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ahmad-zuhd:1922ʿAbdullāh from my father > Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > al-Mustalim > Marzūq Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥimṣī > Yazīd b. Maysarah And Qad Adrak Abū Dhar

[Machine] "Whichever boy is raised in the worship of Allah until it is taken from him, he will have the reward of seventy-nine truthful ones."  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُسْتَلِمُ عَنْ مَرْزُوقٍ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحِمْصِيِّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَالَ

«أَيُّمَا غُلَامٍ نَشَأَ عَلَى عِبَادَةِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يُقْبَضَ عَلَيْهَا كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُ تِسْعَةٍ وَسَبْعِينَ صِدِّيقًا»  


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tabarani:7589al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū Sinān al-Shāmī > Makḥūl > Abū Umāmah > Rasūl Allāh Ṣallá

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever is brought up upon the worship of Allah until he dies, Allah will reward him with the status of ninety-nine sincere friends."  

الطبراني:٧٥٨٩حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الشَّامِيِّ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيُّمَا نَاشِئٍ نَشَأَ عَلَى عِبَادَةِ اللهِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ أَعْطَاهُ اللهُ أَجْرَ تِسْعَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ صِدِّيقًا»