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Sunan Abi Dawud 1482

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) liked comprehensive supplication and abandoned other kinds.

Aishah bint Abi Bakrnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
6names in the chain
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حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ شَيْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَوْفَلٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

رضى الله عنها قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَحِبُّ الْجَوَامِعَ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ وَيَدَعُ مَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) liked comprehensive supplication and abandoned other kinds.

‘আয়িশাহ্ (রাঃ) সূত্রে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম পরিপূর্ণ বাক্যে দু‘আ করা পছন্দ করতেন (যে দু‘আয় দুনিয়া ও আখিরাতের কল্যাণের কথা থাকে), এছাড়া অন্যান্য দু‘আ ত্যাগ করতেন।[1] সহীহ।

ام المؤمنین عائشہ رضی اللہ عنہا کہتی ہیں کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم جامع دعائیں ۱؎ پسند فرماتے اور جو دعا جامع نہ ہوتی اسے چھوڑ دیتے۔

Aişe (r.anha)'dan; demiştir ki: "Resûlullah (s.a.v.) cami (kapsamlı ve toplayıcı) olan duaları sever bunun dışındakileri terk ederdi

Sunan Abi Dawud 1482, Book 8, Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr, Hadith 67. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) preferred supplications that encompassed the good of this world and the Hereafter, with few words but deep meanings, containing praise of Allah Almighty and noble purposes, and he would leave aside anything else.

What it teaches

  • It is recommended to supplicate using simple words that encompass meanings of goodness, and it is disliked to resort to affectation and excessive elaboration in requests, as this goes against the guidance of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him).
  • The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was uniquely granted the ability to speak with concise yet comprehensive words.
  • Adherence to what has been established that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated with, even if it is lengthy and contains many words, for all of it counts among the comprehensive supplications.

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. 2Harun ibn Abdullah al-HammalTold us, Fourth generation, died 241 AH
  3. 3Yazid ibn HarunTold us, Third generation, died 206 AH
  4. 4Al-Aswad ibn ShaybanFrom, Successor, died 160 AH
  5. 5Abu Nawfal ibn Abi AqrabFrom, Successor, died 111 AH
  6. 6Aishah bint Abi BakrFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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