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ahmad:18352ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash And Manṣūr > Dhar > Yusayʿ al-Kindiyyiʿan al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Verily, supplication is worship.' Then he recited, 'Call upon Me; I will respond to you.' Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hellfire in humiliation.' [Surah Al-Ghafir, verse 60]."  

أحمد:١٨٣٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ وَمَنْصُورٍ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْكِنْدِيِّعَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي} [غافر 60]  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
tirmidhi:3247Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Manṣūr And al-Aʿmash > Dhar > Yusayʿ al-Ḥaḍramī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Supplication is the worship." Then he recited: 'And your Lord said: 'Call upon Me, I will answer you. Verily, those who scorn my My worship, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation (40:60).'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣٢٤٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَالأَعْمَشِ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ ( وقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ )  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ibnmajah:3828ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Dhar b. ʿAbdullāh al-Hamdānī > Yusayʿ al-Kindī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: "Indeed the supplication is the worship." Then he recited: "And your Lord said: Invoke Me, I will respond to you."  

ابن ماجة:٣٨٢٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ ذَرِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ}  

ahmad:18386Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Dhar > Yusayʿ al-Kindī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, supplication is worship." Then he recited: "And your Lord says, 'Call upon Me; I will respond to you.' Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible." (Surah Ghafir:60) Abu Abdur Rahman, Yusayi al-Kindi, said, "Yusayi bin Ma'dan said..."  

أحمد:١٨٣٨٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ} [غافر 60] قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يُسَيْعٌ الْكِنْدِيُّ يُسَيْعُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ  

ahmad:18391Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash > Dhar > Yusayʿ > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: "Indeed the supplication is the worship." Then he recited: "And your Lord said: Invoke Me, I will respond to you." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3828)   

أحمد:١٨٣٩١حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ} [غافر 60]  

ahmad:18432Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Dhar al-Hamdānī > Yusayʿ > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: "Indeed the supplication is the worship." Then he recited: "And your Lord said: Invoke Me, I will respond to you." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3828)  

أحمد:١٨٤٣٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ ذَرٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ} [غافر 60]  

ahmad:18436ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Manṣūr And al-Aʿmash > Dhar > Yusayʿ al-Ḥaḍramī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: "Indeed the supplication is the worship." Then he recited: "And your Lord said: Invoke Me, I will respond to you." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3828)   

أحمد:١٨٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَالْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ} [غافر 60]  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ دُعَاءَ الْمَرْءِ رَبَّهُ فِي الْأَحْوَالِ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ الَّتِي يَتَقَرَّبُ بِهَا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا

ibnhibban:890Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Dhar > Yusayʿ al-Ḥaḍramī > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Supplication is the worship." Then he recited: 'And your Lord said: 'Call upon Me, I will answer you. Verily, those who scorn my My worship, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation (40:60).'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3247)   

ابن حبّان:٨٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ ذَرٍّ عَنْ يُسَيْعٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الدُّعَاءُ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ}