| Upon Entering a Town (199) |
It is reported by way of Suhayb  , that the Prophet  did not see a town which he wanted to enter except that he said upon seeing it: Allăhumma rabbas-samăwătis-sab`i wa mă
'athlaln, wa rabbal 'aradheenas-sab`i wamă 'aqlalna, wa rabbash-shayăteeni wa mă 'adhlalna, rabbar-riyăhi wa mă tharayna;
'as'aluka khayra hăthihi 'alqaryati, wa khayra 'ahlihă, wa khayra mă feehă, wa 'a`outhu bika min sharrihă, wa sharri 'ahlihă,
wa sharri mă feehă (218)
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| Footnotes
O my ilăh Lord of the Seven Heavens, and that which they have shaded; Lord of the Seven Earths and that which they have
carried, Lord of the shayăteen [devils], and those whom they have led astray; and Lord of the winds, and that which they have
lifted; I ask You the good of this town, the good of its people, and the good that is in it; and I soicit your protection
from its evil, and the evil of its people and the evil that is in it. |
| Reporters
Ibn Taymiya said that it was reported by An-Nisă'ee and others. Al-Albăni said: "Others" like: Ibn Hibbăn, and Al-Hăkim,
who both said it was sound, and Ath-Thahabi agreed with them. Al-Albăni thought the hadeeth was worty of further scrutiny
because all the above mentioned narrations included 'Abi Marwăn, the father of `Ată. He further said that Ath-Thahabi mentioned
him in Al-Meezăn saying: "An-Nisă'ee said he was unknown," and whoever claims that he was a companion has no evidence
of such, except for reports that are all by way of 'Al-Wăqidiy who is abolished. In spite of this, Al-Albăni said, Al-Hăfith
Ibn Hajar said the hadeeth was comely, and said that he perhaps meant of "comely" meaning, not the hadeeth term "comely".
He said: See Ibn Illăn 154/5. Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #141. |
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