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The Supplication: "O Allāh Make it Good for Me and Choose for Me"

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Darussalam · Volume 6

45. The Book Of Supplications From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 492

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English translation

3516. 'Aishah narrated from Abū Bakr Aṣ-Ṣiddīq, that whenever the Prophet ﷺ wanted to do a matter, he would say: "O Allāh, make it good for me and choose for me. (Allāhumma Khīr Lī Wakhtar Lī)" (Da'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb, we do not know of it except through the narration of Zanfal, and he is weak according to the people of Hadīth. He is called Zanfal bin 'Abdullāh Al-'Arafi and he used to reside at 'Arafāt. He was alone in relating this Hadīth and was not corroborated in that.

Arabic text

٣٥١٦ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي الْوَزِيرِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌زَنْفَلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، عَنْ ‌عَائِشَةَ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ : أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - «كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَمْرًا قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي وَاخْتَرْ لِي». هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ زَنْفَلٍ، وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ، وَيُقَالُ لَهُ زَنْفَلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْعَرَفِيُّ، وَكَانَ يَسْكُنُ عَرَفَاتٍ، وَتَفَرَّدَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَلَا يُتَابَعُ عَلَيْهِ.

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