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Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1744

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In-book entry
234

Chapter 79

Chapter context: Abomination of saying: "Forgive me if you wish, O Allah!"

- باب كراهة قول الإنسان: «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إنْ شِئْتَ»، بل يجزم بالطلب

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏

‏إذا دعا أحدكم، فليعزم المسألة، ولا يقولن‏:‏ اللهم إن شئت، فأعطني، فإنه لا مستكره له‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When one of you supplicates, let him be decisive and he should not say: 'O Allah, bestow upon me such and such if You wish', because no one has the power to compel Him." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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This is Hadith 1744 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 234 under the chapter “Abomination of saying: "Forgive me if you wish, O Allah!".”

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