Ibn Abee Shaybah (rahimahullaah) reported in Kitaab
Al-Imaan & also in Al-Musannaf that Abu Dardaa (radiyAllaahu anhu)
always use to supplicate saying:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إيمَانًا دَائِمًا
وَعِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَهَدْيًا قَيِّمًا
‘O Allaah! I ask you for abiding Imaan, beneficial knowledge &
upright guidance.’
Mu-aawiyyah Ibn Qurra (rahimahullaah)
transmitted this narration from Abu Dardaa & then said: “Because there is
Imaan that is not abiding, knowledge that is not beneficial & guidance that
is not upright.”
[Source:
Quoted by Shaikh Abdur-Razzaaq Al-Badr in Al-Madkhal Li-diraasaat Al-Aqeedah
Al-Islaamiyyah: Lesson 2]
