"By Allah, I Love You"

One day the Prophet ﷺ took Mu'adh by the hand and said, "O Mu'adh, by Allah, I love you." Mu'adh answered, "And I love you, O Messenger of Allah."

Then the Prophet ﷺ gave him a gift worth more than any possession: "Do not leave off saying after every prayer: O Allah, help me to remember You, to thank You, and to worship You well" (Sunan Abi Dawud 1522; Sunan al-Nasa'i 1303).

Notice what was given. Not wealth, not rank, but a short prayer asking for help with the three things a servant most needs: remembrance, gratitude and good worship.

01Why it matters

Even the one who is loved by the Prophet ﷺ is taught to ask Allah for help in doing what is good.

02Reflection

Could you add this short prayer after your next prayer and keep it for a week?

03Sources

Sunan Abi Dawud 1522 Graded by Al-Albani: Sahih · Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih · Shuaib Al Arnaut: Sahih · Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad SahihSahih
Sunan al-Nasa'i 1303 Graded by Abu Ghuddah: Sahih · Al-Albani: Sahih · Zubair Ali Zai: SahihSahih

What the hadith grades mean

Sahih (authentic): an unbroken chain of trustworthy, precise narrators, free of hidden flaws or contradiction. It is acted upon.
Hasan (good): like sahih, but a narrator's precision is slightly lighter. It is also accepted and acted upon. "Hasan sahih" means it reaches sahih by its routes.
Da'if (weak): a break in the chain or a narrator who is not reliable enough. It is not used to establish beliefs or rulings.
Very weak (munkar, matruk): a seriously flawed chain or a narrator accused of lying. It is not relied on at all.
Mawdu' (fabricated): falsely attributed to the Prophet ﷺ. It may not be narrated as his words except to warn against it.
The two Sahihs: every hadith with a full chain in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim is accepted as sahih by the scholars of hadith.
Historical report: biographies and histories (Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari) record events with chains that are often incomplete. They are used for the story, not for rulings.
Hadith scholars grade a narration; the four madhhabs do not. Where a hadith carries a ruling, the page shows which schools act on it.

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