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Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3512

Chapter: Concerning The Virtue Of Asking For Al-Afiyah And Al-Mu’afah

Weak 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3512

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ وَرْدَانَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الدُّعَاءِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ ‏

"‏ سَلْ رَبَّكَ الْعَافِيَةَ وَالْمُعَافَاةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ الدُّعَاءِ أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِذَا أُعْطِيتَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأُعْطِيتَهَا فِي الآخِرَةِ فَقَدْ أَفْلَحْتَ ‏"

Anas bin Malik narrated that a man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said:

“O Messenger of Allah, which supplication is the best?” He (ﷺ) said: “Ask Your Lord For Al-`Āfiyah and Al-Mu`āfāh in this world and in the Hereafter.” Then he came to him on the second day and said: “O Messenger of Allah, which supplication is the best?” So he (ﷺ) said to him similar to that. Then he came to him on the third day, so he (ﷺ) said to him similar to that. He (ﷺ) said: “So when you have been given Al-`Āfiyah in this world, and you have been given it in the Hereafter, then you have succeeded.”

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 3512).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَى ) بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ( أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى ) السِّينَانِيُّ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ( حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ وَرْدَانَ ) اللَّيْثِيُّ الْمَدَنِيُّ. قَوْلُهُ : ( سَلْ رَبَّك الْعَافِيَةَ وَالْمُعَافَاةَ ) قَالَ الْجَزَرِيُّ فِي النِّهَايَةِ : الْعَافِيَةُ أَنْ تَسْلَمَ مِنْ الْأَسْقَامِ وَالْبَلَايَا وَهِيَ الصِّحَّةُ وَضِدُّ الْمَرَضِ , وَالْمُعَافَاةُ هِيَ أَنْ يُعَافِيَك اللَّهُ مِنْ النَّاسِ وَيُعَافِيَهُمْ مِنْك أَيْ يُغْنِيك عَنْهُمْ وَيُغْنِيهِمْ عَنْك وَيَصْرِفَ أَذَاهُمْ عَنْك وَأَذَاك عَنْهُمْ , وَقِيلَ هِيَ مُفَاعَلَةٌ مِنْ الْعَفْوِ وَهُوَ أَنْ يَعْفُوَ عَنْ النَّاسِ وَيَعْفُوَهُمْ عَنْهُ اِنْتَهَى. وَقَالَ فِي الْقَامُو…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3512
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3512
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3512

Other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 2490

Anas told of a man who came to the Prophet and asked him which supplication was most excellent. To this he replied, "Ask your Lord for health and for security from evil in this world and the next." He came to him on the following day, asked the same question, and received a similar reply. Then when…

وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الدُّعَاءِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: «سَلْ رَبَّكَ الْعَافِيَةَ وَالْمُعَافَاةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ»…

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

Also reported by… (3)
  • الأحاديث المختارة (2874)سَلْ رَبَّكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ
  • مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي (6656)سَلْ رَبَّكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (28612)سَلْ رَبَّكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

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I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to teach me a supplication. He (ﷺ) said, "Beg Allah for safety (from all evils in this world and in the Hereafter)." I waited for some days and then I went to him again and asked him: "O Messenger of Allah Teach me to supplicate something from Allah." He said to…

وعن أبي الفضل العباس بن عبد المطلب رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قلت يا رسول الله‏:‏ علمني شيئًا أسأله الله تعالى، قال‏:‏ ‏"‏سلوا الله العافية‏"‏ فمكثت أيامًا، ثم جئت فقلت‏:‏ يا رسول الله‏:‏ علمني شيئًا أسأله الله تعالى، قال…

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Abu Bakr said that God’s messenger mounted the pulpit, then wept and said, "Ask God for forgiveness and health, for after being granted certainty, one is given nothing better than health." Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan tradition whose isnad is gharib.

وَعَن أبي بكرٍ قَالَ: قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ بَكَى فَقَالَ: «سَلُوا اللَّهَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فَإِنَّ أَحَدًا لَمْ يُعْطَ بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ خَيْرًا مِنَ…

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"The Messenger of Allah (saas) said: 'There is no supplication that a person can say that is better than: Allahumma inni as'aluka al-mu'afah fid-dunya wal-akhirah (O Allah, I ask You for Al-Mu'afah in this world and in the Hereafter).'"

"‏ مَا مِنْ دَعْوَةٍ يَدْعُو بِهَا الْعَبْدُ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ - اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ ‏"

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"‏ سَلْ رَبَّكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالَعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ فَإِذَا أُعْطِيتَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ فَقَدْ أَفْلَحْتَ ‏"

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

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