48/23. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2732c — Dua for Others in Absence
The Virtue Of Praying For The Muslims In Their Absence
Dua for Others in Absence Brings an Angel’s Ameen
Sahih Muslim : 2732c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2732c
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي، سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ - وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ الدَّرْدَاءُ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ الشَّامَ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ وَوَجَدْتُ أُمَّ الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَتْ أَتُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ الْعَامَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ . قَالَتْ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لَنَا بِخَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقُولُ " دَعْوَةُ الْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ لأَخِيهِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ مَلَكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ كُلَّمَا دَعَا لأَخِيهِ بِخَيْرٍ قَالَ الْمَلَكُ الْمُوَكَّلُ بِهِ آمِينَ وَلَكَ بِمِثْلٍ " . قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَى السُّوقِ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ يَرْوِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Safwan (and he was Ibn 'Abdullah b. Safwan, and he had been married to Umm Darda') reported: I visited Abu Darda's house in Syria. I did not find him there but Umm Darda' (was present at the house). She said: Do you intend to perform Hajj during this year? I said: Yes. She said: Do supplicate Allah for blessings upon us, for Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon hiin) used to say: The supplication of a Muslim for his brother at his back (in his absence) is responded so long as he makes a supplica- tion for blessings for his brother and the commissioned Angel says: Amen, and says: May it be for you too I I went to the bazar and met Abfi Dardi' and he narrated like this from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2733, 2732cIn-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 121USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 35, Hadith 6590
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2732c
This narration repeats the report of Safwan visiting Abu Darda’s house in Syria and meeting Umm Darda. She asked him to pray for them when he intended to perform Hajj. She then quoted the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, saying that the supplication of a Muslim for his brother in absence is responded to, while an appointed angel says Ameen and may the same be for you. Safwan later met Abu Darda in the market, and he narrated the same from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. The Hadith is useful because it shows the teaching being remembered in ordinary life. It is not only a rule in a book; it appears in a conversation between Muslims who wanted good from Allah.
What we learn from this hadith
- A Muslim may ask another Muslim to pray for good.
- The Hadith praises dua made for someone who is absent.
- The appointed angel replies with Ameen and asks similar good for the supplicant.
- The same teaching was narrated by both Umm Darda and Abu Darda.
