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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا تَحْسِينَ خُلُقِهِ كَمَا تَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْهِ بِحُسْنِ صُورَتِهِ

ibnhibban:959Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Ibn Fuḍayl > ʿĀṣim > ʿAwsajah b. al-Rammāḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Hudhayl > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] The translation of the phrase "كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي فَحَسِّنْ خُلُقِي»" into English is:

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, 'O Allah, You have beautified my physical appearance, so beautify my character as well.'"  

ابن حبّان:٩٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ عَوْسَجَةَ بْنِ الرَّمَّاحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللَّهُمَّ حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي فَحَسِّنْ خُلُقِي»  


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ahmad:3823Muḥāḍir Abū al-Muwarriʿ > ʿĀṣim > ʿAwsajah b. al-Rammāḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Hudhayl > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ used to say, "O Allah, you have perfected my creation, so perfect my character."  

أحمد:٣٨٢٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَاضِرٌ أَبُو الْمُوَرِّعِ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ عَوْسَجَةَ بْنِ الرَّمَّاحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ أَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِي فَأَحْسِنْ خُلُقِي  

ahmad:21988Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Ḥabīb b. Abū Thābit > Maymūn b. Abū Shabīb > Muʿādh

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "O Mu'adh, follow up a bad deed with a good deed, it will erase it, and treat the people with good character."  

أحمد:٢١٩٨٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ يَا مُعَاذُ أَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ  

ahmad:25221Hāshim Wʾaswad b. ʿĀmir > Isrāʾīl > ʿĀṣim > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said: "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'O Allah, You have made my creation good, so make my character good as well.'"  

أحمد:٢٥٢٢١حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ وأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ اللهُمَّ أَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِي فَأَحْسِنْ خُلُقِي