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ahmad:19011 – ʿBd Allāh b. Ḥmd > Hudbah b. Khālid > Wuhayb b. Khālid > al-Jurayrī Ḥdthnā > Ḥayyān b. ʿUmayr > Māʿiz

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ was asked, "Which deeds are the best?" So he mentioned something like it.  

أحمد:١٩٠١١ – قال عبد الله بن أحمد حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قال الْجُرَيْرِيّ حدثنا عَنْ حَيَّانَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَاعِزٌ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ  

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abudawud:1325 – Ibn Ḥanbal / Aḥmad > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > ʿUthmān b. Abū Sulaymān > ʿAlī al-Azdī > ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥubshī al-Khathʿamī

The Prophet ﷺ was asked: which is the best action? He replied: To stand in prayer for a long time.  

أبو داود:١٣٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ حَنْبَلٍ يَعْنِي أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ الأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُبْشِيٍّ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ طُولُ الْقِيَامِ  

ibnmajah:2924 – Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī And Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd b. Kāsib > Ibn Abū Fudayk > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yarbūʿ > Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

“Which actions are best?” He said: “Raising one’s voice and slaughtering the sacrificial animal.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٩٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَرْبُوعٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الْعَجُّ وَالثَّجُّ  

tabarani:468 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Sufyān > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

[Machine] I attended the Prophet ﷺ and he was asked which actions are the best. He said, "Having good character."  

الطبراني:٤٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ

حَضَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَسُئِلَ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ»