Hadith 20

(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – from Ubdous Bin Ali Bin Al Abbas, from Bundar Bin Ibrahim Bin Isa, from Ammar Bin Raja’a, from Dawood Bin Dawood, from Nafie Bin Abdullah Bin Ata’a Bin Abu Rabah, from Abdullah Bin Abbas who said, ‘Qabeysa Bin Mukhariq Al Hilaly arrived to Rasool-Allah-saww. He-saww greeted unto him and was welcoming with him. Then he-saww said: ‘What have you come for, O Qabeysa? ’
He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I have become old, and my strength has weakened, and I have slowed upon my family, and am frustrated from things I used to endure, so teach me phrases Allah-azwj will Benefit me with these, and be brief for I am a forgetful man’. He-saww said: ‘What did you say, O Qabeysa? ’ He repeated it. Then he-saww said to him: ‘What did you say, O Qabeysa? ’ He repeated it. Then he-saww said to him: ‘What did you say, O Qabeysa? ’ He repeated it. He-saww said: ‘There does not remain around you, neither a tree nor mud, except and it has wept in mercy (pity) for you. O Qabeysa! Memorised from me-saww. As for your world, say three times when you have prayed the morning Salat, ‘Glorious is Allah-azwj and with His-azwj Praise! Glorious is Allah-azwj the Magnificent and with His-azwj Praise! There is neither any might nor strength except with Allah-azwj! ’ When you have said these (phrases), you will be safe from blindness, and leprosy, and vitiligo, and paralysis. And as for your Hereafter, say, ‘O Allah-azwj! Guide me from You-azwj, and Pour upon me from Your-azwj Grace, and Sprinkle upon me from Your-azwj Mercy, and Send down upon me from Your-azwj Blessings! ’’
He-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww went on saying these, and Qabeysa was tying (counting) upon these with his fingers. Abu Bakr and Umar said, ‘This is your-saww maternal uncle, O Rasool-Allah-saww! Severe is what he has tied his fingers upon’ – meaning the four phrases. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘If he is loyal with these on the Day of Qiyamah, not leaving them deliberately, four doors of the Paradise will be opened for him. He can enter from whichever of these he so desires’’. Nafie said, ‘I narrated this Hadeeth to a neighbour of mine, a sitter to Al Hassan (Al Basry). He narrated to Al Hassan with it. He said, ‘Come to me with him! ’ I came to him. He asked me about the Hadeeth. I narrated it. He said, ‘How precious is this Hadeeth of yours in my view, O Khurasani, and very cheap (worthless) in your view. By Allah-azwj! A man sat upon his riding animal until he arrived to owner of the Hadeeth, and he was a governor of Egypt. He said (to the governor), ‘I have not come to you for something from what is in your hands (possession)’. Then he asked him about the Hadeeth, then he left’’. [28]