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Encouragement to make dua for others when they are not in front of you

adab:623 – ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Ziyād > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

the Prophet ﷺ said, "The swiftest supplication to be answered is the dua of someone for another person who is not present."

الأدب المفرد:٦٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ لِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «أَسْرَعُ الدُّعَاءِ إِجَابَةً دُعَاءُ غَائِبٍ لِغَائِبٍ»

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abudawud:1535 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ziyād > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

The Prophet ﷺ said: The supplication which gets the quickest answer is that made by one distant Muslim for another.

أبو داود:١٥٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَسْرَعَ الدُّعَاءِ إِجَابَةً دَعْوَةُ غَائِبٍ لِغَائِبٍ

tirmidhi:1980 – ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > Qabīṣah > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ziyād b. Anʿum > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

"No supplication is more readily responded to, than the supplication made for someone who is absent."

الترمذي:١٩٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَنْعُمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا دَعْوَةٌ أَسْرَعَ إِجَابَةً مِنْ دَعْوَةِ غَائِبٍ لِغَائِبٍ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَالإِفْرِيقِيُّ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَنْعُمٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ هُوَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحُبُلِيُّ