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ahmad:17241 – Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > Abū Jaʿfar al-Madīnī > ʿUmārah b. Khuzaymah b. Thābit > ʿUthmān b. Ḥunayf

[Machine] A blind man came to the Prophet (PBUH) and said, "O Prophet of Allah, ask Allah to cure me." The Prophet (PBUH) said, "If you wish, I can delay that, as it would be better for your Hereafter, and if you wish, I can pray for you." The blind man said, "No, I would rather you pray for me." The Prophet (PBUH) instructed him to perform ablution, pray two units of prayer, and then make this supplication: "O Allah, I ask You and turn to You through Your Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I ask for your intercession with my Lord for my need to be fulfilled and for you to intercede for me." The blind man repeated this supplication multiple times, then he said, "Afterwards, I expect that His intercession for me will be effective." The man did as he was instructed, and he was cured.  

أحمد:١٧٢٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَرِيرًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخَّرْتُ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ لِآخِرَتِكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ لَكَ قَالَ لَا بَلْ ادْعُ اللهَ لِي فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ وَأَنْ يُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ فَتَقْضِي وَتُشَفِّعُنِي فِيهِ وَتُشَفِّعُهُ فِيَّ قَالَ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ هَذَا مِرَارًا ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدُ أَحْسِبُ أَنَّ فِيهَا أَنْ تُشَفِّعَنِي فِيهِ قَالَ فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ فَبَرَأَ  

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tirmidhi:3578 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Jaʿfar > ʿUmārah b. Khuzaymah b. Thābit > ʿUthmān b. Ḥunayf

“Supplicate to Allah to heal me.” He ﷺ said: “If you wish I will supplicate for you, and if you wish, you can be patient, for that is better for you.” He said: “Then supplicate to Him.” He said: “So he ordered him to perform Wudu’ and to make his Wudu’ complete, and to supplicate with this supplication: ‘O Allah, I ask You and turn towards You by Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, the Prophet of Mercy. Indeed, I have turned to my Lord, by means of You, concerning this need of mine, so that it can be resolved, so O Allah so accept his intercession for me (Allāhumma innī as’aluka wa atawajjahu ilaika binabiyyka Muḥammadin nabi-ir-raḥmati, innī tawajjahtu bika ila rabbī fī ḥājatī hādhihī lituqḍā lī, Allāhumma fashaffiʿhu fīyya).’”  

الترمذي:٣٥٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً ضَرِيرَ الْبَصَرِ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ صَبَرْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ قَالَ فَادْعُهُ قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيُحْسِنَ وُضُوءَهُ وَيَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ إِنِّي تَوَجَّهْتُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ لِتُقْضَى لِي اللَّهُمَّ فَشَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ الْخَطْمِيِّ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ هُوَ أَخُو سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ  

ibnmajah:1385 – Aḥmad b. Manṣūr b. Sayyār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Jaʿfar al-Madanī > ʿUmārah b. Khuzaymah b. Thābit > ʿUthmān b. Ḥunayf

“Pray to Allah to heal me.” He said: “If you wish to store your reward for the Hereafter, that is better, or if you wish, I will supplicate for you.” He said: “Supplicate.” So he told him to perform ablution and do it well, and to pray two Rak’ah, and to say this supplication: “Allahumma inni as’aluka wa atawajjahu ilaika bimuhammadin nabiyyir-rahmah. Ya Muhammadu inni qad tawajjahtu bika ila rabbi fi hajati hadhihi lituqda. Allahumma fashaffi’hu fiya (O Allah, I ask of You and I turn my face towards You by virtue of the intercession of Muhammad the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I have turned to my Lord by virtue of your intercession concerning this need of mine so that it may be met. O Allah, accept his intercession concerning me)”.  

ابن ماجة:١٣٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدَنِيِّ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً ضَرِيرَ الْبَصَرِ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ لِي أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخَّرْتُ لَكَ وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ فَقَالَ ادْعُهْ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيُحْسِنَ وُضُوءَهُ وَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي قَدْ تَوَجَّهْتُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ لِتُقْضَى اللَّهُمَّ فَشَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ  

ahmad:17240 – ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Jaʿfar > ʿUmārah b. Khuzaymah > ʿUthmān b. Ḥunayf

“Pray to Allah to heal me.” He said: “If you wish to store your reward for the Hereafter, that is better, or if you wish, I will supplicate for you.” He said: “Supplicate.” So he told him to perform ablution and do it well, and to pray two Rak’ah, and to say this supplication: “Allahumma inni as’aluka wa atawajjahu ilaika bimuhammadin nabiyyir-rahmah. Ya Muhammadu inni qad tawajjahtu bika ila rabbi fi hajati hadhihi lituqda. Allahumma fashaffi’hu fiya (O Allah, I ask of You and I turn my face towards You by virtue of the intercession of Muhammad the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I have turned to my Lord by virtue of your intercession concerning this need of mine so that it may be met. O Allah, accept his intercession concerning me)”. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1385)  

أحمد:١٧٢٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ خُزَيْمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَرِيرَ الْبَصَرِ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ لَكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَخَّرْتُ ذَاكَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ فَقَالَ ادْعُهُ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيُحْسِنَ وُضُوءَهُ وَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي تَوَجَّهْتُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ فَتَقْضِي لِي اللهُمَّ شَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ  

hakim:1909 – Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > ʿUthmān b. ʿAmr > Shuʿbah > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Jaʿfar al-Madanī > ʿUmārah b. Khuzaymah > ʿUthmān b. Ḥunayf

“Pray to Allah to heal me.” He said: “If you wish to store your reward for the Hereafter, that is better, or if you wish, I will supplicate for you.” He said: “Supplicate.” So he told him to perform ablution and do it well, and to pray two Rak’ah, and to say this supplication: “Allahumma inni as’aluka wa atawajjahu ilaika bimuhammadin nabiyyir-rahmah. Ya Muhammadu inni qad tawajjahtu bika ila rabbi fi hajati hadhihi lituqda. Allahumma fashaffi’hu fiya (O Allah, I ask of You and I turn my face towards You by virtue of the intercession of Muhammad the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I have turned to my Lord by virtue of your intercession concerning this need of mine so that it may be met. O Allah, accept his intercession concerning me)”. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1385)   

الحاكم:١٩٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا شُعْبَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدَنِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ خُزَيْمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَرِيرًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخَّرْتُ ذَلِكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ» قَالَ فَادْعُهُ قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيُحْسِنَ الْوُضُوءَ وَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي أَتَوَجَّهُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ فَتَقْضِيهَا لِي اللَّهُمَّ شَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ وَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»
hakim:1180 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Jaʿfar al-Madīnī > ʿUmārah b. Khuzaymah > ʿUthmān b. Ḥunayf

“Pray to Allah to heal me.” He said: “If you wish to store your reward for the Hereafter, that is better, or if you wish, I will supplicate for you.” He said: “Supplicate.” So he told him to perform ablution and do it well, and to pray two Rak’ah, and to say this supplication: “Allahumma inni as’aluka wa atawajjahu ilaika bimuhammadin nabiyyir-rahmah. Ya Muhammadu inni qad tawajjahtu bika ila rabbi fi hajati hadhihi lituqda. Allahumma fashaffi’hu fiya (O Allah, I ask of You and I turn my face towards You by virtue of the intercession of Muhammad the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I have turned to my Lord by virtue of your intercession concerning this need of mine so that it may be met. O Allah, accept his intercession concerning me)”. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1385)   

الحاكم:١١٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدِينِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ خُزَيْمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَرِيرًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي فَقَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخَّرْتَ ذَلِكَ وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ دَعَوْتُ» قَالَ فَادْعُهُ قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ فَيُحْسِنَ وُضُوءَهُ وَيُصَلِّيَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ فَيَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ وَأَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّ الرَّحْمَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي تَوَجَّهْتُ بِكَ إِلَى رَبِّي فِي حَاجَتِي هَذِهِ فَتُقْضَى لِي اللَّهُمَّ شَفِّعْهُ فِيَّ وَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ