Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29648

Abu Kurayb told us, Muhammad bin Fudayl told us, on the authority of Muhammad bin Saad Al-Ansari, on the authority of Abdullah bin Rabi’ah Al-Dimashqi, Aidh told us Abu Idris Al-Khawlani, on the authority of Abu Al-Darda’, said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “It was part of the supplication of David, saying: Oh God, I ask you for your love and the love of whoever loves you and the work that makes your love reach me. Oh God, make your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and those who “Cold water.” He said, “When the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, mentioned David, speaking about him, he said, ‘He was the servant of mankind.’” He said: This is a good and strange hadith.