The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 1722 (#Ḥadīth #16)

16ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رِجَالِهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَاجَةٌ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالصَّلاةِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ يَخْتِمُ بِالصَّلاةِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَإِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ الطَّرَفَيْنِ وَيَدَعَ الْوَسَطَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الصَّلاةُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ لا تُحْجَبُ عَنْهُ.

16. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from ibn Jumhur from his father from his narrators who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah has said, ‘Whoever needs help from Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, should first ask from Allah al-Salat (favors) for the Holy Prophet and his family, then pray and plead before Allah for help, then conclude it with asking from Allah al-Salat for the Holy Prophet and his family; Honor of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, does not allow to accept both ends of the prayer and leave out the middle; asking from Allah al-Salat for the Holy Prophet and his family is never barred from reaching His presence.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).