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ahmad:10016Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥʿan Abū Hurayrah

"Wouldn't anyone of you like to find three great, fat pregnant she-camels when he returns to his family?" We said: "Yes." He said: "Three verses that one of you recites during the praer are better for him than three great, fat pregnant she-camels." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3782)   

أحمد:١٠٠١٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍعَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ يَجِدُ ثَلَاثَ خَلِفَاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ؟ فَثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ بِهِنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ خَلِفَاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ  


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muslim:802Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Saʿīd al-Ashaj > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmashiʿan Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

Would any one of you like, when he returns to his family, to find there three large, fat, pregnant she-camels? We said: Yes. Upon this he said: Three verses that one of you recites in his prayer are better for him than three large, fat, pregnant she-camels.  

مسلم:٨٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِعَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ أَنْ يَجِدَ فِيهِ ثَلاَثَ خَلِفَاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَثَلاَثُ آيَاتٍ يَقْرَأُ بِهِنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ خَلِفَاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ  

ibnmajah:3782Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"Wouldn't anyone of you like to find three great, fat pregnant she-camels when he returns to his family?" We said: "Yes." He said: "Three verses that one of you recites during the praer are better for him than three great, fat pregnant she-camels."  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٨٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ أَنْ يَجِدَ فِيهِ ثَلاَثَ خَلِفَاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَثَلاَثُ آيَاتٍ يَقْرَؤُهُنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ خَلِفَاتٍ سِمَانٍ عِظَامٍ  

ahmad:9152Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Would any of you like that when he returns to his family, he finds three fat, meaty pieces of bones?' We said, 'Yes.' He said, 'And three verses that he recites in prayer are better for him than them.'"  

أحمد:٩١٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ أَنْ يَجِدَ ثَلَاثَ خَلِفَاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ؟ قَالَ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ يَقْرَؤُهُنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْهُنَّ  

ahmad:10446Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"Wouldn't anyone of you like to find three great, fat pregnant she-camels when he returns to his family?" We said: "Yes." He said: "Three verses that one of you recites during the praer are better for him than three great, fat pregnant she-camels." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3782)   

أحمد:١٠٤٤٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ أَنْ يَجِدَ فِيهِ ثَلَاثَ خَلِفَاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ؟ لَثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ يَقْرَؤُهُنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ خَلِفَاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ  

darimi:3357Mūsá b. Khālid > Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Would any of you like that when he goes to his family, he finds three fat she-camels?" They said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Then three verses that one of you recites are better for him than them."  

الدارمي:٣٣٥٧حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا أَتَى أَهْلَهُ أَنْ يَجِدَ ثَلَاثَ خَلِفَاتٍ سِمَانٍ» قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «فَثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ يَقْرَؤُهُنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْهُنَّ»  

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"أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعَ إِلى أَهْلِه أَن يجدَ ثَلاثَ خلِفاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ؟ فثلاث آيات يقرؤُهُنَّ أحدُكُمُ في صلَاته خَيرٌ لَهُ من ثلاث خلِفاتٍ عِظَامٍ سِمَانٍ ".  

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