Hadith 5108

حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ , وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْجُشَمِيُّ , قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ ، قَالَ نَصْرٌ ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ , عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ،عَنْ أَبِي نَهِيكٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَنِ اسْتَعَاذَ بِاللَّهِ فَأَعِيذُوهُ ، وَمَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ فَأَعْطُوهُ " , قال عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ : مَنْ سَأَلَكُمْ بِاللَّهِ .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone asks (you) for refuge for the sake of Allah, give him refuge; and if anyone asks you (for something) for the pleasure of Allah, give him. Ubaydullah said: If anyone asks you for the sake of Allah.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / أبواب النوم / 5108
Hadith Grading الألبانی: حسن صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: ضعيف, إسناده ضعيف, قتادة مدلس وعنعن, انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 177
Hadith Takhrij « تفرد بہ أبوداود، (تحفة الأشراف: 6572)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (1/249، 250) (حسن صحیح) »
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
In this, the encouragement is that the one who is asking has invoked the intercession of a Most Great Being.
In consideration of His name, do not withhold whatever you are able to give.
Some of the scholars have classified this narration as hasan sahih (good and authentic).
See:
(al-Sahihah, Hadith: 253)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5108