Sahih Muslim, 2678
sahihAnas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
When one of you makes supplication, he should supplicate with a will and should not say: O Allah, confer upon me if You likest, for there is none to coerce Allah.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْزِمْ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَلاَ يَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَعْطِنِي فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ مُسْتَكْرِهَ لَهُ
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Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
- 3Isma'il bin Ibrahim - Ibn 'Aliyaal-Basra · d. 193 AH
- 4Abu Bakr bin Abi UvaisMedina · d. 202 AH
- 5Isma'il bin Ibrahim - Ibn 'Aliyaal-Basra · d. 193 AH
- 6'Abdul 'Aziz bin Suhaibal-Basra · d. 130 AH
- 7Anas bin MalikMedinah,Damascus, Basrah · d. 93 AH/712 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 48, Hadith 7
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 35, Hadith 6477 (deprecated numbering scheme)