One day we were praying behind the Prophet. When he raised his head from bowing, he said, "Samiʿa l-lahu liman hamidah." A man behind him said, "Rabbana wa laka l-hamdu, hamdan kathiran taiyiban mubarakan fihi" (O our Lord! All the praises are for You, many good and blessed praises). When the Prophet completed the prayer, he asked, "Who has said these words?" The man replied, "I." The Prophet said, "I saw over thirty angels competing to write it first." Prophet rose (from bowing) and stood straight till all the vertebrae of his spinal column came to a natural position.  

كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ قَالَ رَجُلٌ وَرَاءَهُ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ قَالَ أَنَا قَالَ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعَةً وَثَلاَثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلُ  

"We were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day and when he raised his head from bowing he said: 'Sami Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears the one who praises Him).' A man behind him said: 'Rabbana wa lakal-hamd, hamdan kathiran tayyiban mubarakan fih. (O our Lord, and to You be praise, much blessed and pure praise.)' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished, he said: "Who is the one who spoke just now?" The man said: 'I did, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I saw thirty-some angels rushing to see which of them would write it down first.'"  

كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ قَالَ رَجُلٌ وَرَاءَهُ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعَةً وَثَلاَثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلاً  

One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listened to him who praised Him. A man behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, Our Lord, and to Thee be praise, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he asked: Which of you if the one who spoke (the words) just now. The man said: I (uttered) these words, Prophet of Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I saw more than thirty angels racing against one another to be the one to write them first.  

كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ قَالَ رَجُلٌ وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ بِهَا آنِفًا فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعَةً وَثَلاَثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلَ  

One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listened to him who praised Him. A man behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, Our Lord, and to Thee be praise, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he asked: Which of you if the one who spoke (the words) just now. The man said: I (uttered) these words, Prophet of Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I saw more than thirty angels racing against one another to be the one to write them first. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 770)  

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي يَوْمًا وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ وَقَالَ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ قَالَ رَجُلٌ وَرَاءَهُ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا؟ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلًا  

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi praised what was recited by Malik and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Salamah informed me, narrating from Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Darimi, who narrated from Yahya ibn Bukayr, who narrated from Malik, and Ahmad ibn Ja'far informed us, narrating from Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal, who narrated from his father, who said: I read upon Abdurrahman ibn Mahdi from Malik, from Nuaim ibn Abdullah al-Mujmir, from Ali ibn Yahya ibn Khalbadd al-Zurqi, from his father, from Rifaa'ah ibn Rafa', from whom he narrated that he said: "One day, we were praying with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . When he raised his head from the prostration, he said, 'Allah listens to the one who praises Him.' A man said, 'Our Lord, to You belongs all praise, abundant, pure, blessed, and plentiful.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, he said, 'Who spoke earlier?' The man said, 'It was me, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I saw thirty-two angels competing to write it down.'"  

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُجْمِرِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ خَلَّادٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ الزُّرَقِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ قَالَ «سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ» قَالَ رَجُلٌ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ جَزِيلًا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا؟» قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا»  

One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listened to him who praised Him. A man behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, Our Lord, and to Thee be praise, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he asked: Which of you if the one who spoke (the words) just now. The man said: I (uttered) these words, Prophet of Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I saw more than thirty angels racing against one another to be the one to write them first. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 770)  

كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ وَقَالَ «سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ» قَالَ رَجُلٌ وَرَاءَهُ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا؟ » فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلُ»  

[Machine] A man was with the Prophet of Allah ﷺ praising Allah abundantly and beautifully. So the Prophet of Allah ﷺ asked, "Who is the owner of these words?" The man remained silent and thought that the Prophet of Allah ﷺ disapproved of something he disliked. Then the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Who is it? As he did not say anything except the truth." The man said, "I said it, O Messenger of Allah, hoping for goodness through it." The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, I saw thirteen angels competing to raise your words to Allah, the Most High and Blessed."  

رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْكَلِمَةِ؟» فَسَكَتَ الرَّجُلُ وَرَأَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ هُجِمَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى شَيْءٍ كَرِهَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ هُوَ؟ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ إِلَّا صَوَابًا» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا قُلْتُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرْجُو بِهَا الْخَيْرَ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَ كَلِمَتَكَ أَيُّهُمْ يَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى»  

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated to us, and Bakr ibn Sahl al-Dimyati narrated to us, and Abdullah ibn Yusuf narrated to us, and Ali ibn al-Mubarak al-San'ani narrated to us, and Ismail ibn Abi Uwais narrated to us, all of them from Malik, from Nuaim al-Mujmir, from Ali ibn Yahya al-Zurqi, from his father, from Rifaa ibn Rafa who said: "We were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one day, and when he raised his head from the rukoo', he said: 'Allah hears the one who praises Him.' A man behind him said: 'Our Lord, and to You is the praise, abundant, good, and blessed.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, he said: 'Who spoke up?.' The man said: 'It was me, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I saw thirty-three angels racing to write it down, which one of them would record it first.'"  

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الدِّمْيَاطِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمٍ الْمُجْمِرِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَحْيَى الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ قَالَ كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ وَقَالَ «سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ» قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنَ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا؟» فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بَضْعَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلًا»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for us one day. When he raised his head from the prostration, he said, "Allah hears the one who praises Him." Then a man behind him said, "Our Lord, to You belong abundant praises, good and blessed." When the Prophet ﷺ finished, he said three times, "Who was the one who spoke earlier?" The man said, "It was me, O Messenger of Allah." He ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, I have seen thirty-two angels competing to write it down, to whom should it be attributed first?"  

صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا صَلَاةً فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ قَالَ «سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ خَلْفَهُ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ «مَنِ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا؟» قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلًا»  

One day we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head after bowing, he said: Allah listened to him who praised Him. A man behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: O Allah, Our Lord, and to Thee be praise, much praise, good and blessed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he asked: Which of you if the one who spoke (the words) just now. The man said: I (uttered) these words, Prophet of Allah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I saw more than thirty angels racing against one another to be the one to write them first. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 770)  

كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ قَالَ «سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ وَرَاءَهُ رَبِّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ آنِفًا؟» قَالَ رَجُلٌ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بِضْعَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلِكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلُ؟»  

[Machine] He said: "One day, we were praying behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his head from bowing and said, 'Allah listens to the one who praises Him,' a man behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Our Lord, to You is all praise, abundant, pure, and blessed.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, he said, 'Who spoke abruptly?' The man said, 'It was me, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'I saw thirty-three angels racing one another to write it down which of them would take it first.'"  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنَّا يَوْمًا نُصَلِّي وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعَ وَقَالَ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ قَالَ رَجُلٌ وَرَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ آنِفًا؟ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بَضْعَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَهَا أَيُّهُمْ يَكْتُبُهَا أَوَّلَ  

"قَالَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ : الْحَمْدُ لله كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْكَلِمَةِ؟ فَسَكَتَ الرَّجُلُ وَرَأَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ هَجَمَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى شَىْء كَرِهَهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : مَنْ هُوَ؟ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ إِلاَّ صَوَابًا، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: أَنَا قُلْتُهًا يَارَسُولَ اللهِ! أَرْجُو بِهَا الْخَيْرَ، قَالَ: وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ ثَلاَثةَ عَشَرَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِروُنَ كَلِمَتَكَ أَيُّهُمْ يَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى اللهِ".