The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 2003 (#Ḥadīth #23)

23 - عنه، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن النضر بن سويد، عن ابن سنان، عن حفص، عن محمد بن مسلم قال: قلت له: علمني دعاء فقال: فأين أنت عن دعاء الالحاح، قال: وما دعاء الالحاح؟ فقال: " اللهم رب السماوات السبع وما بينهن ورب العرش العظيم ورب جبرئيل وميكائيل وإسرافيل ورب القرآن العظيم ورب محمد خاتم النبيين، إني أسألك بالذي (3) تقوم به السماء وبه تقوم الأرض وبه تفرق بين الجمع وبه تجمع بين المتفرق وبه ترزق الاحياء وبه أحصيت عدد الرمال ووزن الجبال وكيل البحور " ثم تصلي على محمد وآل محمد، ثم تسأله حاجتك وألح في الطلب.

23. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa’id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from ibn Sinan from Hafs from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I asked him to instinct me with a supplication. He asked, ‘Why do you not pray with the supplication of pleading before Allah for help?’ I (the narrator) then asked, ‘What is the supplication of pleading before Allah for help?’ The Imam said say, ‘O Lord, the Lord of the seven heavens and all that is in between, the Lord of the great Throne, Lord of Jibril (Gabriel), Michael and Israfeil, Lord of the great Quran, and Lord of Muhammad, the last of the prophets, I plead before You through that with which You keep the heavens, with which You keep the earth, with which You disperse the gatherings and place together what is scattered, with which You provide sustenance to the living, with which You keep the counts of sands, the weight of the mountains and the measurement of the oceans.’ Then ask Allah’s al-Salat (favor) for Muhammad and his family and ask for help and insist pleading before Allah for help.’”

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