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tabarani:11416Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl al-Saqaṭī > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Sulaym > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Ibn ʿAbbās > Baynamā

[Machine] While I was sitting next to the Messenger of Allah, he said to me, "Oh young boy, be mindful of Allah and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah and you will find Him in front of you. If you ask, ask from Allah, and if you seek help, seek help from Allah. Know that if the nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, they would not benefit you except with what Allah has already written for you. And if they were to gather together to harm you with anything, they would not harm you except with what Allah has already written against you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried."  

الطبراني:١١٤١٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ السَّقَطِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ ثنا عَطَاءُ بْنُ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا أَنَا رَدِيفُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِي «يَا غُلَامُ احْفَظِ اللهَ يَحْفَظْكَ احْفَظِ اللهَ تَجِدْهُ تُجَاهَكَ إِذَا سَأَلْتَ فَسَلِ اللهَ وَإِذَا اسْتَعَنْتَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللهِ رُفِعَتِ الْأَقْلَامُ وَجَفَّتِ الصُّحُفُ»  


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ahmad:2763Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ibn Lahīʿah > Nāfiʿ b. Yazīd > Qays b. al-Ḥajjāj > Ḥanash > Ibn ʿAbbās

I was following ˹behind˺ the Prophet ﷺ then he said to me, "Young boy, ˹bear in mind what˺ I am about to tell you of ˹the following˺ statements: (1) be mindful of Allah and He will protect you, (2) be mindful of Allah and and you will find Him facing you, (3) if you ask, then ask Allah, (4) if you seek help, then seek help from Allah."

"(5) The pens ˹of Divine Decree˺ have been lifted and the books ˹of Decree˺ have dried. Thus if everyone comes to benefit you for a thing that has not been decreed for you by Allah they will not be able to, and if they intend to harm you for a thing that has not been decreed for you by Allah, they will not be able to."  

أحمد:٢٧٦٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ قَيْسَ بْنَ الْحَجَّاجِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ حَنَشًا حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ

كُنْتُ رِدْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا غُلامُ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا: (١) احْفَظِ اللهَ يَحْفَظْكَ، (٢) احْفَظِ اللهَ تَجِدْهُ تُجَاهَكَ، (٣) إِذَا سَأَلْتَ فَاسْأَلِ اللهَ، (٤) وَإِذَا اسْتَعَنْتَ فَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللهِ،»

«(٥) فَقَدْ رُفِعَتِ الْأَقْلامُ وَجَفَّتِ الْكُتُبُ۔ فَلَوْ جَاءَتِ الْأُمَّةُ يَنْفَعُونَكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَكْتُبْهُ اللهُ ﷻ لَكَ لَمَا اسْتَطَاعَتْ وَلَو أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَضُرَّكَ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ يَكْتُبْهُ اللهُ لَكَ مَا اسْتَطَاعَتْ۔»