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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever prays Asr and then sits, remembering Allah until the evening, it will be better for him than freeing eight slaves from the descendants of Ismail."  

أحمد:١٣٧٦٠حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ صَلَّى الْعَصْرَ فَجَلَسَ يُمْلِي خَيْرًا حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عِتْقِ ثَمَانِيَةٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ  


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السيوطي:٢٢٠٢٣a

"مَنْ صَلَّى العَصْرَ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى خَير حَتَّى يُمْسِي كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّن أَعْتَقَ ثَمَانِيَةً مِن وَلَدِ إِسْماعِيلَ".  

[حم] أحمد [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن أَنس