بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
استَسقى رسولُ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ، فأتَيتَه بإناءٍ فيه ماءٌ، وفيه شَعرةٌ فرَفَعتُها، ثُمَّ ناوَلتُه، فقال: اللَّهُمَّ جَمِّلْه { وأدِمْ جمالَه }، قال: فرَأَيتُه بعدَ ثَلاثٍ وتِسعينَ سَنةً وما في رَأسِه ولِحيَتِه شَعرةٌ بَيضاءُ
‘Amr ibn Akhtab al-Ansārī narrated: The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) asked for water, so I brought him a vessel containing water, and in it was a hair which I removed, then gave it to him, and he said: “Oh Allāh, beautify him, and make his beauty last.” He said (the narrator): I saw him after ninety-three years, and there was no white hair on his head or beard.
(Musnad of Imām Ahmad 22883, 20733. Declared Sahīh by Shu’ayb al-Arnāūt)
Shaykh Abdul-Razzāq al-Badr said:
‘And this great, blessed supplication can be attained even in our time, for the one Allāh has honored in caring for the Sunnah of the Prophet and the noble ahādīth, in terms of memorising, understanding, applying, and calling (people) to them. It is authentically reported from him that he (ﷺ) said in the Khayf of Minā (in Makkah):
نضَّر اللهُ امرأً سمِعَ مقالَتي{ فحفِظَها} فوَعاها فأدَّاها كما سمِعَها
May Allāh make radiant (the face of) the one who hears a saying of mine, {memorised it}, understood it, and applied it as it was heard.
[Other narrations such as in Ibn Hibbān 66, contain the wording ‘conveyed it as he heard it’ – فَبَلَّغَهُ كما سمِعَها -. Likewise some contain the wording ‘May Allāh have mercy upon the one…’- رَحِمَ الله امرأً – Ibn Hibbān 67/68. Authenticated by Shu’ayb al-Arnāūt)]
This is a supplication from him (ﷺ) for anyone who looks after his sunnah by memorising, understanding, applying, and calling to it, that Allāh would enlighten his face.
This is an ongoing supplication, so whoever wants to attain this blessed supplication in any time, and in any century, then let him devote himself to ahādīth by memorising them, studying them, acting upon them, and calling (people) to them.
Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah said: ‘No one seeks the (knowledge of) hadīth except that his face is bright’.’
(Sharh al-Shamā’il al-Muhammadiyyah pg. 54-55)
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