Sunan at-Tirmithiy كتاب الدعوات باب ما جاء فى الدعاء إذا أصبح وإذا أمسى
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ - وَهُوَ الطَّيَالِسِىُّ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِى الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ رضى الله عنه يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ فِى صَبَاحِ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَمَسَاءِ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِى لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَىْءٌ فِى الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِى السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَيَضُرُّهُ شَىْءٌ. وَكَانَ أَبَانُ قَدْ أَصَابَهُ طَرَفُ فَالَجِ فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبَانُ مَا تَنْظُرُ أَمَا إِنَّ الْحَدِيثَ كَمَا حَدَّثْتُكَ وَلَكِنِّى لَمْ أَقُلْهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِيُمْضِىَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ قَدَرَهُ. قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ.
The Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said, "No bondsman (1) who recites three times in the [early] morning of each day, and three times in the [early] evening of each night, 'In the name of God: when His name is mentioned, nothing on earth nor in the heaven can cause harm; and He is the Hearing, the Omniscient.' will be harmed" Abān (one of the narrators of the ḥadīth (2)) had suffered a minor stroke, so the man (listening to him narrate the hadīth) kept staring at him. "What are you looking at?" Abān exclaimed. "Take heed! The ḥadīth is exactly as I have narrated it to you. However, I did not recite the supplication on that day, so God's decree befell me."
(1): Masculine pronouns are generally used in Arabic as a means for referring to both men and women when the meaning is left general and is not otherwise specified. (2): Record of the tradition of prophet Muḥammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him, including his sayings, actions, biography, physical and behavioral depiction, and his approval of something said or done in his presence, as narrated by his Companions. And according to this definition, sunnah and ḥadīth are synonymous for ḥadīth scholars. Ḥadīth is considered a major source of religious law, moral guidance and exemplification for Muslims, second only to the Qur’ān.
