´Abu Ad-Darda’ narrated that :` the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “It used to be from the supplication of Dawud that he would say: ‘O Allah, indeed, I ask You for Your love and the love of those who love You, and for the action that will cause me to attain Your love, O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family and cold water (Allāhumma innī as’aluka ḥubbaka wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuka wal-`amalalladhī yuballighunī ḥubbak. Allāhummaj`al ḥubbaka aḥabba ilaiyya min nafsī, wa ahlī wa minal-mā’il-bārid) He said: “And when the Prophet (ﷺ) would mention Dawud, he would narrate about him, saying: “He was the best in worship out of all men.”
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
O Allah! I ask You for Your love,
and I ask You for the love of the one who loves You,
and I seek from You a deed that will bring me closer to Your love.
O Allah! Make Your love more beloved to me than my own self and my family.
O Allah! Make Your love even greater than the love of cold water.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, “Abdullah bin Rabee’ah” is unknown (majhool),
and according to Imam Ahmad:
his narrations are fabricated (mawdu’),
however, the phrase (KANA DAWUDU ABUD AL-BASHAR) is found from Ibn Umar radi Allahu anhuma in Sahih Muslim,
see:
al-Saheehah no. 707)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3490