Hadith 23462

Chapter 3

باب 3

(3) باب الْعَزْمِ بِالدُّعَاءِ وَلاَ يَقُلْ إِنْ شِئْتَ

(3) Chapter: Being Firm In Supplication And Not Saying: "If You Will" (RU)
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْزِمْ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَلاَ يَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَعْطِنِي فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ مُسْتَكْرِهَ لَهُ " .

Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
When one of you makes supplication, he should supplicate with a will and should not say: O Allah, confer upon me if Thou likest, for there is none to coerce Allah. (RU)

Reference (RU): Sahih Muslim 2678 (RU)

In-book reference (RU): Book 48, Hadith 7 (RU)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 35, Hadith 6477 (RU)