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ahmad-zuhd:914 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Wakīʿ > Misʿar > Shuʿbah > Abū Burdah from his mother > al-Aswad b. Yazīd > ʿĀʾishah ؒ

[Machine] Indeed, you are doing the best form of worship, which is humility.  

الزهد لأحمد:٩١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَحِمَهَا اللَّهُ قَالَتْ

إِنَّكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ أَفْضَلَ الْعِبَادَةِ التَّوَاضُعَ  

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nasai-kubra:11852 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Misʿar > Saʿīd b. Abū Burdah from his father > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] You are oblivious to the best form of worship, which is humility.  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٨٥٢ – عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

إِنَّكُمْ لَتُغْفُلُونَ أَفْضَلَ الْعِبَادَةِ التَّوَاضُعَ