What Has Been Related About The One Supplicating Should Begin with Himself
Darussalam · Volume 6
45. The Book Of Supplications From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 3385 · Volume 7 · Page 385
Sahih
صحيح، المشكاة (٢٢٥٨ / التحقيق الثانى)
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3385. Ibn ‘Abbās narrated from Ubayy bin Ka’b, that whenever the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would mention someone and supplicate for him, he would begin with himself. (Saḥīḥ) [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Hasan Gharīb Saḥīḥ, and Abū Qaṭan’s name is ‘Amr bin Al-Haitham (a narrator in the chain).
٣٣٨٥ - حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْكُوفِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَطَنٍ ، عَنْ حَمْزَةَ الزَّيَّاتِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ «إِذَا ذَكَرَ أَحَدًا، فَدَعَا لَهُ بَدَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ.» هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ صَحِيحٌ، وَأَبُو قَطَنٍ اسْمُهُ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ.
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When supplicating for others, one should begin with himself, because every one is in need of Allāh’s mercy. Supplicating for others only gives an impression that he himself is not in need of Allāh’s mercy and he is asking Allāh ﷺ to have mercy on others.