حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ وَمَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ صُبَيْحِ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ الْحِمْصِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُصَبِّحٍ الْمَقْرَائِيُّ قَالَ کُنَّا نَجْلِسُ إِلَی أَبِي زُهَيْرٍ النُّمَيْرِيِّ وَکَانَ مِنْ الصَّحَابَةِ فَيَتَحَدَّثُ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ فَإِذَا دَعَا الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا بِدُعَائٍ قَالَ اخْتِمْهُ بِآمِينَ فَإِنَّ آمِينَ مِثْلُ الطَّابَعِ عَلَی الصَّحِيفَةِ قَالَ أَبُو زُهَيْرٍ أُخْبِرُکُمْ عَنْ ذَلِکَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَی رَجُلٍ قَدْ أَلَحَّ فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ فَوَقَفَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَمِعُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْجَبَ إِنْ خَتَمَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْقَوْمِ بِأَيِّ شَيْئٍ يَخْتِمُ قَالَ بِآمِينَ فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ خَتَمَ بِآمِينَ فَقَدْ أَوْجَبَ فَانْصَرَفَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَی الرَّجُلَ فَقَالَ اخْتِمْ يَا فُلَانُ بِآمِينَ وَأَبْشِرْ وَهَذَا لَفْظٌ مَحْمُودٌ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد الْمَقْرَائُ قَبِيلٌ مِنْ حِمْيَرَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 938
Narrated Abu Zuhayr an-Numayri: Abu Misbah al-Muqrai said: We used to sit in the company of Abu Zuhayr an-Numayri. He was a companion of the Prophet ﷺ, and he used to narrate good traditions. Once a man from among us made a supplication. He said: End it with the utterance of Amin, for Amin is like a seal on the book. Abu Zuhayr said: I shall tell you about that. We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ one night and came upon a man who made supplication with persistence. The Prophet ﷺ waited to hear him. The Prophet ﷺ said: He will have done something which guarantees (Paradise for him) if he puts a seal to it. One of the people asked: What should he use as a seal? He replied: Amin, for if he ends it with Amin, he will do something which guarantees (Paradise for him). Then the man who questioned the Prophet ﷺ came to the man who was supplicating, and said to him: So-and-so, end it with Amin and receive the good news. These are the words of Mahmud. Abu Dawud said: Al-Muqrai is a clan of Himyar.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020