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ذِكْرُ دُعَاءِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ بِالْحِكْمَةِ

ibnhibban:7054Shabāb b. Ṣāliḥ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah embraced me and said: 'O Allah, teach him wisdom and the (correct) interpretation of the Book.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 166)   

ابن حبّان:٧٠٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

ضَمَّنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْحِكْمَةَ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:75Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Once the Prophet ﷺ embraced me and said, "O Allah! Bestow on him the knowledge of the Book (Qur'an).  

البخاري:٧٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

ضَمَّنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْكِتَابَ  

bukhari:3756Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Once the Prophet ﷺ embraced me (pressed me to his chest) and said, "O Allah, teach him wisdom (i.e. the understanding of the knowledge of Qur'an).  

البخاري:٣٧٥٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

ضَمَّنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْحِكْمَةَ  

bukhari:7270Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ embraced me and said, "O Allah! Teach him (the knowledge of) the Book (Qur'an)."  

البخاري:٧٢٧٠حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

ضَمَّنِي إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْكِتَابَ  

tirmidhi:3824Muḥammad b. Bashhār

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pulled me close to him and said: 'O Allah, teach him Al-Hikmah (wisdom)."  

الترمذي:٣٨٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَال حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ قَال أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

ضَمَّنِي إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْحِكْمَةَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ  

ibnmajah:166Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And ʾAbū Bakr b. Khalāad al-Bāhilī > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah embraced me and said: 'O Allah, teach him wisdom and the (correct) interpretation of the Book.'"  

ابن ماجة:١٦٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

ضَمَّنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَتَأْوِيلَ الْكِتَابِ  

tabarani:10588Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī > Abū ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ took me by the hand and said, "O Allah, teach him wisdom."  

الطبراني:١٠٥٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

ضَمَّنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْحِكْمَةَ»  

tabarani:11961al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ guaranteed me and said, "O Allah, teach him wisdom."  

الطبراني:١١٩٦١حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

ضَمَّنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْحِكْمَةَ»  

nasai-kubra:8123ʿImrān b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Once the Prophet ﷺ embraced me (pressed me to his chest) and said, "O Allah, teach him wisdom (i.e. the understanding of the knowledge of Qur'an). (Using translation from Bukhārī 3756)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨١٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

ضَمَّنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ عَلِّمْهُ الْحِكْمَةَ»