حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ خَلِیْفَۃَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِيْ حَفْصُ ابْنُ أَخِيْ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ: کُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَدَ عَارَجُلٌ فَقَّالَ: یَا بَدِیْعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ! یَا حَيُّ یَا قَیُّوْمُ ! إِنَّيْ أَسْأَلُکَ۔ فَقَالَ ﷺؒ:((أَتَدْرُوْنَ بِمَا دَعَا؟ وَالَّذِيْ نَفْسِيْ بِیَدہِ، دَعَا اللہَ بِاسْمِعِہ الّذِيْ إِذَا دُعِيَ بِہِ أَجَابَ۔))
الأدب المفرد · Hadith 705
Anas said, "I was with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when a man made supplication, saying, 'O Originator of the heavens! O Living, Self-Subsistent! I ask of You.' He said, 'Do you know by what he has made supplication? By the One in whose hand my soul is, he has asked Allah by the Name that He answers when He is asked by it."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020