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ahmad:21214Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] There was a man in the city that I didn't know anyone who lived farther away from the mosque than him. So, he was advised, "If you were to buy a donkey and ride it during the day and night, it would still not bring you as close to the mosque as your house, or he said, your place, is." So the incident was narrated to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said, "What did you intend by saying, 'It does not please me that my house, or he said, my place, is next to the mosque'?" He said, "I intended that my coming to the mosque and my returning to my family would be recorded as acts of obedience." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has given you all of that, or Allah has given you what you intended, or Allah has given you all of that which you intended."  

أحمد:٢١٢١٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ لَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ مِنْهُ مَنْزِلًا أَوْ قَالَ دَارًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَوْ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا فَرَكِبْتَهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظُّلُمَاتِ فَقَالَ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ دَارِي أَوْ قَالَ مَنْزِلِي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَنُمِيَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْلِكَ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي أَوْ قَالَ دَارِي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ؟ قَالَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ إِقْبَالِي إِذَا أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي قَالَ أَعْطَاكَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ أَوْ أَنْطَاكَ اللهُ مَااحْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ أَوْ أَنْطَاكَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ  


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muslim:663aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbthar > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Ubay b. Kaʿb

There was a man, and I do not know of any other man, whose house was farther than his from the mosque and he never missed the prayer (in congregation). It was said to him or I said to him: It you were to buy a donkey you could ride upon it In the dark nights and in the burning sand. He said: I do not like my house to be situated by the side of the mosque, for I (eagerly) desire that my steps towards the mosque and back from it, should be recorded when I return to my family. Upon this the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah has gathered all (rewards) for you.  

مسلم:٦٦٣aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْثَرٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ لاَ أَعْلَمُ رَجُلاً أَبْعَدَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ وَكَانَ لاَ تُخْطِئُهُ صَلاَةٌ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَوْ قُلْتُ لَهُ لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الظَّلْمَاءِ وَفِي الرَّمْضَاءِ قَالَ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ لِي مَمْشَاىَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَكَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ  

abudawud:557ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān > Ubay b. Kaʿb

There was a certain person, out of all people of Medina, who used to pray in the mosque. I do not know that any one of them lived at a farther distance than that man. Still he never missed the prayer in congregation in the mosque. I said: it would be better if you buy a donkey and ride it in heat and darkness. He said: I do not like that my house be by the side of the mosque. The discourse reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said him about it. He said: I did it so that my walking to the mosque and return to my home when I return be recorded. He said: Allah has granted all this to you; Allah has granted all that you reckoned.  

أبو داود:٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ أَنَّ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ لاَ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَبْعَدَ مَنْزِلاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ وَكَانَ لاَ تُخْطِئُهُ صَلاَةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقُلْتُ لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظُّلْمَةِ فَقَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَنُمِيَ الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَرَدْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ لِي إِقْبَالِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعِي إِلَى أَهْلِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ فَقَالَ أَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ أَنْطَاكَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ كُلَّهُ أَجْمَعَ  

darimi:1321Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] There was a man in the city whom I did not know in the city one of those who was farthest from the mosque and he used to pray the prayers with the Messenger of Allah. It was said to him, "If you bought a donkey to ride on during the hot and dark times?" He said, "By Allah, it does not please me that my place is closer to the mosque by clinging to it." So, the Prophet ﷺ was informed about that, and he asked him about it. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, my traces, sins, returning to my family, my approach, and my retreat, should they be written?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah will grant you all of that and give you what you expect."  

الدارمي:١٣٢١أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ لَا أَعْلَمُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ممَنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةِ أَبْعَدَ مَنْزِلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ وَكَانَ يَصلي الصَّلَوَاتِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَوِ ابْتَعْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظَّلْمَاءِ؟ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي بِلِزْقِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَأُخْبِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِذَلِكَ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْمَا يُكْتَبَ أَثَرِي وَخُطَايَ وَرُجُوعِي إِلَى أَهْلِي وَإِقْبَالِي وَإِدْبَارِي أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَنْطَاكَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ وَأَعْطَاكَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ» أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ  

ذِكْرُ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي مِنْ أَجَلِهِ قَالَ ﷺ أَنْطَاكَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ

ibnhibban:2041Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān > Ubay b. Kaʿb

[Machine] "There was a man whom I did not know, who was from the people of the city, and who lived farther from the mosque than that man [referring to himself]. I said to him, 'If you were to buy a donkey to ride it in the darkness or in the heat?' He replied, 'Then the conversation reached the Prophet ﷺ, so I asked him. I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, I wanted my coming to the mosque to be recorded and my return when I go back.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Allah has granted you all that you have asked for.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢٠٤١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ أَبْعَدَ جِوَارًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَوْ أَنَّكَ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الظَّلْمَاءِ أَوِ الرَّمْضَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ فَنَمَا الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ لِي إِقْبَالِي إِذَا أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ أَجْمَعَ أَنْطَاكَ اللَّهُ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ»  

bayhaqi:4979Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik al-Daqīqī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sulaymān al-Taymī > Abū ʿUthmān > Ubī b. Kaʿb

[Machine] There was a man, whom I don't know anyone from the people of Medina who prayed to the farthest mosque from his house, than anyone else. So, he used to attend the prayers with the Prophet ﷺ . It was said to him, "If you bought a donkey and rode it in the heat and darkness?" He said, "By Allah, I don't like my house to be close to the mosque. So, I informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it." So, he asked him, "O Messenger of Allah, how will my traces, sins, going back to my family, turning towards them and turning away from them be written?" or similar to what he said. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah will give you all of that and will give you what you hoped for." or similar to what he said.  

البيهقي:٤٩٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الدَّقِيقِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أُبِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ أَبْعَدَ مَنْزِلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ فَكَانَ يَحْضُرُ الصَّلَوَاتِ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا فَرَكِبْتَهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظُّلْمَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ مَنْزِلِي يُلْزِقُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَأُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِذَلِكَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْمَا يُكْتَبُ أَثَرِي وَخُطَايَ وَرُجُوعِي إِلَى أَهْلِي وَإِقْبَالِي وَإِدْبَارِي أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْطَاكَ اللهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ وَأَعْطَاكَ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ
bayhaqi:20105Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar al-Wāsiṭī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sulaymān > Abū ʿUthmān > Ubī b. Kaʿb

[Machine] There was a man, I think he was the farthest in distance from the mosque among the people of the city who prayed towards the Qibla. He used to attend prayers with the Prophet ﷺ. So it was said to him, "If you bought a donkey and rode it during the day and night, what would you do?" He said, "By Allah, I do not like for my house to be attached to the mosque." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed and he asked him, "O Messenger of Allah, how should I write my deeds, both good and bad, my returning to my family, my approaching, and my leaving?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah will give you what you have intended."  

البيهقي:٢٠١٠٥وَبِمَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أُبِيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَجُلٌ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي بِالْقِبْلَةِ أَبْعَدَ مَنْزِلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ وَكَانَ يَحْضُرُ الصَّلَوَاتِ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا فَرَكِبْتَهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظَّلْمَاءِ فَقَالَ وَاللهِ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي يَلْزَقُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَأُخْبِرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِذَلِكَ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْمَا يُكْتَبُ أَثَرِي وَخَطَئِي وَرُجُوعِي إِلَى أَهْلِي وَإِقْبَالِي وَإِدْبَارِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْطَاكَ اللهُ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّيْمِيِّ
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السيوطي:٢٢-٤٩b

"عَنْ أُبَىٍّ قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ لاَ أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِيَنةِ أَبْعَدَ مَنْزِلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ، وَكَانَ (لاَ تخطيه (* * *) صَلاَةٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقُلْتُ: لَوِ اشتَرَيتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ وَالظُّلْمَةِ، فَقَالَ: مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ مَنْزِلي إِلَى (حيث) الْمَسْجِدِ (ففى) الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ (قوله)

ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: أَرَدتُ يَا رَسُولَ الله أَنْ يُكْتَبَ لي إِقْبَالي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعي إِلَى أَهْلِى إِذَا رَجَعْتُ، فَقَالَ: "أَعْطَاكَ الله ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ، أَنْطَاكَ الله مَا احْتَسَبْتَ كُلَّهُ أَجْمَع".  

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