47/39. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3235 — Dua for Allah’s Love
Regarding Surat Sad
Hadith Dua for Allah’s Love
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3235
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3235
وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِطُولِهِ وَقَالَ " إِنِّي نَعَسْتُ فَاسْتَثْقَلْتُ نَوْمًا فَرَأَيْتُ رَبِّي فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ فَقَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلأُ الأَعْلَى " . حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هَانِئٍ أَبُو هَانِئٍ الْيَشْكُرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا جَهْضَمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلاَّمِ عَنْ أَبِي سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَائِشٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ يُخَامِرَ السَّكْسَكِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ رضى الله عنه قَالَ احْتُبِسَ عَنَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاتَ غَدَاةٍ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى كِدْنَا نَتَرَاءَى عَيْنَ الشَّمْسِ فَخَرَجَ سَرِيعًا فَثُوِّبَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَتَجَوَّزَ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ دَعَا بِصَوْتِهِ قَالَ لَنَا " عَلَى مَصَافِّكُمْ كَمَا أَنْتُمْ " . ثُمَّ انْفَتَلَ إِلَيْنَا ثُمَّ قَالَ " أَمَا إِنِّي سَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ مَا حَبَسَنِي عَنْكُمُ الْغَدَاةَ إِنِّي قُمْتُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ وَصَلَّيْتُ مَا قُدِّرَ لِي فَنَعَسْتُ فِي صَلاَتِي حَتَّى اسْتَثْقَلْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فِي أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ . قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّ . قَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلأُ الأَعْلَى قُلْتُ لاَ أَدْرِي . قَالَهَا ثَلاَثًا قَالَ فَرَأَيْتُهُ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَىَّ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَ أَنَامِلِهِ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَىَّ فَتَجَلَّى لِي كُلُّ شَيْءٍ وَعَرَفْتُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ . قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّ قَالَ فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلأُ الأَعْلَى قُلْتُ فِي الْكَفَّارَاتِ قَالَ مَا هُنَّ قُلْتُ مَشْىُ الأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَالْجُلُوسُ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَإِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكْرُوهَاتِ . قَالَ فِيمَ قُلْتُ إِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَلِينُ الْكَلاَمِ وَالصَّلاَةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ . قَالَ سَلْ . قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَأَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي وَتَرْحَمَنِي وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِتْنَةَ قَوْمٍ فَتَوَفَّنِي غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَحُبَّ عَمَلٍ يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى حُبِّكَ " . قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّهَا حَقٌّ فَادْرُسُوهَا ثُمَّ تَعَلَّمُوهَا " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . سَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَقَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَالَ هَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ . قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ اللَّجْلاَجِ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَائِشٍ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَهَذَا غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ . هَكَذَا ذَكَرَ الْوَلِيدُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَائِشٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَرَوَى بِشْرُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَائِشٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ . وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَائِشٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Mu'adh bin Jabal Narrated from:
One Morning, The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Was Prevented From Coming To Us For Salat As-Subh, Until We Were Just About To Look For The Eye Of The Sun (Meaning Sunrise). Then He Came Out Quickly, Had The Salat Prepared For. The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Performed The Salat, And He Performed His Salat In A Relatively Quick Manner. When He Said The Salam, He Called Aloud With His Voice Saying To Us: 'Stay In Your Rows As You Are.'Then He Turned Coming Near To Us, Then He Said: 'I Am Going To Narrate To You What Kept Me From You This Morning: I Got Up During The Night, I Performed Wudu And Prayed As Much As I Was Able To, And I Dozed Off During My Salat, And Fell Deep Asleep. Then I Saw My Lord, Blessed And Most High, In The Best Of Appearances. He Said: 'O Muhammad!' I Said: 'My Lord Here I Am My Lord!' He Said: 'What Is It That The Most Exalted Group Busy Themselves With?' I Said: 'I Do Not Know Lord.' And He Said It Three Times.He Said: "So I Saw Him Place His Palm Between My Shoulders, And I Sensed The Coolness Of His Fingertips Between My Breast. Then Everything Was Disclosed For Me, And I Became Aware. So He Said: 'O Muhammad!' I Said: 'Here I Am My Lord!' He Said: 'What Is It That The Most Exalted Group Busy Themselves With?' I Said: 'In The Acts That Atone.' He Said: 'And What Are They?' I Said: 'The Footsteps To The Congregation, The Gatherings In The Masajid After The Salat, Isbagh Al-Wudu During Difficulties.'He Said: 'Then What Else?' I Said: 'Feeding Others, Being Lenient In Speech, And Salat During The Night While The People Are Sleeping.' He Said: 'Ask.' I Said: 'O Allah! I Ask Of You The Doing Of The Good Deeds, Avoiding The Evil Deeds, Loving The Poor, And That You Forgive Me, And Have Mercy Upon Me. And When You Have Willed Fitnah In The People, Then Take Me Without The Fitnah. And I Ask You For Your Love, The Love Of Whomever You Love, And The Love Of The Deeds That Bring One Nearer To Your Love.'" The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Said: "Indeed It Is True, So Study It And Learn It."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3235In-book reference : Book 47, Hadith 287English translation : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3235
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3235
This hadith dua for Allah’s love contains a long narration from Mu’adh bin Jabal. The Prophet explained what had kept him from the morning prayer, then described a vision in which he was asked about what the Most Exalted Group were busy with. He named acts that atone: walking to congregational prayers, sitting in masjids after prayer, and perfecting wudu in difficulties. He also mentioned feeding others, gentle speech, and night prayer while people sleep. Then he taught a dua asking Allah for good deeds, leaving evil deeds, loving the poor, forgiveness, mercy, protection from fitnah, Allah’s love, the love of those who love Allah, and love of deeds that bring one near to Allah’s love.
What we learn from this hadith
- Walking to congregation and sitting after prayer are mentioned as acts that atone.
- Feeding others, gentle speech, and night prayer are named as good deeds.
- The dua asks for doing good and avoiding evil.
- The Prophet said this matter is true and told people to study and learn it.
