Anxiety & worry

What Umm Sulaym asked for instead of anything for herself

She had one small request left after he had prayed for her household.

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْهُ مَالاً وَوَلَدًا وَبَارِكْ لَهُ

Allāhumma-rzuqhu mālan wa waladan wa bārik lah

“O Allah, give him wealth and children, and bless him in it.”

The third clause is the one people leave off. Wealth and children, and then barakah in them.

Where this comes from

He visited, refused the dates and ghee because he was fasting, prayed a voluntary prayer in the corner of the house and then made duʿā for her and her family. She said: I have one little request. He asked what. She said: your servant, Anas. Anas himself is the one narrating, and he ends it by noting that he became one of the wealthiest of the Ansar.

The full narration

Narrated Anas:The Prophet (ﷺ) paid a visit to Um-Sulaim and she placed before him dates and ghee. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Replace the ghee and dates in their respective containers for I am fasting." Then he stood somewhere in her house and offered an optional prayer and then he invoked good on Um-Sulaim and her family. Then Um-Sulaim said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have a special request (today)." He said, "What is it?" She replied, "(Please invoke for) your servant Anas." So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not leave anything good in the world or the Hereafter which he did not invoke (Allah to bestow) on me and said, "O Allah! Give him (i.e. Anas) property and children and bless him." Thus I am one of the richest among the Ansar and my daughter Umaina told me that when Al-Hajjaj came to Basra, more than 120 of my offspring had been buried

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 1982

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)
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