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tabarani:16045 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Yḥyá b. Mʿyn > Whb b. Jryr b. Ḥāzm from my father > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > Maymūn b. Abū Shabīb > Qays b. Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

[Machine] My father sent me to serve the Prophet ﷺ , so he came to me while I had already performed two units of prayer. He hit me with his foot and said, "Shall I not guide you to one of the gates of Paradise?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "There is no power or might except with Allah."  

الطبراني:١٦٠٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثَنَا يحيى بن معين ثنا وهب بن جرير بن حازم ثنا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَنْصُورَ بْنَ زَاذَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مَيْمُونَ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ أَبِي دَفَعَنِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْدُمُهُ فَأَتَى عَلَيَّ وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَالَ «أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ الله قَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ أَلَا بِاللهِ»  

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tirmidhi:3581 – Abū Mūsá Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > Maymūn b. Abū Shabīb > Qays b. Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

that his father offered him to the Prophet ﷺ to serve him. He said: “So the Prophet ﷺ passed by me, and I had just performed Salat, so he poked me with his foot and said: ‘Should I not direct you to a gate from the gates of Paradise?’ I said: ‘Of course.’ He ﷺ said: ‘There is no might or power except with Allah (Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh).’”  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb in this particular context.
الترمذي:٣٥٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَنْصُورَ بْنَ زَاذَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ دَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَخْدُمُهُ قَالَ فَمَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ فَضَرَبَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَالَ أَلاَ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ
ahmad:22099 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Razīn > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Shall I not guide you to a door among the doors of Paradise?' He said, 'I said, indeed yes.' He said, 'There is no power or strength except by Allah.'"  

أحمد:٢٢٠٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ  

ahmad:22115 – Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū Razīn > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Shall I not guide you to one of the gates of Paradise?" I said, "Indeed, please do." He said, "There is no power or strength except with Allah."  

أحمد:٢٢١١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ  

ahmad:15480 – And Hb b. Jarīr from my father > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > Maymūn b. Abū Shabīb > Qays b. Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

that his father offered him to the Prophet ﷺ to serve him. He said: “So the Prophet ﷺ passed by me, and I had just performed Salat, so he poked me with his foot and said: ‘Should I not direct you to a gate from the gates of Paradise?’ I said: ‘Of course.’ He ﷺ said: ‘There is no might or power except with Allah (Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh).’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3581)   

أحمد:١٥٤٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَنْصُورَ بْنَ زَاذَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍعَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ دَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَخْدُمُهُ فَأَتَى عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَالَ فَضَرَبَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَالَ أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ  

hakim:7787 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAlam al-Ṣaffār> Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > Maymūn b. Abū Shabīb > Qays b. Saʿd b. ʿUbādah

that his father offered him to the Prophet ﷺ to serve him. He said: “So the Prophet ﷺ passed by me, and I had just performed Salat, so he poked me with his foot and said: ‘Should I not direct you to a gate from the gates of Paradise?’ I said: ‘Of course.’ He ﷺ said: ‘There is no might or power except with Allah (Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh).’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3581)   

الحاكم:٧٧٨٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلَمُ الصَّفَّارُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَنْصُورَ بْنَ زَاذَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ دَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَخْدُمُهُ قَالَ فَأَتَى عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ فَقَالَ «أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَكَانَ الْقَصْدُ فِي ذِكْرِهِ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ أَنَّ الْوَالِدَ لَهُ مُبَاحٌ أَنَ يُخْدِمَ وَلَدَهُ ثُمَّ لِلْمَوْهوبِ لَهُ الْخِدْمَةُ أَنْ يَسْتَخْدِمَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ يُعْرَفُ مِنْ فَضْلِ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ أَنَّهُ خَدَمَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَتَّى صَارَ مِنْهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ صَاحِبِ الشُّرَطِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُفَارِقْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي السَّرَّاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ إِلَى أَنِ اسْتُشْهِدَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
nasai-kubra:10115 – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Wahbb. Jarīr from my father > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > Maymūn b. Abū Shabīb > Qays b. Saʿd

that his father offered him to the Prophet ﷺ to serve him. He said: “So the Prophet ﷺ passed by me, and I had just performed Salat, so he poked me with his foot and said: ‘Should I not direct you to a gate from the gates of Paradise?’ I said: ‘Of course.’ He ﷺ said: ‘There is no might or power except with Allah (Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh).’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3581)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠١١٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ ثنا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَنْصُورَ بْنَ زَاذَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مَيْمُونَ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ أَبَاهُ دَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَخْدُمُهُ فَمَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَقَدْ صَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَضَرَبَنِي بِرِجْلِهِ وَقَالَ «أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ»