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nasai-kubra:10698Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Ḥajjāj > Abū Maṭar > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

from his father, that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would hear the sound of thunder and lightning bolts, he would say: “O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, and do not destroy us with Your punishment, and pardon us before that (Allāhumma lā taqtulnā bi-ghaḍabika wa lā tuhliknā bi-ʿadhābika wa ʿāfinā qabla dhālik).” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3450)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي مَطَرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ وَالصَّوَاعِقَ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
tirmidhi:3450Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > Abū Maṭar > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar from his father

from his father, that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would hear the sound of thunder and lightning bolts, he would say: “O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, and do not destroy us with Your punishment, and pardon us before that (Allāhumma lā taqtulnā bi-ghaḍabika wa lā tuhliknā bi-ʿadhābika wa ʿāfinā qabla dhālik).”  

الترمذي:٣٤٥٠حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَطَرٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا سَمِعَ صَوْتَ الرَّعْدِ وَالصَّوَاعِقِ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلاَ تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ  

ahmad:5763ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Ḥajjāj > Abū Maṭar > Sālim from his father

from his father, that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would hear the sound of thunder and lightning bolts, he would say: “O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, and do not destroy us with Your punishment, and pardon us before that (Allāhumma lā taqtulnā bi-ghaḍabika wa lā tuhliknā bi-ʿadhābika wa ʿāfinā qabla dhālik).” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3450)   

أحمد:٥٧٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَطَرٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ وَالصَّوَاعِقَقَالَ اللهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ  

hakim:7772Abū Bakr b. Bālawayh > Isḥāq b. al-Ḥasan > ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Abū Maṭar > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar

from his father, that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would hear the sound of thunder and lightning bolts, he would say: “O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, and do not destroy us with Your punishment, and pardon us before that (Allāhumma lā taqtulnā bi-ghaḍabika wa lā tuhliknā bi-ʿadhābika wa ʿāfinā qabla dhālik).” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3450)   

الحاكم:٧٧٧٢حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ بَالَوَيْهِ ثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ ثَنَا عَفَّانُ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثَنَا أَبُو مَطَرٍ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ وَالصَّوَاعِقَ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلَنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح
tabarani:13230Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Tammār al-Baṣrī > Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Ḥawḍī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > Abū Maṭar > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

[Machine] The translation of the passage into English is: "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would hear thunder and lightning, he would say, 'O Allah, do not kill us with Your anger, and do not destroy us with Your punishment. And grant us well-being before that.'"  

الطبراني:١٣٢٣٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَوْضِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَطَرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ وَالصَّوَاعِقَ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ»  

bayhaqi:6470Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān> Abū Sahl b. Ziyād al-Qaṭṭān > Isḥāq b. al-Ḥasan al-Ḥarbī > ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > Abū Muẓaffar > Sālim b. ʿAbdullāh from his father

from his father, that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would hear the sound of thunder and lightning bolts, he would say: “O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, and do not destroy us with Your punishment, and pardon us before that (Allāhumma lā taqtulnā bi-ghaḍabika wa lā tuhliknā bi-ʿadhābika wa ʿāfinā qabla dhālik).” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3450)   

البيهقي:٦٤٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحَرْبِيُّ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُظَفَّرٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ وَالصَّوَاعِقَ قَالَ اللهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ