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ahmad:23551 – Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sharīk > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAlī b. al-Ṣaltiʿan Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

[Machine] "He used to pray four units before noon. It was said to him, 'Indeed, you persist in this prayer.' He said, 'Verily, I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing it, so I asked him and he said, 'Indeed, during this hour, the gates of heaven are opened, and I love for an righteous deed of mine to ascend in it.'"  

أحمد:٢٣٥٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الصَّلْتِعَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَ تُدِيمُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا سَاعَةٌ تُفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَرْتَفِعَ لِي فِيهَا عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ  

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tabarani:4031 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Salm al-Rāzī > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > ʿUbaydah > Ibrāhīm > Sahm b. Minjāb > al-Qarthaʿ al-Ḍabbī > Abū Ayyūb

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray four units before noon prayer, when the sun starts to decline. So I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is this prayer?" He said, "Indeed, the gates of heaven are opened when the sun starts to decline, until the noon prayer is performed. And I love for a righteous deed to be lifted to me in these units of prayer."  

الطبراني:٤٠٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلْمٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ سَهْمِ بْنِ مِنْجَابٍ عَنِ الْقَرْثَعِ الضَّبِّيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ حِينَ تَزُولُ الشَّمْسُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ تُفْتَحُ عِنْدَ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ حَتَّى يُصَلَّى الظُّهْرُ وَإِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ لِي فِيهِنَّ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ»  

tabarani:4037 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Bishr b. al-Walīd al-Kindī > Sharīk > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAlī b. al-Ṣalt > Abū Ayyūb

[Machine] He used to pray four units before Dhuhr prayer, so he was asked, and he said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying it, so I asked him, and he said, 'Indeed, it is a time when the gates of the heavens are opened, and I love to have a righteous deed raised for me in it.'"  

الطبراني:٤٠٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْكِنْدِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهَا فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهَا سَاعَةٌ تُفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يَرْتَفِعَ لِي فِيهَا عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ»  

tabarani:4038 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAlī b. al-Ṣalt > Abū Ayyūb

[Machine] He used to pray four (rak'ahs) before Dhuhr (noon prayer). It was said to him, "What is this prayer?" He said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying it, so I asked him, and he said, 'Indeed, it is an hour during which the doors of heaven are opened, and I love for a righteous deed to be raised for me in it.'"  

الطبراني:٤٠٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ أَرْبَعًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ؟ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّيهَا فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهَا سَاعَةٌ تُفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ لِي فِيهَا عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ»  

suyuti:611-23b – Abū Ayyūb
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السيوطي:٦١١-٢٣b –

"عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَيَقُولُ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ يُصَلِّيهِنَّ حَتَّى تَزُولَ الشَّمْسُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ الله: أَرَاكَ تُدِيمُ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا سَاعَةٌ تُفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ، فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ ليِ فِيهَا عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ".  

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