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suyuti:26253a –
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السيوطي:٢٦٢٥٣a –

"لا يُسْألُ بوجهِ اللهِ إلا الجنَّةُ".

[د] أبو داود [ق] البيهقى في السنن [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر

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abudawud:1671 – Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Qillawrī > Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq al-Ḥaḍramī > Sulaymān b. Muʿādh al-Taymī > Ibn al-Munkadir > Jābir

The Prophet ﷺ said: Nothing but Paradise must be begged for Allah's sake.

أبو داود:١٦٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْقِلَّوْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ التَّيْمِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يُسْأَلُ بِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ الْجَنَّةُ

bayhaqi:7889 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud from my father

The Prophet ﷺ said: Nothing but Paradise must be begged for Allah's sake. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1671)

البيهقي:٧٨٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْقِلَّوْرِيُّ يَعْنِي عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ كَانَ يَنْزِلُ دَرْبَ خُزَاعَةَ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَسْأَلْ بِوَجْهِ اللهِ إِلَّا الْجَنَّةَ