أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِکٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْتَمِسْ لِي غُلَامًا مِنْ غِلْمَانِکُمْ يَخْدُمُنِي فَخَرَجَ بِي أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَرْدُفُنِي وَرَائَهُ فَکُنْتُ أَخْدُمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کُلَّمَا نَزَلَ فَکُنْتُ أَسْمَعُهُ يُکْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِکَ مِنْ الْهَرَمِ وَالْحُزْنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْکَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5518
Anas bin Malik said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said to Abu Talhah ‘Find me one of your boys to serve me.’ Abu Talhah brought me out, riding behind him, and I served the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم every time he stopped (on his journey). And I often heard him say: (Allah, I seek refuge in You from old age, grief, incapacity, laziness, miserliness, cowardice, the burden of debt and being overpowered by men.)” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020