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ahmad:27104al-Khuzāʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih

[Machine] The world is like a camel's udder that has been purchased by the Messenger of Allah. She said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the best deeds. He said, "Prayer at its appointed time."  

أحمد:٢٧١٠٤حَدَّثَنَا الْخُزَاعِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ

الدُّنْيَاعَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ بَايَعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأْعْمَالِ ؟ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةُ لِأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
abudawud:426Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Khuzāʿī And ʿAbd Allāh b. Maslamah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Baʿḍ Ummahātih > Um Farwah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: Which of the actions is best? He replied: Observing prayer early in its period. Al-Khuza'i narrated in his version from his aunt named Umm Farwah who took the oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ: He was questioned.  

أبو داود:٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أُمَّهَاتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا قَالَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ عَمَّةٍ لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ فَرْوَةَ قَدْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ  

tirmidhi:170Abū ʿAmmār al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām

"The Prophet was asked: 'Which deed is the best?' So he said: 'Salat in the beginning of its time.'"  

الترمذي:١٧٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ

عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ لأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  

ahmad:27103Abū ʿĀṣim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > ʿAmmātih > Um Farwah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which deeds are the best?" He replied, "Praying on time."  

أحمد:٢٧١٠٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ عَمَّاتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ لِوَقْتِهَا  

ahmad:27476Yazīd b. Hārūn > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Ahl Baytih > Jaddatih Um Farwah

[Machine] She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a man asked him about the best deeds. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ responded, "Prayer at its appointed time."  

أحمد:٢٧٤٧٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأَعْمَالِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةُ لِأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  

tabarani:21768Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Baʿḍ Ummahātih or Jaddātih

[Machine] About Umm Farwah, she had pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ. She said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which deeds are the most virtuous?" He replied, "Praying in its earliest prescribed time."  

الطبراني:٢١٧٦٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أُمَّهَاتِهِ أَوْ جَدَّاتِهِ

عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

tabarani:21771Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Jdwʿy al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Maymūn al-ʿAtakī > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih Um Farwah

[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which action is the best?". He replied, "Prayer at its earliest time."  

الطبراني:٢١٧٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجدوعي الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الْعَتَكِيُّ ثنا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ فَقَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ لَأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

bayhaqi:1100Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Khuzāʿī And ʿAbd Allāh b. Maslamah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Baʿḍ Ummahātih > Um Farwah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: Which of the actions is best? He replied: Observing prayer early in its period. Al-Khuza'i narrated in his version from his aunt named Umm Farwah who took the oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ: He was questioned. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 426)   

البيهقي:١١٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَا ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أُمَّهَاتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةِ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوْلِ وَقْتِهَا قَالَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ عَمَّةٍ لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ فَرْوَةَ وَقَدْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ وَرُوِّينَا عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مَا قَدْ مَضَى