Hadith 3513

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الضُّبَعِيُّ، عَنْ كَهْمَسِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ : قُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ عَلِمْتُ أَيُّ لَيْلَةٍ لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ مَا أَقُولُ فِيهَا ؟ قَالَ : قُولِي : " اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عُفُوٌّ كَرِيمٌ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Aishah narrated:` “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what is your view if I know when the Night of Al-Qadr is, then what should I say in it?” He said: ‘Say: “O Allah, indeed You are Pardoning, [Generous,] You love pardon, so pardon me (Allāhumma innaka `Afuwwun [Karīmun], tuḥibbul-`afwa fa`fu `annī).’”
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الدعوات عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3513
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح، ابن ماجة (3850)  |  زبیر علی زئی: (3513) إسناده ضعيف / جه 3850, عبدالله بن بريدة لم يسمع من عائشة كما قال الدارقطني (السنن 233/3 ح 3517) والبيهقي (118/7) و دفاع ابن التركماني باطل لأن الخاص مقدم على العام . وللحديث شاهد ضعيف عند النسائي فى الكبري (10714) فيه سفيان الثوري مدلس و عنعن . وشاهدآخر موقوف عنده (10707) وسنده ضعيف ، فيه . . . . عبدالله بن جبير و فيه نظر و يقال: حنين ويقال: حسن ! (ح 3514، انظر ص 318)
Hadith Takhrij «سنن ابن ماجہ/الدعاء 5 (3850) ( تحفة الأشراف : 16185) (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
O Allah! You are Pardoning and Merciful,
and You love to pardon and forgive,
therefore, pardon and forgive us.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3513
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
(1)
In the nights in which there is a possibility of Laylat al-Qadr occurring, one should supplicate more abundantly.

(2)
The thing a servant needs most is to obtain forgiveness from Allah's court.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3850
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
577 Lexical Explanation:
«اَرَاٗيْتَ» means: "You tell me." This is in the meaning of «اَخْبِرْنِي».
«اَيُّ لَيْلَةٍ» will be in the accusative case (nasb) due to being the object (maf'ul), and will have a nominative case (dammah) if it is the subject (mubtada), and after it will be its predicate (khabar), and this entire sentence will serve as the equivalent of two objects.
«عَفُوٌ» has a fatha on the letter ‘ayn’ and a shaddah on the letter ‘waw’, meaning: one who greatly pardons, one who forgives and absolves abundantly. *
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 577