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ahmad:19584Wakīʿ > Burayd b. Abū Burdah b. Abū Mūsá from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] "We were sitting with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , and a questioner asked him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Intercede and you will be rewarded, and let Allah decide on the tongue of His Prophet what He loves.'"  

أحمد:١٩٥٨٤حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا بُرَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَإِنَّهُ سَأَلَهُ سَائِلٌفَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اشْفَعُوا تُؤْجَرُوا وَلْيَقْضِ اللهُ ﷻ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ مَا أَحَبَّ  


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muslim:2627Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir And Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Burayd b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

Make a recommendation for him, and you would get the reward. Allah, however, gives the verdict through the tongue of His Apostle what He likes most.  

مسلم:٢٦٢٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ وَحَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَاهُ طَالِبُ حَاجَةٍ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى جُلَسَائِهِ فَقَالَ اشْفَعُوا فَلْتُؤْجَرُوا وَلْيَقْضِ اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ مَا أَحَبَّ  

ahmad:19706Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Burayd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Burdah from his father > Abū Mūsá

Make intercession to me, you will be rewarded, for Allah decrees what he wishes by the tongue of his prophet. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5131)   

أحمد:١٩٧٠٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

جَاءَ سَائِلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اشْفَعُوا فَلْتُؤْجَرُوا وَلْيَقْضِ اللهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ مَا شَاءَ