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ahmad:27105Yūnus > Layth > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih Um Abīh al-Dunyā > Jaddatih Um Farwah And Kānat Mimman Bāyaʿ

[Machine] About his grandmother, Um Farwah, who was one of those who pledged allegiance, it was reported that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention good deeds, and he said: "Indeed, the most beloved of deeds to Allah ﷻ is the prayer offered on time."  

أحمد:٢٧١٠٥حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ أَبِيهِ الدُّنْيَا

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ أَنَّها سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ الْأَعْمَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ تَعْجِيلُ الصَّلَاةِ لِأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
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  

tabarani:21769Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih Um Abīh al-Dunyā

[Machine] Narrated by Umm Farwah, the grandmother of her father, who was one of those who pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The most beloved deeds to Allah are the hastening of the prayer at its appointed time."  

الطبراني:٢١٧٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ أَبِيهِ الدُّنْيَا

عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ جَدَّةِ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللهِ تَعْجِيلُ الصَّلَاةِ لَأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

bayhaqi:2042Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Abū Salamah Manṣūr b. Salamah al-Khuzāʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih al-Dunyā

[Machine] From his grandmother, Umm Farwah, who was among those who pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ and was one of the early emigrants, it is narrated that she heard the Prophet ﷺ being asked about the best deeds. He replied, "Performing the prayer at its earliest time."  

البيهقي:٢٠٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ الدُّنْيَا

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ الْأُوَلِ أَنَّهَا سَمِعْتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأَعْمَالِ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةُ لَأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  

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