حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُوسَی الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ أَبِي کَعْبٍ صَاحِبِ الْحَرِيرِ حَدَّثَنِي شَهْرُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا کَانَ أَکْثَرُ دُعَائِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا کَانَ عِنْدَکِ قَالَتْ کَانَ أَکْثَرُ دُعَائِهِ يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَی دِينِکَ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَکْثَرَ دُعَائَکَ يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَی دِينِکَ قَالَ يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ آدَمِيٌّ إِلَّا وَقَلْبُهُ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ شَائَ أَقَامَ وَمَنْ شَائَ أَزَاغَ فَتَلَا مُعَاذٌ رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَالنَّوَّاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ وَأَنَسٍ وَجَابِرٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَنُعَيْمِ بْنِ هَمَّارٍ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3522
Shahr bin Hawshab said: “I said to Umm Salamah: ‘O Mother of the Believers! What was the supplication that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said most frequently when he was with you?” She said: ‘The supplication he said most frequently was: “O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion (Yā Muqallibal-qulūb, thabbit qalbī `alā dīnik).’” She said: ‘So I said: “O Messenger of Allah, why do you supplicate so frequently: ‘O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.’ He said: ‘O Umm Salamah! Verily, there is no human being except that his heart is between Two Fingers of the Fingers of Allah, so whomsoever He wills He makes steadfast, and whomever He wills He causes to deviate.’”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020