I heard Abu Abayah report from a freed slave of Saad that Saad once heard a son of his supplicating, saying, "O Allah, I ask You for Paradise, its delights, its silk brocade," and other things of this sort, "and I seek refuge with You from the Fire, its chains, and its shackles."Saad said to him, "You have asked Allah for great good and sought His refuge from great evil, but I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'There will come a people who transgress in supplication,' and he recited this verse, "Call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. Indeed, He does not love the transgressors" [Araf 7:55]. It is enough for you to say, 'O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and whatever word or deed brings me near to it, and I seek refuge with You from the Fire and whatever word or deed brings me near to it.'"
حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن مهدي حدثنا شعبة
سمعت أبا عباية عن مولى لسعد أن سعدا سمع ابنا له يدعو وهو يقول اللهم إني أسألك الجنة ونعيمها وإستبرقها ونحوا من هذا وأعوذ بك من النار وسلاسلها وأغلالها فقال لقد سألت الله خيرا كثيرا وتعوذت بالله من شر كثير وإني سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول إنه سيكون قوم يعتدون في الدعاء وقرأ هذه الآية {ادعوا ربكم تضرعا وخفية إنه لا يحب المعتدين} وإن حسبك أن تقول اللهم إني أسألك الجنة وما قرب إليها من قول أو عمل وأعوذ بك من النار وما قرب إليها من قول أو عمل
Its chain of transmission is daif, due to the anonymity of Saad's freedman.Ziyad bin Mikhraq is trustworthy. Ibn Main and Nasai both deemed him trustworthy. Athram said, "I asked Ahmad about him, and he said, 'I do not know.'" He said, "I asked him, 'Did he narrate the hadith of Saad, that the Prophet ﷺ said, "After me there will come a people who go to extremes in supplication"?'" He said, "Yes, but its chain of transmission is not established."Abu Abayah, this is how it appears in the Musnad at this place. In Tajil (497) he said, "He is Qays Abayah," and this is as he said, but Qays's kunya was Abu Numah. Perhaps some narrator erred, or said "Ibn Abayah," which was then mistakenly miscopied.Qays bin Abayah was a Basran successor, trustworthy according to all of them.Abu Dawud narrated the hadith (1/551) through the route of Shubah, from Ziyad bin Mikhraq, from Abu Numah, from a son of Saad, thus making the unnamed man a son of Saad rather than his freedman. It will come again (1584) at greater length, from a freedman of Saad, from a son of Saad, leaving both of them unnamed.See Tafsir Ibn Kathir (3/490–491). A similar version, in abridged form, is found in Hakim (1/540), and Dhahabi agreed with him.