In his Book of Tafsir, An-Nasa'i recorded from `Abdullah bin Buraydah, who
reported from his father that he entered the Masjid with the Messenger of Allah
, and there was a man praying and supplicating saying, "O Allah! Verily, I ask
you by my testifying that there is no God worthy of worship except You. You are
the One, the Self-Sufficient Sustainer of all, Who does not give birth, nor were
You born, and there is none comparable to Him.'' The Prophet said,
«وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي
بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ سَأَلَهُ بِاسْمِهِ الْأَعْظَم، الَّذِي إِذَ...
"By He in Whose Hand is my soul, verily he has asked Him by His Greatest Name. It is His Name that if He is asked by it He will give, and if He is called upon by it He will answer."[An-Nasai in Al-Kubra, Tuhafat Al-Ashraf 2:90]
The other Sunan compilers have also recorded this Hadith[Abu Dawud no.1493, At-Tirmidhi no.3475, and Ibn Majah no.3857.], At-Tirmidhi said "Hasan Gharib."
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