Jami at-Tirmidhi 2969
Jami at-Tirmidhi · Book 47: Chapters on Tafsir · Regarding Surat Al-Baqarah
Narrated An-Nu'man bin Bashir:
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ ذَرٍّ ، عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي قَوْلِهِ : (وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ) قَالَ " الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ " . وَقَرَأَ : ( وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ) إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ( دَاخِرِينَ ) . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
from the Prophet (ﷺ) regarding Allah's saying: Your Lord said: Invoke Me, I shall respond to you (40:60, it appears that the author intended to apply it to Al-Baqarah 2:186). - he said: "The supplication is the worship." And he recited: 'Your Lord said: Invoke Me, I shall respond to you.' up to His saying: 'in humiliation.'"
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)