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ahmad:24604 – Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > al-Muʿallá b. Ziyād And Hishām Wayūnus > al-Ḥasan > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to frequently make the following supplication: "O Turner of hearts, keep my heart steadfast on your religion." She (the narrator) said: So, I (also) said: O Messenger of Allah, indeed you frequently make this supplication. He (the Prophet) said: Verily, the heart of a person is between two fingers of Allah. So, He turns it as He wills, and He establishes it as He wills.  

أحمد:٢٤٦٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَهِشَامٍ وَيُونُسَ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

دَعَوَاتٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهَا يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تُكْثِرُ تَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ قَلْبَ الْآدَمِيِّ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ اللهِ ﷻ فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَزَاغَهُ وَإِذَا شَاءَ أَقَامَهُ  

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hakim:3141 – al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Bayrūtī > Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb b. Shābūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Busr b. ʿUbaydullāh > Abū Idrīs al-Khawlānī > al-Nawwās b. Samʿān al-Klābī > Rasūl

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'There is no heart that is not between two of the Fingers of the Most Merciful. If He wills, He guides it and if He wills, He sends it astray.' The Messenger of Allah used to say: 'O You Who makes hearts steadfast make our hearts steadfast in adhering to Your religion.' And he said: 'The Scale is in the Hand of the Most Merciful; He will cause some peoples to rise and others to fall until the day of Resurrection.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 199)   

الحاكم:٣١٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْبَيْرُوتِيُّ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ شَابُورٍ نا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ عَنِ النَّوَّاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ الكلَابِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْمِيزَانُ بِيَدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَرْفَعُ أَقْوَامًا وَيَضَعُ آخَرِينَ وَقَلْبُ ابْنِ آدَمَ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِذَا شَاءَ أَقَامَهُ وَإِذَا شَاءَ أَزَاغَهُ» وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
tabarani:20262 – Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá And ʿAbdān > Hishām b. Khālid > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Sālim al-Khayyāṭ > al-Ḥasan from his mother > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to frequently say, "O Turner of hearts, keep my heart steadfast on your religion." So, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, why do you frequently make this supplication?" He replied, "O Umm Salamah, surely the heart of the son of Adam is between two fingers of the fingers of the Most Merciful. He turns it in the direction He wills."  

الطبراني:٢٠٢٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى وَعَبْدَانُ قَالَا ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا سَالِمٌ الْخَيَّاطُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ «يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ «يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ إِنَّ قَلْبَ ابْنِ آدَمَ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ إِذَا شَاءَ أَقَامَهُ وَإِذَا شَاءَ أَزَاغَهُ»