Question:
Is this du’a of Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) authentic?
Bi haw lil lahi wa quwwatihi aqumu wa aq’ud
Answer:
This narration is recorded in the following sources, with slight variation in the wording:
- Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 2562
- Kitabud Du’a of Imam Tabarani, Hadith: 576
- As Sunanul Kubra of Imam Bayhaqi, vol. 2 pg. 96
Harith reports that when Sayyiduna ‘Ali (radiyallahu ‘anhu) would say ‘سمع الله لمن حمده’ [i.e. raise his head from ruku’], he would say:
اللهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، اللهُمَّ بِحَوْلِكَ وَقُوَّتِكَ أَقُومُ وَأَقْعُدُ
Allahumma Rabbana wa lakal hamdu Allahumma bihawlika wa quwwatika aqumu wa aq’udu
(O Allah, our Rabb! All praise belongs to you. O Allah! Only through Your Might and Power do I stand and sit)
The chain of narrators is weak.
(Refer: Al Muhaddhab of ‘Allamah Dhahabi, Hadith: 2342, Mizanul I’itidal, vol. 1 pg. 399, number: 1551 and Al Kashif: 859)
And Allah Ta’ala knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar