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ahmad:19386 – Muʾammal > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Muray b. Qaṭarī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, my father used to maintain family ties and do good deeds. Does he receive any reward for that?" He replied, "Indeed, your father sought something, and he achieved it."  

أحمد:١٩٣٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ مُرَيِّ بْنِ قَطَرِيٍّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَيَفْعَلُ وَيَفْعَلُ فَهَلْ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ يَعْنِي مِنْ أَجْرٍ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ أَبَاكَ طَلَبَ أَمْرًا فَأَصَابَهُ  

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tabarani:14379 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Murrī b. Qaṭarī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed my father used to maintain ties of kinship and perform good deeds." He said, "Verily, your father intended something and he achieved it." He meant the remembrance (of Allah).  

الطبراني:١٤٣٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُرِّيَّ بْنَ قَطَرِيٍّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ يَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ وَيَفْعَلُ وَيَفْعَلُ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَبَاكَ أَرَادَ أَمْرًا فَأَدْرَكَهُ» يَعْنِي الذِّكْرَ