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ahmad:22952ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Mālik > Ibn Buraydah from his father

[Machine] Buraida went out at dinner time, and he encountered the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ took him by the hand and brought him into the mosque. Then they heard a man reciting, so the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you see him reciting?" Buraida remained silent. Then they heard a man making supplication, so he said, "O Allah, I ask You by the fact that I bear witness that You are Allah, there is no god but You, the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, who neither begets nor is begotten, and there is none like unto Him." The Prophet ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, or by the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, he has invoked Allah by His Greatest Name, and whenever He is asked by it, He gives and whenever He is called by it, He answers." Then, when it was close to giving birth, Buraida went out at dinner time, and he encountered the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ took him by the hand and brought him into the mosque. Then they heard the voice of a man reciting, so the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you say it out of desire?" Buraida said, "Do you say it out of desire, O Messenger of Allah?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "No, rather, he is a believing repentant, rather, he is a believing repentant." Then Ash'ari was reciting in a corner of the mosque, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Ash'ari, or indeed, Abdullah bin Qais, has been given a flute from the flutes of Dawud." So I said, "Should I inform him, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Yes, inform him." So I informed him, and he said, "You are my truthful friend. You have informed me about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a narration."  

أحمد:٢٢٩٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ بُرَيْدَةُ عِشَاءً فَلَقِيَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَأَدْخَلَهُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا صَوْتُ رَجُلٍ يَقْرَأُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تُرَاهُ مُرَائِيًا؟ فَأَسْكَتَ بُرَيْدَةُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يَدْعُو فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْأَحَدُالصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ أَوْ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ سَأَلَ اللهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى وَإِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْقَابِلَةِ خَرَجَ بُرَيْدَةُ عِشَاءً فَلَقِيَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَأَدْخَلَهُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا صَوْتُ الرَّجُلِ يَقْرَأُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتَقُولُهُ مُرَائِيُا؟ فَقَالَ بُرَيْدَةُ أَتَقُولُهُ مُرَائِيُا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَا بَلْ مُؤْمِنٌ مُنِيبٌ لَا بَلْ مُؤْمِنٌ مُنِيبٌ فَإِذَا الْأَشْعَرِيُّ يَقْرَأُ بِصَوْتٍ لَهُ فِي جَانِبِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ أَوْ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أُعْطِيَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ دَاوُدَ فَقُلْتُ أَلَا أُخْبِرُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ بَلَى فَأَخْبِرْهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَنْتَ لِي صَدِيقٌ أَخْبَرْتَنِي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِحَدِيثٍ  


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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ دُعَاءَ الْمَرْءِ بِمَا وَصَفْنَا إِنَّمَا هُوَ دُعَاؤُهُ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمِ لَا يَخِيبُ مَنْ سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ بِهِ

ibnhibban:892Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. ʿĪsá b. al-Sikkīn al-Baladī Biwāsiṭ > Abū al-Ḥusayn Aḥmad b. Sulaymān b. Abū Shaybah al-Rahāwī > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Mālik b. Mighwal > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah from his father > Dakhal Maʿ Rasūl

[Machine] He entered the mosque with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and there was a man praying, supplicating and saying, "O Allah, I ask You by virtue of the fact that I bear witness that there is no god but You, the One, the Eternal, who begets not nor was He begotten, and there is none comparable unto Him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, he has asked Allah by His greatest name, which if He is called upon using it, He answers, and if He is asked by it, He gives." And when a man was reciting in a corner of the mosque, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He has been given a melodious voice from among the melodious voices of the family of Dawood (David)." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, shall I inform him?" He said, "Yes, inform him." So I informed Abu Musa, and he said, "He will always be my friend."  

ابن حبّان:٨٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ السِّكِّينِ الْبَلَدِيُّ بِوَاسِطَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ الرَّهَاوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي يَدْعُو يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ أَنَّكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى وَإِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ» وَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأ فِي جَانِب المَسْجِدِ فَقَال رَسُوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم «لَقَد أُعِطَي مِزْمَاراً مِنْ مَزَامِير آل دَاوُد» وَهُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بن قَيسٍ قَالَ فَقُلتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ أُخْبِرُهُ؟ فَقَالَ «أَخْبِرْهُ» فَأَخْبَرْتُ أَبَا مُوسى فَقَالَ لَنْ تَزَالَ لِي صَدِيقاً