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that the Prophet said: “When anyone of you gets a new wife, a servant, or an animal, let him take hold of the forelock and say: Allahumma inni asʿaluka min khayriha wa khayri ma jubilat 'alaihi, wa 'audhu bika min sharriha wa sharri ma jubilat ʿalaih (O Allah, I ask You for the goodness within her and the goodness that she is inclined towards, and I seek refuge with you from the evil to which she is inclined).' ” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1918)   

السيوطي:١٣١٣a

"إِذَا أفَادَ أحدُكم امرأةً أو دَابَّةً، فليأخُذْ بناصيتها، وليدْع بالبركةِ وليقلْ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنّى أسْألُكَ من خيرِها وخيرِ ما جُبلتْ عليهِ، وأعوذُ بكَ مِنْ شَرِّها وشَرِّ ما جُبلتْ عليه، وإنْ كان بعيرًا فليأخُذْ بذروةِ سَنَامِهِ" .  

[هـ] ابن ماجة وابن السنى، [ق] البيهقى في السنن [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جده

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Ḥākim, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
abudawud:2160ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAbd Allāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Khālid / Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

If one of you marries a woman or buys a slave, he should say: "O Allah, I ask You for the good in her, and in the disposition You have given her; I take refuge in You from the evil in her, and in the disposition You have given her." When he buys a camel, he should take hold of the top of its hump and say the same kind of thing. Abu Dawud said: Abu Sa'id added the following words in his version: He should then tale hold of her forelock and pray for blessing in the case of a woman or a slave.  

أبو داود:٢١٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ يَعْنِي سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ حَيَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ أَحَدُكُمُ امْرَأَةً أَوِ اشْتَرَى خَادِمًا فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا اشْتَرَى بَعِيرًا فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ وَلْيَقُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ زَادَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ لْيَأْخُذْ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا وَلْيَدْعُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْخَادِمِ
ibnmajah:1918Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá And Ṣāliḥ b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Qaṭṭān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

that the Prophet said: “When anyone of you gets a new wife, a servant, or an animal, let him take hold of the forelock and say: Allahumma inni asʿaluka min khayriha wa khayri ma jubilat 'alaihi, wa 'audhu bika min sharriha wa sharri ma jubilat ʿalaih (O Allah, I ask You for the goodness within her and the goodness that she is inclined towards, and I seek refuge with you from the evil to which she is inclined).' ”  

ابن ماجة:١٩١٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَصَالِحُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَفَادَ أَحَدُكُمُ امْرَأَةً أَوْ خَادِمًا أَوْ دَابَّةً فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا وَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهَا وَخَيْرِ مَا جُبِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا جُبِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ  

ibnmajah:2252ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"When anyone of you buys a slave woman let him say: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka khairaha wa khaira ma jabaltaha alaihi, wa a'udhu bika min sharriha wa sharri ma jabaltaha alaihi (O Allah, I ask You for the goodness within her and the goodness that You have made her inclined towards, and I seek refuge with You from the evil within her and the evil that You have made her inclined towards).' And he should pray for blessing. And if anyone of you buys a camel then he should take hold of its hump and pray for. blessing and say similar words."  

ابن ماجة:٢٢٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اشْتَرَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْجَارِيَةَ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَلْيَدْعُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ وَإِذَا اشْتَرَى أَحَدُكُمْ بَعِيرًا فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ وَلْيَدْعُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ وَلْيَقُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

hakim:2757Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Ḥāfiẓ > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Shahīd > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

"When anyone of you buys a slave woman let him say: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka khairaha wa khaira ma jabaltaha alaihi, wa a'udhu bika min sharriha wa sharri ma jabaltaha alaihi (O Allah, I ask You for the goodness within her and the goodness that You have made her inclined towards, and I seek refuge with You from the evil within her and the evil that You have made her inclined towards).' And he should pray for blessing. And if anyone of you buys a camel then he should take hold of its hump and pray for. blessing and say similar words." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2252)   

الحاكم:٢٧٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الشَّهِيدُ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَفَادَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْجَارِيَةَ أَوِ الْمَرْأَةَ أَوِ الدَّابَّةَ فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِنَاصِيَتِهَا وَلْيَدْعُ بِالْبَرَكَةَ وَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا جُبِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا جُبِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ بَعِيرًا فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ الْأَئِمَّةِ الثِّقَاتِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو فِي الْكِتَابَيْنِ» صحيح
nasai-kubra:9998ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

If one of you marries a woman or buys a slave, he should say: "O Allah, I ask You for the good in her, and in the disposition You have given her; I take refuge in You from the evil in her, and in the disposition You have given her." When he buys a camel, he should take hold of the top of its hump and say the same kind of thing. Abu Dawud said: Abu Sa'id added the following words in his version: He should then tale hold of her forelock and pray for blessing in the case of a woman or a slave. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2160)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٩٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اشْتَرَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْجَارِيَةَ أَوِ الْغُلَامَ أَوِ الدَّابَّةَ فَلْيَأْخُذْ نَاصِيَتَهُ وَلْيَقُلِ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيَّرَهُ وَخَيْرَ مَا جُبِلَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ مَا جُبِلَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا اشْتَرَى بَعِيرًا فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ وَلْيَقُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

nasai-kubra:10021Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ from my father > Saʿīd / Ibn Abū Ayyūb > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] "From the Prophet ﷺ that he said: When one of you benefits from a woman or a servant or a camel, he should place his hand on its forehead and say, 'O Allah, I ask You for its goodness and the goodness for which You have created it, and I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil for which You have created it.' As for the camel, he should hold onto the top of its hump and say the same."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٠٢١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِذَا أَفَادَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَرْأَةَ أَوِ الْخَادِمَ أَوِ الْبَعِيرَ فَلْيَضَعْ يَدَهُ عَلَى نَاصِيَتِهَا ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَأَمَّا الْبَعِيرُ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْخُذُ بِذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

suyuti:1503a

If one of you marries a woman or buys a slave, he should say: "O Allah, I ask You for the good in her, and in the disposition You have given her; I take refuge in You from the evil in her, and in the disposition You have given her." When he buys a camel, he should take hold of the top of its hump and say the same kind of thing. Abu Dawud said: Abu Sa'id added the following words in his version: He should then tale hold of her forelock and pray for blessing in the case of a woman or a slave. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2160)   

السيوطي:١٥٠٣a

"إذا تزوَّج أحدُكمُ امرأة أو اشترى خادمًا، فلْيقُلْ: الَّلهُم إني أسألك خيرها وخيرَ ما جبلتها عليه، وأعوذُ بك من شرها وشر ما جبلتها عليه، وإذا اشترى بعيرًا فْليأخذْ بذروة سنامه وليقلْ: مثل ذلك".  

[د] أبو داود عن عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جده
suyuti:1252a

"When anyone of you buys a slave woman let him say: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka khairaha wa khaira ma jabaltaha alaihi, wa a'udhu bika min sharriha wa sharri ma jabaltaha alaihi (O Allah, I ask You for the goodness within her and the goodness that You have made her inclined towards, and I seek refuge with You from the evil within her and the evil that You have made her inclined towards).' And he should pray for blessing. And if anyone of you buys a camel then he should take hold of its hump and pray for. blessing and say similar words." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2252)   

السيوطي:١٢٥٢a

"إِذَا اشتْرى أحدُكم الجاريةَ فليَقُل: اللَّهُم إِنِّي أسألُك خَيرَها وخَيرَ ما جبلتَها عليه، وأعوذُ بك من شَرِّها وَشرِّ ما جبلتها عليه، وليدْع بالبركة، وإذا اشترى أحدُكم بعيرًا فيأخُذْ بذروةِ سَنامِه وليدْع بالبركة مثلَ ذلك".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جده