The All-Hearing, The Nearby
السَّمِيعُ الْقَرِيبُ
Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Names of Allah(view book)
Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra 7632
Aḥmad b. Ḥarb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > ʿĀṣim > Abū ʿUthmān
Narrated Abu Musa: We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a jungle and the people started raising their voices withTakbir (saying: Allah-u-Akbar). The Prophet ﷺ said, "O people! Be merciful to yourselves (i.e. don't raise your voices), for you are not calling a deaf or an absent one but a Hearer, near and present." Then he pointed towards me said, "O Abdullah bin Qais! Shall I tell you a sentence from the treasures of Paradise?" I replied in the affirmative. He said, "La hawla wala quwwata illa billah (There is no power or strength except with Allah)."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ
عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَهَبَطْنَا فِي وَهْدَةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَرَفَعَ النَّاسُ أَصْوَاتَهُمْ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَرْبِعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ؛ إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْعُونَ أَصَمًّا وَلَا غَائِبًا إِنَّكُمْ تَدْعُونَ سَمِيعًا قَرِيبًا» فَقَالَ لِي وَكُنْتُ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُ «يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ قَيْسٍ أَلَا أَدُلُّكُ عَلَى كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كَنْزِ الْجَنَّةِ؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ»