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abudawud:5109 – [Chain 1] Musaddad And Sahl b. Bakkār > Abū ʿAwānah [Chain 2] ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr al-Maʿná > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

If anyone asks you refuge for Allah’s sake give him refuge; and if anyone asks you (for something) for Allah’s sake, give him. Sahl and Sulaiman said: if anyone calls you, respond to him. The Agreed version goes; if you do not afford to compensate him, pray Allah for him until you know that you have compensated him.  

أبو داود:٥١٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَسَهْلُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ الْمَعْنَى عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَقَالَ سَهْلٌ وَعُثْمَانُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقُوا وَمَنْ آتَى إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ وَعُثْمَانُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ لَهُ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا أَنْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:2567 – Qutaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever seeks refuge with (the name of) Allah, grant him refuge; whoever asks of you in (the name of) Allah, give him; whoever seeks protection with (the name of Allah, give him protection. Whoever does you a favor, then reciprocate, and if you cannot, then supplicate for him until you think that you have repaid him."'  

النسائي:٢٥٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَجَارَ بِاللَّهِ فَأَجِيرُوهُ وَمَنْ آتَى إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا أَنْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ  

abudawud:1672 – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone seeks protection in Allah's name, grant him protection; if anyone begs in Allah's name, give him something; if anyone gives you an invitation, accept it; and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him.  

أبو داود:١٦٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ وَمَنْ صَنَعَ إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَا تُكَافِئُونَهُ فَادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى تَرَوْا أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ  

ahmad:6106 – ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone seeks protection in Allah's name, grant him protection; if anyone begs in Allah's name, give him something; if anyone gives you an invitation, accept it; and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1672)   

أحمد:٦١٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ وَمَنْ أَتَى إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَا تُكَافِئُونَهُ فَادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا أَنْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ  

ahmad:5743 – Surayj > Abū ʿAwānah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever seeks refuge with (the name of) Allah, grant him refuge; whoever asks of you in (the name of) Allah, give him; whoever seeks protection with (the name of Allah, give him protection. Whoever does you a favor, then reciprocate, and if you cannot, then supplicate for him until you think that you have repaid him."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2567)   

أحمد:٥٧٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَعَاذَكُمْ بِاللهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ أَتَى إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَا تُكَافِئُوهُ فَادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَجَارَكُمْ فَأَجِيرُوهُ  

ahmad:5365 – ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone seeks protection in Allah's name, grant him protection; if anyone begs in Allah's name, give him something; if anyone gives you an invitation, accept it; and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1672)   

أحمد:٥٣٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ وَمَنْ أَتَى إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَا تُكَافِئُوهُ فَادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا أَنْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ  

hakim:2369 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-ʿAbdī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Isḥāq b. al-Ḥasan b. Maymūn al-Ḥarbī > Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān al-Jawharī > Abū ʿAwānah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever seeks refuge with (the name of) Allah, grant him refuge; whoever asks of you in (the name of) Allah, give him; whoever seeks protection with (the name of Allah, give him protection. Whoever does you a favor, then reciprocate, and if you cannot, then supplicate for him until you think that you have repaid him."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2567)   

الحاكم:٢٣٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الْعَبْدِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الْحَرْبِيُّ قَالَا ثنا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَعَاذَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ آتَى إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ كَافَيْتُمُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَجَارَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَجِيرُوهُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ لِلْخِلَافِ الَّذِي بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِ الْأَعْمَشِ فِيهِ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
hakim:1502 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > al-Aḥwaṣ b. Jawwāb > ʿAmmār b. Zurayq > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone seeks protection in Allah's name, grant him protection; if anyone begs in Allah's name, give him something; if anyone gives you an invitation, accept it; and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1672)   

الحاكم:١٥٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا الْأَحْوَصُ بْنُ جَوَّابٍ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ زُرَيْقٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَعَاذَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ وَمَنْ أَهْدَى إِلَيْكُمْ فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَا تُكَافِئُونَهُ فَادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى تَرَوْنَ أَنْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ فَقَدْ تَابَعَ عَمَّارَ بْنَ زُرَيْقٍ عَلَى إِقَامَةِ هَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ وَجَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ وَعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الْقَسْمَلِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ أَمَّا حَدِيثُ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ
ibnhibban:3408 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone seeks protection in Allah's name, grant him protection; if anyone begs in Allah's name, give him something; if anyone gives you an invitation, accept it; and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1672)  

ابن حبّان:٣٤٠٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ وَمَنْ صَنَعَ إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَا تُكَافِئُونَهُ فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ لَهُ حَتَّى تَرَوْا أَنْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ»  

tabarani:13465 – Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Ḥajjāj b. Ibrāhīm al-Azraq > Ḥibbān b. ʿAlī > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone seeks protection in Allah's name, grant him protection; if anyone begs in Allah's name, give him something; if anyone gives you an invitation, accept it; and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1672)  

الطبراني:١٣٤٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْأَزْرَقُ ثنا حِبَّانُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ وَمَنْ أَتَى إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَا تُكَافِئُوهُ فَادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى يَرَى أَنْ قَدْ كَافَئْتُمُوهُ»  

nasai-kubra:2359 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever seeks refuge with (the name of) Allah, grant him refuge; whoever asks of you in (the name of) Allah, give him; whoever seeks protection with (the name of Allah, give him protection. Whoever does you a favor, then reciprocate, and if you cannot, then supplicate for him until you think that you have repaid him."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2567)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٣٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَجَارَ بِاللهِ فَأَجِيرُوهُ وَمَنْ آتَى إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا فَادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا أَنْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ»  

bayhaqi:7890 – Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Abū ʿAwānah > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone seeks protection in Allah's name, grant him protection; if anyone begs in Allah's name, give him something; if anyone gives you an invitation, accept it; and if anyone does you a kindness, recompense him; but if you have not the means to do so, pray for him until you feel that you have compensated him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1672)   

البيهقي:٧٨٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَكُمْ بِاللهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ وَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ وَمَنْ أَتَى إِلَيْكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُوا مَا تُكَافِئُونَهُ بِهِ فَأَثْنُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ كَافَأْتُمُوهُ  

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السيوطي:٢٠٤٧٧a –

"مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَكُمْ بالله فَأَعِيذُوهُ، وَمنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِالله فَأَعْطُوهُ، وَمَنِ اسْتَجَارَ بالله فَأَجِيرُوهُ، ومَنْ دَعَاكُمْ فَأَجِيبُوهُ، وَمنْ صَنَعَ إِلَيكُمْ مَعْرُوفًا فَكَافِئُوهُ، فَإنْ لمْ تَجدُوا مَا تكَافِئُونهُ فادْعُوا لَهُ حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُم قَدْ كَافَأتموهُ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي والحكيم، [حب] ابن حبّان [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير وابن جرير في تهذيبه، [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن ابن عمر