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Jami at-Tirmidhi 3475 — Allah’s Greatest Name in Dua
What Has Been Related About The Comprehensive Supplications From The Messenger Of Allah
Allah’s Greatest Name in Dua: Asking Through Tawhid
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 3475
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 3475
حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ الأَسْلَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلاً يَدْعُو وَهُوَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ . قَالَ فَقَالَ " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الأَعْظَمِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى " . قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِزُهَيْرِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِسِنِينَ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ . قَالَ زَيْدٌ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُهُ لِسُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَرَوَى شَرِيكٌ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَإِنَّمَا أَخَذَهُ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ وَإِنَّمَا دَلَّسَهُ . وَرَوَى شَرِيكٌ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ .
`Abdullah bin Buraidah Al Aslami narrated from his father, who said: “The Prophet (ﷺ) Heard A Man Supplicating, And He Was Saying: ‘O Allah, Indeed, I Ask You By My Testifying That You Are Allah, There Is None Worthy Of Worship Except You, The One, As-Samad, The One Who Does Not Beget, Nor Was Begotten, And There Is None Who Is Like Him (Allāhumma Innī As’Aluka Bi Annī Ashhadu Annaka Antallāh, Lā Ilāha Illā Ant, Al-AḥAduṣ-ṢAmad, Alladhī Lam Yalid Wa Lam Yūlad, Wa Lam Yakun Lahu Kufuwan AḥAd).” He Said: “So He Said: ‘By The One In Whose Hand Is My Soul, He Has Asked Allah By His Greatest Name, The One Which If He Is Called Upon By It, He Responds, And When He Is Asked By It, He Gives.’”(One Of The Narrators) Zaid Said: “So I Mentioned It To Zuhair Bin Mu`Awiyah Years After That, And He Said: Abu Ishaq Reported To Me From Malik Bin Mighwal.’” Zaid Said: “Then I Mentioned It To Sufyan, So He Reported It To Me From Malik.”
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3475In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 106English translation : Vol. 6, Book 45, Hadith 3475
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 3475
This Hadith shows a man making dua by testifying to Allah’s oneness and naming Him as Al-Ahad and As-Samad, the One who neither begets nor is begotten, and none is like Him. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم heard the supplication and said that the man had asked Allah by His Greatest Name. The wording states that when Allah is called upon by that Name, He responds, and when He is asked by it, He gives. The core message is about how deeply tawhid belongs in dua. The man’s words are not casual praise; they are a clear statement of who Allah is. For searches like “Allah’s greatest name dua hadith,” this narration gives a direct example of wording connected to that teaching.
What we learn from this hadith
- The dua begins with testimony to Allah’s oneness.
- The wording includes Al-Ahad and As-Samad.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم identifies this as asking by Allah’s Greatest Name.
- The Hadith connects calling on Allah by this Name with response and giving.
