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tabarani:820Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Marwazī > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > Mubārak b. Faḍālah > al-Ḥasan > al-Aswad b. Sarīʿ

[Machine] "I was a poetical man and I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, should I not recite to you some praises with which I praise my Lord?' He said, 'Indeed, your Lord loves praises.' So, he did not increase me."  

الطبراني:٨٢٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا مُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ رَجُلًا شَاعِرًا فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا أُنْشِدُكُ مَحَامِدَ حَمِدْتُ بِهَا رَبِّي ﷻ؟ قَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْمَحَامِدَ» فَمَا اسْتَزَادَنِي  


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ahmad:15586Rawḥ > ʿAwf > al-Ḥasan > al-Aswad b. Sarīʿ

[Machine] I said, O Messenger of Allah, should I not recite to you praises and thanks with which I praise my Lord, the Blessed and Exalted? He replied, Indeed, your Lord loves praise.  

أحمد:١٥٥٨٦حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا أُنْشِدُكَ مَحَامِدَ حَمِدْتُ بِهَا رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى؟ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ ﷻ يُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ  

tabarani:823al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Ḥarb > ʿAmr b. ʿUbayd > al-Ḥasan > al-Aswad b. Sarīʿ

[Machine] "He came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'Indeed, I have praised my Lord with praises.' He (the Prophet) said, 'Know that your Lord loves praise,' and he (the man) did not ask him to elaborate further."  

الطبراني:٨٢٣حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ

أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ حَمِدْتُ رَبِّي بِمَحَامِدَ فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ» وَلَمْ يَسْتَنْشِدْهُ  

tabarani:824Ibrāhīm b. Nāʾilah al-Aṣbahānī > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > ʿĀmir b. Ṣāliḥ > Yūnus > al-Ḥasan > al-Aswad b. Sarīʿ

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, should I not sing to you praises that I have praised my Lord with?" He said, "Indeed, your Lord loves praise." And that is what has increased me.  

الطبراني:٨٢٤حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَائِلَةَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ثنا عَامِرُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا يُونُسُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا أُنْشِدُكَ مَحَامِدَ حَمِدْتُ بِهَا رَبِّي ﷻ؟ قَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْحَمْدَ» وَمَا اسْتَزَادَنِي  

nasai-kubra:7698ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > Yūnus > al-Ḥasan > al-Aswad > Ibn Sarīʿ

[Machine] I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, shall I not recite praises to my Lord that I have praised Him with?" He said, "Indeed, your Lord loves praises, and that has increased me in that."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٦٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ هُوَ ابْنُ سَرِيعٍ قَالَ وَكَانَ شَاعِرًا قَالَ

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا أَنْشُدُكَ مَحَامِدَ حَمِدْتُ بِهَا رَبِّي؟ فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُحِبُّ الْمَحَامِدَ وَمَا اسْتَزَادَنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ»  

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السيوطي:٦١-٢b

"قُلتُ: يَا رَسُولَ الله، ألاَ أنْشُدُكَ مَحَامِدَ حَمِدْتُ بِهَا ربِّى تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى؟ قَالَ: أمَا إِنَّ رَبكَ يُحِب الحَمْدَ".  

[حم] أحمد وأبو نعيم