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).’”  

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  

“No angel has risen from the earth until he said: ‘There is no might or power except with Allah (Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh).’”]  

مَا نَهَضَ مَلَكٌ مِنَ الأَرْضِ حَتَّى قَالَ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ