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tabarani:8780Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydah b. ʿAbdullāh from his father > Idhā Arād Aḥadukum

[Machine] "If one wants to ask [anything], then let him begin with praise and commendation of Allah, with what He deserves. Then let him send blessings upon the prophet ﷺ , and then let him ask [his request] afterwards, for it is more likely for him to succeed."  

الطبراني:٨٧٨٠حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ «§إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ

أَنْ يَسْأَلَ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِالْمِدْحَةِ وَالثَّنَاءِ عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ لْيُصَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ لِيَسْأَلْ بَعْدُ فَإِنَّهُ أَجْدَرُ أَنْ يَنْجَحَ»