Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 78.0

When is a person closest to Allah the Mighty and Sublime?

باب أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

1 hadiths

Sunan an-Nasa'i, 1137sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

7 transmitters

Narrated by Muhammad bin Salmahfrom'Abdullah bin Wahbfrom'Amr bin al-Harith bin Ya'qubfrom'Amarah bin Ghazya bin al-HarithfromSami Maula Abi Bakr bin 'Abdur RahmanfromAbu Salah Maula 'UthmanfromAbu Hurairah

Hadith text · Matn

‏ أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَأَكْثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ ‏

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English translation

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The closest that a person can be to his Lord, the Mighty and Sublime, is when he is prostrating, so increase in supplication then."

Original Arabic chain wording

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ - عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ سُمَىٍّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏