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Sunan Abi Dawud 1479

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Supplication (dua) is itself the worship. (He then recited:) “And your Lord said: Call on Me, I will answer you” (xI).

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حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ ذَرٍّ، عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ «قَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ»

The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Supplication (dua) is itself the worship. (He then recited:) “And your Lord said: Call on Me, I will answer you” (xI).

নু‘মান ইবনু বাশীর (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। নবী সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ দু‘আও একটি ‘ইবাদাত। তোমাদের রব বলেছেনঃ ‘‘তোমরা আমাকে ডাকো, আমি তোমাদের ডাকে সাড়া দিবো’’ (সূরাহ আল-মু’মিন : ৬০)।[1] সহীহ।

نعمان بن بشیر رضی اللہ عنہما کہتے ہیں کہ نبی اکرم صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا: دعا عبادت ہے ۱؎، تمہارا رب فرماتا ہے: مجھ سے دعا کرو، میں تمہاری دعا قبول کروں گا ( سورۃ غافر: ۶۰ ) ۔

Nûman b. Beşîr (r.a.)'den rivayet edildiğine göre, Resulullah (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem) şöyle buyurmuştur: "Duâ ibadetin tâ kendisidir. Rabbiniz (c.c.) "Bana dua ediniz, size icabet (ve duanızı kabul) edeyim"[Mu'min 60] buyurdu. Diğer tahric: Tirmizi, tefsirü sure; İbn Mace, dua; Ahmed b. Hanbel, IV

Sunan Abi Dawud 1479, Book 8, Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr, Hadith 64. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that supplication is worship. So, it should be purely directed to Allah, whether supplication is that of request, as the supplicant asks Allah Almighty to bring him what is beneficial and avert from him what is harmful in this world and in the Hereafter, or supplication of worship, involving such words and deeds, inward and outward, that are beloved and pleasing to Allah, acts of worship performed within the heart or through one's body or money. Then, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) cited as evidence the verse that reads: {Call upon Me; I will respond to you. Those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell, utterly debased.}

What it teaches

  • Supplication is the basis of worship and may not be directed to other than Allah.
  • Supplication comprises the true meaning of servitude to Allah, the servant's recognition of the self-sufficiency and power of his Lord, and the servant's need of Him.
  • The Hadīth contains a stern warning to those who are too proud to worship Allah and refrain from supplicating Him: that such people will enter Hellfire, utterly debased and humiliated.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Abu Dawud back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Abu DawudCompiler, died 275 AH
  2. 2Hafs ibn UmarTold us, Fourth generation, died 225 AH
  3. 3Shubah ibn al-HajjajTold us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  4. 4Mansur ibn al-MutamirFrom, Successor, died 132 AH
  5. 5Yusay ibn MadanFrom, Successor
  6. 6An-Numan ibn BashirFrom, Companion, died 60 AH

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