What is the authenticity of the Hadith: "O Allah, I ask You, by virtue of all praise being due to You, there is no god but You, the Giver of all good, O Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of majesty and honor, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, I ask You," and then supplicating for whatever one desires?
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The aforementioned is authentic, narrated by Imam Ahmad and the compilers of the Sunan. Its wording, from Anas ibn Malik, is that a man invoked Allah by His Greatest Name: "O Allah, I ask You, for all praise is due to You; there is no god but You, the Bestower of all bounties, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of majesty and honor, O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, then said: "Indeed, he has invoked Allah by His Greatest Name, by which if He is supplicated, He responds, and if He is asked, He gives."
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