Hadith record

4. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from ibn al-‘Arzamiy from his father who has said the following: “When ’Amir al-Mu’minin, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, wanted to solemnize a marriage he would say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, I praise Him, beg assistance from Him, believe in Him and place my trust with Him and I testify that no one deserves worship except Allah alone who has no partners and I testify that Muhammad, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, is His servant and His Messenger. He sent him with guidance and true religion to make it dominant over all other religions, even though the pagans dislike it. O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, may peace and blessings of Allah be with you. I recommend you, O servants of Allah, to become pious before Allah, who is the Owner of bounties and mercy, the Creator of the people and the Planner of all issues in it with power over it and firmness, to Allah, belongs all praise for the matters of the past and the bygone. All praise belongs to Allah alone and glorification is purely for Him for His favor that He has done to us as a beautiful bounty on us with grace and has beautified it to us. He is the Creator that never runs out of resources, humbles down all difficult issues, softens what is hard and achieves with ease. He is the Inventor of the creation which He began first on the day He created the sky when it was smoke and said to it and the earth, “Come voluntarily or by force.” They responded, “We come voluntarily.” Then He made them seven heavens in two days. He never runs out of resources and no runaway can go faster than Him and no perishing thing is lost for Him. There will be the day when every soul will receive what it has earned without any injustice being done to it. Thereafter so and so . . .’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.