Ismail from slavery." Agreed upon.









1586. Abu Hurairah   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "Whoever says a hundred times, 'How perfect Allah is and I praise Him,' his sins will be forgiven though they may be as much as the foam of the sea." Agreed upon.










1587. Juairiyah bint al-Harith  narrated, 'The Messenger of Allah   said to me. "Since leaving you I have said four phrases which if weighed against all you have said today, would prove to be heavier: 'How perfect Allah is and I praise Him by the amount of His creation and His pleasure, and by the weight of His throne, and the ink of His words."  Related by Muslim.









1588. Abu Said al-Khudri    narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said. "The lasting good deeds are: (the saying of) 'None has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone, How perfect Allah is and Allah is great and all praise is for Allah, There is no might nor power except with Allah." Related by An-Nasa'i, Ibn Hibban and Al-Hakim graded it as Sahih.









1589. Samurah bin Jundub  narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "The words dearer to Allah are four: 'How perfect Allah is and all praise is for Allah. None has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone and Allah is great.' It does not matter which you say first." Related by Muslim.










1590. Abu Musa al-Ashari   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said to me, “O 'Abdullah bin Qais, would you like to be guided to one of the treasures of Paradise?'There is no might nor power except with Allah.' Agreed upon. An-Nasa'i added in his version. ''There is no refuge from Allah except by turning to Him.'

 



1591. An-Nu’man bin al-Bashir  narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "Verily supplication is worship." Related by the four Imams and At-Tirmidhi graded it as Sahih.








1592. Anas   narrated that the Messenger of Allah  said, "Supplication is the pith of worship." Related by At-Tirmidhi with a full chain of narrators .









1593. Abu Hurairah   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "Nothing is more honorable before Allah than supplication." Related by At-Tirmidhi with a full chain of narrators. Ibn Hibban and Al-Hakim graded it as Sahih.









1594. Anas   narrated that the Messenger of Allah  said."A supplication made between the Adhan and Iqamah is never rejected." Related by An-Nasa'i and others. Ibn Hibban and others graded it as Sahih.









1595. Salman  narrated that the Messenger of Allah  said, "Your Rabb (Lord of the Universe) is Modest and Generous, and would never turn the hands of a slave without gain when he raises them to Him (in supplication)," Related by the four Imams except An-Nasa'i. AI-Hakim graded it as Sahih.










1596. 'Umar   narrated, 'When the Messenger of Allah  raised his hands in supplication, he did not lower them till he wiped his face with them.' Related by At-Tirmidhi. There are other traditions, which support this narration, of which are:







1597. The Hadith narrated by Ibn Abbas   related by Abu Dawud and others. Put together, they confirm that it is Hasan.








1598. Ibn Mas'ud   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "Those who are nearest to me on the Day of Resurrection are those who invoke many blessings on me." Related by At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibban graded it as Sahih.








1599. Shaddad bin Aus  narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "The best manner of asking for forgiveness is to say: ''OAllah! You are my Lord. None has the right to be worshipped except You. You created me and I am Your servant and I abide by Your covenant and promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil, which I have committed. I acknowledge Your favor upon me and I knowledge my sins, so forgive me, for verily none can forgive sin except You." Related by Al-Bukhari.









1600. Ibn Umar  narrated, 'The Messenger of Allah  never failed to say these words in the morning and the evening: "O Allah! I ask You for pardon and wellbeing in my religious and worldly affairs, and my family and my wealth. O Allah! Cover my weaknesses and set at ease my dismay. O Allah! Preserve me from the front and from behind and on my right and on my left and from above, and I seek refuge with You lest I be swallowed up by the earth." Related by An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah. Al-Hakim graded it Sahih.

1601. Ibn 'Umar  narrated, 'The Messenger of Allah  used to supplicate saying, "O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the withholding of Your favor, the decline of the good health You have given, the suddenness of Your vengeance and from all forms of Your wrath." Related by Muslim.










1602. Ibn Umar   narrated, 'The Messenger of Allah  used to say, "O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the burden of debts and from being over-powered by men and from the gloating of enemies (at an evil I am afflicted with)." Related by An-Nasa'i and Al-Hakim graded it as Sahih.









1603. Buraidah   narrated, 'The Messenger of Allah  heard a man saying: 'O Allah! I ask You by virtue that I testify that You are Allah; there is no God but You, the One - the Self Sufficient Master, Who did not beget and was not begotten, and to Whom no one is equal.' Allah's Messenger then said, "He has asked Allah by His Name by which when asked, He gives, and by which when supplicated, He answers." Related by the four Imams and Ibn Hibban graded it as Sahih.









1604. Abu Hurairah  narrated, 'Allah's Messenger  would say in the morning, "O Allah! By Your leave we have reached the morning and by Your leave we have reached the evening. By Your leave we live and die, Unto You is our resurrection." In the evening, he would say the same except the last phrase: "and to You do we return," Related by the four Imams.









1605. Anas  narrated, 'The Messenger of Allah used to supplicate frequently: "O our Lord grant us the best in this life and the best in the next life, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." Agreed upon.









1606. Abu Musa Al-Ashari  narrated, 'The Messenger of Allah   used to supplicate, "O Allah, forgive me my faults, my ignorance, my immoderation in my concern. And You are better aware (of my affairs) than myself. 0 Allah, grant me forgiveness (of the faults which I committed) seriously or otherwise (and which I committed) inadvertently and deliberately. All these (failings) are in me. 0 Allah, grant me forgiveness-from the faults, which I did in haste or deferred, which I committed in privacy or in public and You are better aware (of them) than myself. You are the First and the Last and over all things You are Omnipotent." Agreed upon.










1607. Abu Hurairah   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   used to say, "O Allah Set right for me my religion, which is the safeguard of my affairs. And set right for me the affairs of the world wherein is my living. Decree the Hereafter to be good for me. And make this life, for me, (a source) of abundance for every good and make my death (a source) of comfort to me and protection against every evil." Related by Muslim.









1608. Anas   narrated that the Messenger of Allah  used to say, "O Allah! Grant me benefit in what You have taught me, and teach me useful knowledge and provide me with knowledge that will benefit me." Related by An-Nasa'i and al-Hakim.









1609. At-Tirmidhi reported a similar tradition on the authority of Abu Hurairah    he said at its end. "And increase my knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from the state of those who will go to Hell." Its chain of narrators is good.








1610. Aishah  narrated, 'Allah's Messenger  taught her this supplication, "O Allah! I ask You of all good of what I have done and what I have not done in this world and in the Hereafter. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done and what I have not done in this world and in the Hereafter. O Allah! I ask of You all good that Your servant and Prophet Muhammad   used to ask of You. I seek refuge in You from all evil that Your servant and Prophet Muhammad   used to seek refuge in You from. O Allah! I ask You for Paradise and what brings me nearer to it of deeds and sayings. I seek refuge in You from Hell-Fire and what brings me near to it of deeds and sayings. I ask You for the good consequences of Your Decree." Related by Ibn Majah Ibn Hibban and Al-Hakim graded it as Sahih.










1611. Abu Hurairah  narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "Two phrases which are dear to the Compassionate One and are light on the tongue but heavy in the scale are: "How perfect Allah is and I praise Him; and How perfect Allah is the Most Great." Agreed upon.