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You dua will be accepted if you glorify Allah before making a dua

ahmad:12207Wakīʿ > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas b. Mālik

Umm Sulaym came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, teach me some words that I can use in my dua." He said, "˹Say˺ subḥān Allāh (Exultation be to Allah) ten times, and ˹say˺ al-ḥamdu lillāh (Praise be to Allah) ten times, and ˹say˺ Allāhu Akbar (Allah is Greater) ten times, then ask for your need. For indeed ˹Allah˺ says, 'I have done it, I have done it.'"  

أحمد:١٢٢٠٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنِي عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي كَلِمَاتٍ أَدْعُو بِهِنَّ قَالَ تُسَبِّحِينَ اللهَ عَشْرًا وَتَحْمَدِينَهُ عَشْرًا وَتُكَبِّرِينَهُ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ سَلِي حَاجَتَكِ فَإِنَّهُ يَقُولُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:1299ʿUbayd b. Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ Akhū Sufyān b. Wakīʿ from my father > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas b. Mālik

"Umm Sulaim came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, teach me some words that I may supplicate with during my prayer.' He said: 'Glorify Allah (by saying SubhanAllah) ten times, and praise Him (by saying Alhamdulilah) ten times, and magnify Him (by saying Allahu Akbar) ten times, then ask Him for what you need; He will say: 'Yes, yes.'  

النسائي:١٢٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ وَكِيعِ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ أَخُو سُفْيَانَ بْنِ وَكِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي كَلِمَاتٍ أَدْعُو بِهِنَّ فِي صَلاَتِي قَالَ سَبِّحِي اللَّهَ عَشْرًا وَاحْمَدِيهِ عَشْرًا وَكَبِّرِيهِ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ سَلِيهِ حَاجَتَكِ يَقُلْ نَعَمْ نَعَمْ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ، وَالتَّحْمِيدِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ لِلْمَرْءِ بِعَدَدٍ مَعْلُومٍ فِي عَقِبِ صَلَاتِهِ

ibnhibban:2011Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. Abān > Wakīʿ > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas b. Mālik

"Umm Sulaim came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, teach me some words that I may supplicate with during my prayer.' He said: 'Glorify Allah (by saying SubhanAllah) ten times, and praise Him (by saying Alhamdulilah) ten times, and magnify Him (by saying Allahu Akbar) ten times, then ask Him for what you need; He will say: 'Yes, yes.' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1299)  

ابن حبّان:٢٠١١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ * عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي كَلِمَاتٍ أَدْعُو بِهِنَّ فِي صَلَاتِي فَقَالَ «سَبِّحِي اللَّهَ عَشْرًا وَاحْمَدِيهِ عَشْرًا وَكَبِّرِيهِ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ سَلِيهِ حَاجَتَكِ»  

nasai-kubra:1223ʿUbayd b. Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ from my father > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas

"Umm Sulaim came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, teach me some words that I may supplicate with during my prayer.' He said: 'Glorify Allah (by saying SubhanAllah) ten times, and praise Him (by saying Alhamdulilah) ten times, and magnify Him (by saying Allahu Akbar) ten times, then ask Him for what you need; He will say: 'Yes, yes.' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1299)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٢٢٣أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ وَكِيعِ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي كَلِمَاتٍ أَدْعُو بِهِنَّ فِي صَلَاتِي قَالَ سَبِّحِي اللهَ عَشْرًا وَاحْمَدِيهِ عَشْرًا وَكَبِّرِيهِ عَشْرًا ثُمَّ سَلِيهِ حَاجَتَكِ يَقُولُ نَعَمْ نَعَمْ