أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ أَخِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ کُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسًا يَعْنِي وَرَجُلٌ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا رَکَعَ وَسَجَدَ وَتَشَهَّدَ دَعَا فَقَالَ فِي دُعَائِهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُکَ بِأَنَّ لَکَ الْحَمْدَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِکْرَامِ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُکَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ تَدْرُونَ بِمَا دَعَا قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ دَعَا اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَی
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1305
It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: “I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and a man was standing and praying. When he bowed, prostrated and recited the Tashahhud, he supplicated, and in his supplication he said: ‘(Allah, indeed I ask You since all praise is due to You, there is none worthy of worship but You, the Bestower, the Creator of the heavens and the Earth, Possessor of majesty and honor, Ever-living, Eternal, I ask of You.)’ The Prophet said: ‘Do you know what he has supplicated with?’ They said: ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He said: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, he called upon Allah by His greatest name which, if He is called by it, He responds, and if He is asked by it, He gives.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020