Reports on "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah"

Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Shall I not guide you to one of the gates of Paradise?" Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What is it?" The Prophet said: "Reciting 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (there is no power and no strength except with Allah)."
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, but al-Tabarani narrated these words: "Shall I not guide you to one of the treasures of Paradise?" The narrators of both narrations are the narrators of the Sahih, except Ata' bin al-Sa'ib; Hammad bin Salamah narrated from him before he suffered from confusion (ikhtilat).

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: On the night the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken on the Night Journey (Mi'raj), he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him). He asked: "O Jibril, who is this with you?" Sayyiduna Jibril (peace be upon him) said: "This is Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Command your Ummah to plant much in Paradise, for its soil is pure and its land is vast." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is meant by planting in it?" He replied: "Reciting 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (there is no power and no strength except with Allah)."
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, but he narrated these words: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "On the night I was taken on the Night Journey, I passed by Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him). He asked: 'O Jibril, who is this with you?' Jibril said: 'This is Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).' He greeted me with peace, welcomed me and said: 'Command your Ummah.'" After this the narrator mentioned the rest of the narration as before. The narrators of Ahmad are the narrators of the Sahih, except Abdullah bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab, who is thiqah (trustworthy); no one has criticised him, and Ibn Hibban declared him trustworthy.

Abdullah bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas said: Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: "Shall I not teach you a phrase which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught me?" I replied: "Yes, indeed!" He said: "When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and stayed at my house, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Abu Ayyub, shall I not teach you a phrase that is from the treasures of Paradise?' I said: 'Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you!' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Recite La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah abundantly.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat with two chains, and the narrators of one of them are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Plant much in Paradise, for its water is sweet and its soil is pure, and the way to plant much in it is to recite 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah'."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Uqbah bin Ali, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Reciting 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' is a cure for ninety-nine ailments, the lightest of which is anxiety."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Bishr bin Rafi' al-Harithi, who is da'if (weak), though he has been declared trustworthy. The rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except that in the manuscript of al-Mu'jam al-Awsat the name of Ajlan, the father of the narrator Muhammad, is missing; he is the narrator between him and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). And Allah knows best.

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not guide you to one of the treasures of Paradise? Recite 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' abundantly."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Abdullah bin Amir al-Aslami, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Ishaq al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) met me at the door of the mosque and said: "Shall I not guide you to one of the treasures of Paradise?" I said: "Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Reciting) 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah'."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; in its heard (masmu') manuscript and in other manuscripts, the narrators between Ibn Lahi'ah and him are missing.

Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Haydah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' is one of the treasures of Paradise."
Al-Tabarani recorded it.

Sayyiduna Qays bin Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said (the narrator says: I had prayed the Fajr prayer and was lying down at that time), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) struck me with his foot and said: "Shall I not guide you to one of the treasures of Paradise?" He said: "(It is to recite) 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah'."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Maymun bin Abi Shabib, who is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was walking with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) somewhere in Madinah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Abu Hurayrah!" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, here I am at your service." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who have an abundance of wealth (in this world) will be those with little on the Day of Resurrection, except for the person who does with his wealth like this and like this (that is, spends it in the way of Allah)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this while pointing with his blessed hand to his right and to his left: "And such people are few." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Hurayrah, shall I not guide you to one of the treasures of Paradise?" I said: "Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Saying) 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah, wa la manja min Allahi illa ilayh' (There is no power except with the help of Allah Almighty, and before Allah Almighty refuge can be sought only with Him)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Hurayrah, do you know what the right of Allah Almighty upon His servants is, and what the right of the servants upon Allah Almighty is?" I said: "Allah Almighty and His Messenger know best." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The right of Allah Almighty upon His servants is that they worship Him and do not associate anyone with Him as a partner, and the right of the servants upon Allah Almighty is that He does not punish anyone who does not associate anyone with Him as a partner."
Al-Bazzar recorded it in this lengthy form and also in an abridged form; the narrators of both are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Kumayl bin Ziyad, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I was present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I said: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know what its explanation is?" I said: "Allah Almighty and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) know best." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(What it means is this:) One can be saved from disobeying Allah Almighty only through the protection granted by Allah Almighty, and the strength to obey Allah Almighty can be attained only through the help given by Allah Almighty."
Al-Bazzar recorded it with two chains: one of them is munqati' (broken) and contains Abdullah bin Khirash, who is predominantly weak, and the other is muttasil (connected) and hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Fadalah bin Ubayd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever wants the treasure of Paradise, it is incumbent upon him to recite 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it via Abdullah bin Yazid from Rabi'ah bin Yura; I do not know the narrator named Abdullah, and the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever Allah Almighty grants a blessing, and he wishes for that blessing to remain, should recite 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' abundantly." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse:
"And why, when you entered your garden, did you not say: 'What Allah wills (comes to pass); there is no power except with the help of Allah'?" [Al-Kahf: 39]
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Khalid bin Najih, and he is kadhdhab (a liar).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Abu Hurayrah, shall I not guide you to a word that is one of the treasures of Paradise beneath the Throne?" The narrator says: I said: "Yes! May my father and mother be ransomed for you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.'" The narrator Abu Balj says: I think the narration also contains these words: "Allah Almighty says: 'My servant has submitted and surrendered himself in obedience.'" The narrator says: I said to Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Are the words 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah'?" He said: "No! These words are in Surah al-Kahf:
'And why, when you entered your garden, did you not say: What Allah willed (came to pass), and nothing can happen except with the help of Allah Almighty?' [Al-Kahf: 39]"
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Al-Tirmidhi recorded a hadith from this Companion other than this narration.
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Bazzar recorded something similar, except that he recorded these words: "Shall I not guide you to a word from the treasure of Paradise beneath the Throne?" The narrators of both narrations are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Abu Balj al-Kabir, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).