The Rulings on Saying ‘Yaa Hannan Ya Mannan’ in Dua: Insights from Malik, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Shaykh Rabeeʿ
- Muiz As-Siddeeqi
- Apr 25
- 1 min read
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah said: "It is known from Mālik that he disliked for the one making du‘ā to say: 'Yā Sayyidī, Sayyidī (O my Master, O my Master).' And he said: Say as the Prophets said: 'Yā Rabb, Yā Rabb, Yā Karīm (O Lord, O Lord, O Most Generous).' And he also disliked saying: 'Yā Ḥannān, Yā Mannān,' because that is not reported (as authentically established) from him. (laysa bima’thūr)"
Shaykh Rabī‘ commented: "As for al-Mannān, it has been mentioned in the wording of a ḥadīth:‘O Allah, I ask You by virtue of all praise belonging to You; there is no deity worthy of worship but You, al-Mannān, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Possessor of Majesty and Honour, O Living, O Sustainer…’ This ḥadīth was reported by Abū Dāwūd in Kitāb al-Ṣalāh, ḥadīth (1495), al-Tirmidhī in Kitāb al-Da‘wāt, ḥadīth (3544), al-Nasā’ī, ḥadīth (1300), and Ibn Mājah in Kitāb al-Du‘ā, ḥadīth (3858)—all of them through chains to Anas. The ḥadīth becomes authentic when all these routes are combined. Al-Albānī authenticated it in Ṣaḥīḥ Abī Dāwūd, ḥadīth no. (1325).
As for al-Ḥannān, it was reported by al-Ṭabarānī in al-Mu‘jam al-Awsaṭ with a weak isnād. See: Majma‘ al-Baḥrayn, ḥadīth (4639).
The statement: 'It is not reported (laysa bima’thūr)'—means in this specific form."
[Footnote on Qā‘idah Jalīlah fī al-Tawassul wa-al-Wasīlah]
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