On the authority of his father: that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, heard a man saying: "O Allah, I ask You, for I bear witness that You are Allah, there is no god but You, the One, the Eternal Refuge, who neither begets nor is begotten, and there is none equal to Him." He said: "You have asked Allah by the name through which, when asked, He gives, and when supplicated, He answers." (1)

1494 - 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Raqqi narrated to us, Zayd ibn Hubab narrated to us, Malik ibn Mighwal narrated to us, with this hadith, in which he said: "He has asked Allah by His Greatest Name." (2)

1495 - 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Halabi narrated to us, Khalaf ibn Khalifah narrated to us, from Hafs — meaning the son of Anas's brother — from Anas: that he was sitting with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and a man was praying, then he supplicated: "O Allah, I ask You, for to You belongs all praise, there is no god but You, the Beneficent, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, O Living One, O Self-Sustaining One, I ask You by Your Greatest Name through which, when asked, You give, and when supplicated, You answer." He said: "He has supplicated Allah by His Greatest Name, which, when asked by it, He gives, and when supplicated by it, He answers." (3)

(1) Its chain is authentic. Musaddad: he is Ibn Musarhad al-Asadi, and Yahya: he is Ibn Sa'id al-Qattan.
It was also recorded by Ibn Majah (3857), and al-Nasa'i in "al-Kubra" (7619) through two chains from Malik ibn Mighwal, from him. Their wording is: "He has asked Allah by His Greatest Name," and this wording will follow after this.
It is in "Musnad Ahmad" (22952) and (22965), and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (891).
See also the hadith of Mihjan ibn al-Adra' preceding at number (985) and our commentary on it.

(2) An authentic hadith, and this chain is good. 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Khalid al-Raqqi and Zayd ibn Hubab are truthful.
It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhi (3781) through the chain of Zayd ibn Hubab, with this chain of transmission.
It is in "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (892).
See also what precedes it.

(3) Its chain is authentic. 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Halabi: he is Ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hakam al-Halabi, trustworthy. Khalaf ibn Khalifah: he is al-Ashja'i, trustworthy. Hafs: he is Ibn 'Umar ibn Abi al-Qasim al-Ansari, the nephew of Anas ibn Malik, trustworthy.
It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhi (3544) through the chain of Khalaf ibn Khalifah, from Hafs, from Anas, with a similar wording, and he said: "This hadith is hasan gharib."
It is in "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (893).
See also what precedes it.