حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ مَوْلَی الْعُمَرِيِّينَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قُدَامَةَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْجُمَحِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ کَانَ يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ غُلَامٌ وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ مُعَصْفَرَانِ قَالَ فَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ لَکَ الْحَمْدُ کَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِجَلَالِ وَجْهِکَ وَلِعَظِيمِ سُلْطَانِکَ فَعَضَّلَتْ بِالْمَلَکَيْنِ فَلَمْ يَدْرِيَا کَيْفَ يَکْتُبَانِهَا فَصَعِدَا إِلَی السَّمَائِ وَقَالَا يَا رَبَّنَا إِنَّ عَبْدَکَ قَدْ قَالَ مَقَالَةً لَا نَدْرِي کَيْفَ نَکْتُبُهَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا قَالَ عَبْدُهُ مَاذَا قَالَ عَبْدِي قَالَا يَا رَبِّ إِنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ لَکَ الْحَمْدُ کَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِجَلَالِ وَجْهِکَ وَعَظِيمِ سُلْطَانِکَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُمَا اکْتُبَاهَا کَمَا قَالَ عَبْدِي حَتَّی يَلْقَانِي فَأَجْزِيَهُ بِهَا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 3801
It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah(saw) told them: “One of the slaves of Allah said: 'Ya Rabbi Lakal-hamdu kama yambagili-jalali Wajhika wa li 'azimi sulta' nika (0 Lord, 'to You is praise as befits the Glory of Your Face and the greatness of Your Might.)' The angels were uncertain and did not know how to write this down, so they ascended to heaven and said: ‘O our Lord, Your slave has said a word that we do not know how to write down.' Allah said – and He knows best what His slave said – 'What did My slave say?' They said: 'O Lord, he said: "ya Rabbi Lakal-hamdu kama yanbagi li-jalali Wajhika wa Ii'azimi sultanika (0 Lord, to You is praise as befits the Glory of Your Face and the greatness of Your Might)’” Allah said to them: 'Write it down as My slave said it, until He meets Me and I shall reward him for it."' (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020