A man passed by in the mosque of Hims, and people said, "This man served the Prophet ﷺ."So I rose and went to him and said, "Narrate to me a hadith you heard directly from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, with no other men passing it between you and him."He said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no Muslim servant who says three times each morning and each evening, 'I am content with Allah as my Lord, with Islam as my religion, and with Muhammad ﷺ as my Prophet,' except that it becomes a right upon Allah to please him on the Day of Resurrection."
مر رجل في مسجد حمص، فقالوا: هذا خدم النبي ﷺ، قال: فقمت إليه، فقلت: حدثني حديثا سمعته من رسول الله ﷺ، لا يتداوله بينك وبينه الرجال، قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: ما من عبد مسلم يقول حين يصبح وحين يمسي ثلاث مرات: رضيت بالله ربا، وبالإسلام دينا، وبمحمد ﷺ نبيا، إلا كان حقا على الله أن يرضيه يوم القيامة.
Reported by Abu Dawud (5072), Ahmad (18967, 18969), and Nasai in Amal al-Yawm wal-Layla (4), all through routes from Shuba, from Abu Aqeel Hashim bin Bilal, from Sabiq bin Najiyah, from Abu Salam, who mentioned it. There is disagreement about the isnad going back to Abu Aqeel, but the hadith of Shuba is the preserved one. The Abu Salam mentioned here is Mamtur Habashi, who is a Tabii, as Ibn Hajar said in Isabah (10075). Hakim said (1/518), "This is a hadith sahih in isnad." Nawawi deemed its isnad sound in Adhkar.I say, its isnad is hasan because of Sabiq bin Najiyah, for his hadith is deemed hasan when it has a basis, and this is such a case. Otherwise he is "acceptable," meaning he needs corroboration. I say, the isnad rests entirely on Sabiq bin Najiyah, and Abu Aqeel alone narrated from him. No one authenticated him except that Ibn Hibban mentioned him among the trustworthy narrators, which is why Ibn Hajar said, "acceptable," meaning when corroborated, and I have not found any corroboration for him.Something with a similar meaning was reported from Thawban, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever says, upon reaching evening, 'I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as Prophet,' it becomes a duty upon Allah to please him." Reported by Tirmidhi (3389) and Tabarani in Duaa (304), both through a route from Abu Saad Saeed bin Marzuban, from Abu Salama, from Thawban, who mentioned it. Tirmidhi said, "This is a hadith hasan gharib." Ibn Hajar deemed it hasan in Nataij Afkar (2/371).I say, in its chain is Saeed bin Marzuban, who is daif and a mudallis, as stated in Taqrib.