Dhikr Which Attracts the Duas of the Angels

I have not found a narration with the exact words in your question.

However, Imam Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah (rahimahullah) has recorded a narration with a similar meaning on the authority of Mus’ab ibn Sa’d (rahimahullah) wherein he has mentioned: “When a servant says: ‘Subhanallah’, the Angels say: ‘Wa bihamdihi’. When he says: ‘Subhanallahi wa bihamdihi, they pray for him [i.e for his forgiveness].”

(Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 30037; Also see: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 30346)

 ‘Allamah Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullah) has cited another similar narration on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn ‘As (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) wherein he has said: “I find in the revealed book of Allah [Ta’ala] that when a servant says: ‘Alhamdulillah’, the Angels say: ‘Rabbil ‘Aalamin’. And when he says: ‘Alhamdulillahi rabbil ‘alamin’, the Angels say: ‘Oh Allah [Ta’ala], forgive your servant’. When he says: ‘Subhanallah’, the Angels say: ‘Wa bihamdihi’. And when he says: ‘Subhanallahi wa bihamdihi’, the Angels say: ‘Oh Allah [Ta’ala], forgive your servant’. When he says: ‘La ilaha illallah’, the Angels say: ‘Wallahu akbar’. And when he says: ‘La ilaha illallahu wallahu akbar’, the Angels say: ‘Oh Allah [Ta’ala], forgive your servant’.”

(Al-Wabilus Sayyib, pg. 193)

And Allah Ta’ala knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Farhan Shariff

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar