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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1486

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In-book entry
22

Chapter 1

Chapter context: Issues regarding Supplications, their Virtues and Supplications of the Prophet (ﷺ)

- باب الأمر بالدعاء وفضله وبيان جمل من أدعيته صلى الله عليه وسلم

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن علي، رضي الله عنه، أن مكاتبًا جاءه، فقال‏:‏ إني عجزت عن كتابتي‏.‏ فأعني‏.‏ قال‏:‏ ألا أعلمك كلمات علمنيهن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، لو كان عليك مثل جبل دينا أداه الله عنك‏؟‏ قل‏:‏ ‏

‏اللهم اكفني بحلالك عن حرامك، وأغنني بفضلك عمن سواك‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه الترمذي وقال‏:‏ حديث حسن‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

'Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

A slave who had made a contract with his master to pay for his freedom, came to me and said: "I am unable to fulfill my obligation, so help me." He said to him: "Shall I not teach you a supplication which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught me? It will surely prove so effective that if you have a debt as large as a huge mountain, Allah will surely pay it for you. Say: 'Allahumm-akfini bihalalika 'an haramika, wa aghnini bifadlika 'amman siwaka (O Allah! Grant me enough of what You make lawful so that I may dispense with what You make unlawful, and enable me by Your Grace to dispense with all but You)." [At- Tirmidhi].

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This is Hadith 1486 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 17, The Book of Du'a (Supplications), as in-book entry 22 under the chapter “Issues regarding Supplications, their Virtues and Supplications of the Prophet (ﷺ).”

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