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muslim:2704cAbū Kāmil Fuḍayl b. Ḥusayn > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān

" There is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest." Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: Verily, you are not supplicating One Who is deaf or absent. He said: Abu Musa or Abdullah b Qais, should I not direct you to the words (which form) the treasure of Paradise? I said: Messenger of Allah, what are these? He said:" There is no might and no power but that of Allah."  

مسلم:٢٧٠٤cحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ

عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يَصْعَدُونَ فِي ثَنِيَّةٍ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ كُلَّمَا عَلاَ ثَنِيَّةً نَادَى لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ لاَ تُنَادُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلاَ غَائِبًا قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَوْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَلاَ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كَنْزِ الْجَنَّةِ قُلْتُ مَا هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:6409Muḥammad b. Muqātil Abū al-Ḥasan > ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

The Prophet ﷺ started ascending a high place or hill. A man (amongst his companions) ascended it and shouted in a loud voice, "La ilaha illal-lahu wallahu Akbar." (At that time) Messenger of Allah ﷺ was riding his mule. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You are not calling upon a deaf or an absent one." and added, "O Abu Musa (or, O ʿAbdullah)! Shall I tell you a sentence from the treasure of Paradise?" I said, "Yes." He said, "La haul a wala quwwata illa billah,"  

البخاري:٦٤٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي عَقَبَةٍ أَوْ قَالَ فِي ثَنِيَّةٍ قَالَ فَلَمَّا عَلاَ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ نَادَى فَرَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ قَالَ فَإِنَّكُمْ لاَ تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلاَ غَائِبًا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَوْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كَنْزِ الْجَنَّةِ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ  

abudawud:1527Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān

They (the Companions) accompanied the Prophet ﷺ while they were climbing the turning of a hill. A man uttered loudly: "There is no god but Allah, and Allah is most great" when he ascended the hill. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: You are not supplicating one who is deaf or absent. He then said: 'Abd Allah b. Qais. The narrator then transmitted the tradition to the same effect.  

أبو داود:١٥٢٧حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ

عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُمْ يَتَصَعَّدُونَ فِي ثَنِيَّةٍ فَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ كُلَّمَا عَلاَ الثَّنِيَّةَ نَادَى لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ لاَ تُنَادُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلاَ غَائِبًا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ  

ahmad:19648Yaḥyá > al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Mūsá

[Machine] The people faced a difficult obstacle or valley, and whenever a man climbed it, he would call out "There is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest," and the Prophet ﷺ was riding a camel displaying it to the horses, and he said, "O people, you are not calling upon one who is deaf or absent." Then he said, "O Abu Musa or O Abdullah ibn Qais, shall I guide you to a treasure from the treasures of Paradise?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Say: There is no power or strength except with Allah."  

أحمد:١٩٦٤٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

أَخَذَ الْقَوْمُ فِي عُقْبَةٍ أَوْ ثَنِيَّةٍ فَكُلَّمَا عَلَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهَا نَادَى لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ يَعْرِضُهَا فِي الْخَيْلِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَوْ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ  

ibnhibban:804Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Ḥīrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Hāshim > Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Abū Mūsá

[Machine] The people reached a difficult pass or narrow valley. Whenever a man ascended it, he would say, "There is no deity except Allah and Allah is the Greatest," while the Prophet ﷺ would be riding a she-ass and raising it on the mountain. He then said, "O people! You are not calling upon a deaf or absent (deity). Then he said, "O Abu Musa or Abdullah ibn Qais! Shall I not inform you of a treasure from the treasures of Paradise? He said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "There is no power or might except with Allah."  

ابن حبّان:٨٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

أَخَذَ الْقَوْمُ فِي عَقَبَةٍ أَوْ ثَنِيَّةٍ فَكُلَّمَا عَلَاهَا رَجُلٌ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ يَعْرِضُهَا فِي الْجَبَلِ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَبَا مُوسَى أَوْ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ » قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ»  

nasai-kubra:10294Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān

" There is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest." Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: Verily, you are not supplicating One Who is deaf or absent. He said: Abu Musa or Abdullah b Qais, should I not direct you to the words (which form) the treasure of Paradise? I said: Messenger of Allah, what are these? He said:" There is no might and no power but that of Allah." (Using translation from Muslim 2704c)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٢٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُثْمَانَ

عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مَعَ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمْ يَصْعَدُونَ فِي ثَنِيَّةٍ نَادَى لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكُمْ لَا تُنَادُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كَنْزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟» قُلْنَا مَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ» 10295 وَعَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مُعْتَمِرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَبِهِ  

nasai-kubra:8773ʿAmr b. ʿAlī And Bishr b. Hilāl > Yaḥyá > Sulaymān > Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

The Prophet ﷺ started ascending a high place or hill. A man (amongst his companions) ascended it and shouted in a loud voice, "La ilaha illal-lahu wallahu Akbar." (At that time) Messenger of Allah ﷺ was riding his mule. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You are not calling upon a deaf or an absent one." and added, "O Abu Musa (or, O ʿAbdullah)! Shall I tell you a sentence from the treasure of Paradise?" I said, "Yes." He said, "La haul a wala quwwata illa billah," (Using translation from Bukhārī 6409)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٧٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَبِشْرُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

أَخَذَ النَّاسُ فِي عُقْبَةٍ أَوْ ثَنِيَّةٍ فَكُلَّمَا عَلَا عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ نَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلَا غَائِبًا» ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى «أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ» قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ تَقُولُ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ»