Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:8418 حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ السَّمَّانُ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي الْحُسَامِ ثنا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ ��للهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مَرَّ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَدْعُو خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ ؓ فَلَمَّا حَاذَا بِهِ يَسْمَعُ دُعَاءَهُ وَهُوَ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «سَلْ تُعْطَهْ» فَرَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ الدُّعَاءُ الَّذِي دَعَوْتَ بِهِ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «حَمِدْتُ اللهَ وَمَجَّدْتُهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَعْدُكَ حَقٌّ وَلِقَاؤُكَ حَقٌّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَرُسُلُكَ حَقٌّ وَالنَّبِيُّونَ حَقٌّ وَمُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ حَقٌّ»
English Translation
While Ibn Mas'ud was reciting in the mosque, the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed by while he was supplicating — the Prophet (peace be upon him), Abu Bakr, and 'Umar had come out — and when he was alongside him, hearing his supplication though not recognizing him, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Ask and you shall be given." Abu Bakr returned to Ibn Mas'ud and asked: "What was the supplication you were making?" He said: "I praised Allah and glorified Him, then I said: 'O Allah, there is no god but You. Your promise is true, and meeting You is true, and Paradise is true, and the Fire is true, and Your messengers are true, and the prophets are true, and Muhammad (peace be upon him) is true.'"