Nu'aym bin Abi Hind (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: I was sitting with Yazid bin Abi Muslim during the rule of al-Hajjaj, and he was tormenting people. Meanwhile he mentioned a man who was in prison and, in a state of extreme rage and anger, had him summoned. When the man was brought and stood before him, I saw that he moved his lips with some supplication that I could not hear. Then Yazid raised his head towards him and (suddenly changing his tone) said: "Let him go," or he said: "Take him back." Nu'aym (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I went to that man and said to him: "I was present when he ordered you to be summoned in intense anger, and I was certain that he would do you serious harm. But when you stood before him, you moved your lips with something I could not hear; then he gave that lenient order about you which you saw. What was it that you recited?" He replied: "I made this supplication: 'Allahumma inni as'aluka bi-qudratika allati tumsiku biha al-samawati al-sab'a an yaqa'a ba'duhunna 'ala ba'din an takfiniyahi' (O Allah, I ask You by Your power with which You hold the seven heavens from falling upon one another, that You suffice me against him (and his evil))."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند حارثة بن وهب / 1480
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:رجاله ثقات
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: رجاله ثقات . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: صحيح» «أخرجه ابن عساكر في "تاريخه" [65/ 389، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 1476»