Hadith #543
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ وَكَتَبَ بِهِ إِلَىَّ قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِخَطِّي وَخَتَمْتُ الْكِتَابَ بِخَاتَمِي وَنَقْشُهُ اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ سَعِيدٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ وَهُوَ خَاتَمُ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ
عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ مَخْشِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْفِرَاسِيِّ أَنَّ الْفِرَاسِيَّ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسْأَلُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا وَإِنْ كُنْتَ سَائِلًا لَا بُدَّ فَاسْأَلْ الصَّالِحِينَ
Isnad Chain
قتيبة بن سعيد
ليث بن سعد
English Translation
Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd narrated to us — Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said: and Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd wrote to me: "I have written to you in my own hand and sealed the letter with my seal, whose inscription reads 'Allah is the protector of Saʿīd, may Allah have mercy on him,' and it is the seal of my father" — Layth ibn Saʿd narrated to us, from Jaʿfar ibn Rabīʿah, from Bakr ibn Sawādah, from Muslim ibn Makhshī, from Ibn al-Firāsī, that al-Firāsī said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "Shall I beg?" the Prophet ﷺ said: "No. But if you must beg, then ask the righteous."
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 543
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 18181
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54571