(Ibn Jurayj related this hadith in connection with the saying of Allah Almighty: "Or have they assigned to Allah partners who created like His creation?") It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) (whether he himself was present on that occasion, or Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) informed him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shirk among you is more hidden than the sound of an ant creeping." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Is shirk anything other than that someone besides Allah is worshipped, or that someone else is called upon along with Allah? (The narrator Abd al-Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) was in doubt about this sentence.) He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May your mother lose you, O Siddiq! Shirk among you is more hidden than the creeping of an ant. Shall I not tell you words that will remove its minor and major (forms)?" He said: Certainly, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite this supplication three times every day: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika an ushrika bika wa ana a'lam, wa astaghfiruka lima la a'lam' (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from knowingly associating anything with You, and I seek Your forgiveness for that (shirk) which I do not know). Also, shirk is that a person says: 'Allah and so-and-so gave to me,' and setting up a rival to Allah is that a man says: 'Had it not been for so-and-so, so-and-so would have killed me.'"
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه / 58
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
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