What is the authenticity of the story of Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i, which mentions that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered him and his wife to frequently recite "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah" (There is no might nor power except with Allah) for the return of their son Malik, and that Malik returned after his iron shackles miraculously broke free, and that the Messenger gave him the glad tidings of the revelation of the verse, "And whoever fears Allah – He will make for him a way out and will provide for him from where he does not expect" regarding his situation?

A number of exegetes, hadith scholars, and biographers mentioned the story of the capture of Ibn Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i and his escape using the enemy's camels due to his adherence to the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Fear Allah and be patient, and frequently say 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (There is no might or power except with Allah)." The wordings of the narrations varied, and their chains of transmission were numerous. Some contemporary scholars have graded the hadith as hasan (good) due to its combined routes and corroborating evidence, especially the narrations by al-Tabari and al-Wahidi from the mursal narration of Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd and the mursal narration of al-Suddi, and the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud, which gain strength when combined with one another. However, they weakened narrations that included al-Kalbi or Juwaybir, or had a discontinuity in the chain of transmission. Based on this, the hadith is " hasan or close to hasan due to its combined routes and corroborating evidence."