Tirmidhi Book 48, Hadith 3516
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي الْوَزِيرِ، حَدَّثَنَا زَنْفَلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَمْرًا قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِي وَاخْتَرْ لِي . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ، لَا نَعْرِفُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ حَدِيثِ زَنْفَلٍ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ، وَيُقَالُ لَهُ زَنْفَلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَرَفِيُّ وَكَانَ يَسْكُنُ عَرَفَاتٍ، وَتَفَرَّدَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَلَا يُتَابَعُ عَلَيْهِ.
Aishah narrated from Abu Bakr As-Siddiq,: that whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) wanted to do a matter, he would say: “O Allah, make it good for me and choose for me. (Allāhumma khir lī wakhtar lī)”
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