We set out and came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we made our camels kneel at the door. There was no one we disliked more than a man who would enter upon him, but by the time we left, there was no one we loved more than a man who would enter upon him.One of us said, "Messenger of Allah, why don't you ask your Lord for a kingdom like the kingdom of Sulayman?"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed, then said, "Perhaps what your companion has with Allah is better than the kingdom of Sulayman. Allah did not send any prophet without granting him a supplication. Some of them used it for this world and were given what they asked. Some invoked it against their people when they disobeyed, and they were destroyed by it. Allah granted me a supplication, and I have kept it hidden with my Lord as intercession for my community on the Day of Resurrection."
انطلقنا فأتينا رسول الله ﷺ و فانخنا بالباب، وما في الناس أبغض إلينا من رجل يلج عليه، فما خرجنا حتى ما في الناس أحد أحب إلينا من رجل يدخل عليه، قال: فقال قائل منا: يا رسول الله ألا سألت ربك ملكا كملك سليمان؟ فضحك رسول الله ﷺ ثم قال: لعل لصاحبكم عند الله أفضل من ملك سليمان، إن الله لم يبعث نبيا إلا أعطاه دعوة، فمنهم من اتخذها دنيا فأعطيها، ومنهم من دعا بها على قومه إذ عصوه فأهلكوا بها، وإن الله أعطاني دعوة، فخبيتها عند ربي شفاعة لأمتي يوم القيامة.
Bazzar narrated it in Kashf Astar (2459), and Ibn Abu Asim in Sunnah (824), both of them via Zuhayr, who said, "Abu Khalid Dalani narrated to us, saying, 'Awn bin Abu Juhayfa Suwai narrated to us, from Abdul-Rahman bin Alqama Thaqafi, from Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Aqeel,'" who said, then he related it.Its isnad is hasan, on account of Abu Khalid Yazid Dalani, concerning whom there is disagreement. Ibn Main, Abu Hatim, and Nasai regarded him as acceptable, while Ibn Hibban criticized him, saying, "He made many errors and had gross mistakes, and he contradicted trustworthy narrators in his narrations."I say, he did not contradict trustworthy narrators in narrating this hadith, since Abdul-Jabbar bin Abbas Shaybani corroborated him, from Awn bin Abu Juhayfa.Ibn Khuzayma narrated it through this route in Kitab Tawhid (525), as did Hakim (1/67-68), who said, "Muslim relied upon Ali bin Hashim as evidence, and Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Aqeel Thaqafi is a companion, whom our imams have relied upon in their musnads. As for Abdul-Jabbar bin Abbas, he is among those whose hadiths are collected and whose musnads are counted among those of the Kufans."But Dhahabi said, "Some strengthened his standing, while Abu Naeem Malai accused him of lying, and the hadith is not established."I say, Abdul-Jabbar bin Abbas Shabami (with a kasra on the dotted letter, followed by a light unshadowed ba, Shabam being a mountain in Yemen) is a subject of disagreement. Abu Naeem accused him of lying, as already mentioned. Aqeeli said, "His hadith is not corroborated, he goes to excess in his Shiism." But Abu Hatim deemed him trustworthy. Ahmad said, "I hope there is no harm in him." Ibn Main and Abu Dawud said, "There is no harm in him." Bazzar said, "His hadiths are sound." A narrator of this standing would have his hadith graded hasan even if he narrated it alone, so how much more so when he has been corroborated. There is therefore no basis for Dhahabi's statement that "the hadith is not established," for it has many sahih corroborating narrations.