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The Authentic Ḥadīth Regarding Asking for Paradise and Protection from Hell

(Taken from: Fatāwā ʿUlamāʾ Ḥadīth, Kitāb al-Ṣalāh, Vol. 1)


Mention of the Ḥadīth
The ḥadīth you mentioned is found in Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, Ḥadīth number 2572, under the chapter “What has been narrated regarding the rivers of Paradise.” Imām al-Albānī has graded it as “ṣaḥīḥ” (authentic).


Arabic Text of the Ḥadīth:


“حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
‘مَنْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ الجَنَّةَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَتِ الجَنَّةُ: اللَّهُمَّ أَدْخِلْهُ الجَنَّةَ، وَمَنْ اسْتَجَارَ مِنَ النَّارِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَتِ النَّارُ: اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْهُ مِنَ النَّارِ۔'”



Urdu Translation:
حضرت انس بن مالک (رضي الله عنه) سے روایت ہے کہ رسول اللہ ﷺ نے فرمایا:


“جو شخص اللہ تعالیٰ سے تین مرتبہ جنت کا سوال کرے، جنت کہتی ہے: اے اللہ! اسے جنت میں داخل کر دے۔ اور جو شخص تین مرتبہ جہنم سے پناہ مانگے، جہنم کہتی ہے: اے اللہ! اسے جہنم سے بچا لے۔”


Other Sources for this Ḥadīth:

  • Sunan al-Nasāʾī (Ḥadīth: 9938)
  • al-Mustadrak al-Ḥākim (Ḥadīth: 1960)
  • Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān (Ḥadīth: 1034)

Clarification:
The narration you might have heard mentioning seven times for asking Paradise and Hell is not found in the authentic collections of ḥadīth. The authentic narration as recorded in Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī and other collections mentions three times, and Imām al-Albānī has verified its authenticity.
 
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