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Did a Hadith come down with the wording "al-Sifah (the attribute) for Allah" other than the Hadith of Aisha? And did the Hadith of Aisha come down in Sahih Ibn Hibban with a text other than the wording "al-Sifah"? And did it come down from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, or the Companions, or from all of them, in the Qur'an or the Sunnah, to supplicate with the wording "attributes of Allah" or similar?

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The aforementioned Hadith was narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim from Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sent a man in charge of a detachment. He used to conclude their prayers by reciting Surat Al-Ikhlas. When asked about the reason for this, he replied: "Because it is the description of the Most Merciful, and I love to recite it." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, then said: "Inform him that Allah, blessed and exalted be He, loves him." Al-Bayhaqi also narrated a Hadith from Ibn Abbas that Surat Al-Ikhlas was revealed in response to the Jews' question about the description of Muhammad's Lord, about which the Prophet said: "This is the description of my Lord." Aisha's Hadith also appears in Sahih Ibn Hibban without the word "description." The phrase "Allah's attributes" was not mentioned in the supplications of the Quran, nor in the Prophetic Hadith, nor in the narrations of the Companions.

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