hadith
612
۞
And by this isnad. From Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah from his father from Muhammad b. Sinan from `Umar b. Yazid. He said
I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as) say: Whoever prays for forty of his brethren before he prays for himself, it will be granted for them and for him.
8 - وبهذا الاسناد، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن سنان، عن عمر بن يزيد، قال
سمعت أبا عبد الله الصادق (عليه السلام) يقول: من قدم أربعين رجلا من إخوانه قبل أن يدعو لنفسه، استجيب له فيهم وفي نفسه (4).
Similar narrations
- Al-Amālī #719 Whoever supplicates for forty believers before he supplicates for himself, his supplication will be granted for him.
- Al-Khiṣāl #1158 The prayers of whoever prefers forty of his brethren to himself and prays for them before he prays for himself would be accepted.”
- Al-Kāfi #1786 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Whoever prays for forty believing persons and then for himself, his prayer will be accepted.’”