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hakim:356 – ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > Muḥammad b. Nuʿaym > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Khalaf b. Khalīfah > Ḥafṣ from my cousin Anas > Anas

[Machine] One of the supplications of the Prophet ﷺ was: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that is of no benefit, from a heart that does not humble itself, from a soul that is never satisfied, and from a prayer that is not answered." And he would say at the end of it, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from these four." "And it has been reported to me that Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj included it in his narration from Zaid ibn Arqam from the Prophet ﷺ ." And this is according to the condition of Muslim.  

الحاكم:٣٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذَ الْعَدْلُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ حَفْصِ ابْنِ أَخِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَقَلَبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ» وَيَقُولُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَرْبَعِ» «وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ الْحَجَّاجِ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ» وهذا على شرط مسلم  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī
nasai:5470 – Qutaybah > Khalaf > Ḥafṣ > Anas

The Prophet [SAW] used to say these supplications: "Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min 'ilmin la yanfa'u, wa qalbin la yakhsha'u, wa du'a'in la yasma'u, wa nafsin la tashba'u. (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from knowledge that is of no benefit, a heart that is not humble, a supplication that is not heard and a soul that is not satisfied.)" Then he would say: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min ha'ula'il-arba' (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from these four.)'"  

النسائي:٥٤٧٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفٌ عَنْ حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَذِهِ الدَّعَوَاتِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ وَقَلْبٍ لاَ يَخْشَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لاَ يُسْمَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لاَ تَشْبَعُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَؤُلاَءِ الأَرْبَعِ  

ahmad:14023 – ʿAffān > Khalaf b. Khalīfah > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmaraʿan Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet [SAW] used to say these supplications: "Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min 'ilmin la yanfa'u, wa qalbin la yakhsha'u, wa du'a'in la yasma'u, wa nafsin la tashba'u. (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from knowledge that is of no benefit, a heart that is not humble, a supplication that is not heard and a soul that is not satisfied.)" Then he would say: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min ha'ula'il-arba' (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from these four.)'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5470)   

أحمد:١٤٠٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَعَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَقَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَرْبَعِ  

hakim:355 – Abū Muḥammad Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Muzanī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Sulaymān > Saʿīd b. ʿAmr al-Ashʿathī And Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Hamdānī Wahārūn b. Isḥāq > Abū Khālid Sulaymān b. Ḥibbān > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate and say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from a heart that does not fear (You), from a soul that is not satisfied, and from a prayer that is not heard." And he has a authentic witness in the narration of Anas bin Malik on the condition of being narrated by Muslim.  

الحاكم:٣٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَنِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْأَشْعَثِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ وَهَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو خَالِدٍ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حِبَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْعُو فَيَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْأَرْبَعِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَقَلَبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ» وَلَهُ شَاهِدٌ صَحِيحٌ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ  

tabarani:11020 – Abū Yazīd al-Qrāṭysy > ʿAlī b. Maʿbad > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > Yūnus b. Khabbāb > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I heard Ibn Abbas say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit, from supplication that is not heard, from a heart that does not humble, and from a soul that is never satisfied. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from these four.'"  

الطبراني:١١٠٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقراطيسيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ طَاوُسًا قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ دُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَرْبَعِ»