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ahmad:463Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Kahmas > Muṣʿab b. Thābit b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr

ʿUthman bin ʿAffan ؓ said, speaking from his minbar: I am going to tell you a hadeeth that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; nothing kept me from telling it to you except the fact that I care for you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Standing guard for one night for the sake of Allah, may He be exalted, is better than a thousand nights spent in prayer and [a thousand] days spent fasting.ʿ  

أحمد:٤٦٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا كَهْمَسٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

قَالَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ بِهِ إِلَّا الضِّنُّ بِكُمْ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ حَرَسُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا  


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ahmad:433Rawḥ > Kahmas > Muṣʿab b. Thābit b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr

ʿUthman bin ʿAffan ؓ said, speaking from his minbar I am going to tell you a hadeeth that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , nothing kept me from telling it to you except the fact that I care for you, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ʿStanding guard for one night for the sake of Allah, may He be exalted, is better than a thousand nights spent in prayer and [a thousand] days spent fasting.”  

أحمد:٤٣٣حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا كَهْمَسٌ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

قَالَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا كَانَ يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ إِلَّا الضِّنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ حَرَسُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا  

tabarani:145Bishr b. Mūsá > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqrī > Kahmas b. al-Ḥasan > Muṣʿab b. Thābit > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr > ʿUthmān

ʿUthman bin ʿAffan ؓ said, speaking from his minbar: I am going to tell you a hadeeth that I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; nothing kept me from telling it to you except the fact that I care for you. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Standing guard for one night for the sake of Allah, may He be exalted, is better than a thousand nights spent in prayer and [a thousand] days spent fasting.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 463)  

الطبراني:١٤٥حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا أَبُو عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِيُ ثنا كَهْمَسُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ قَالَ

عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَكُمْ إِلَّا الضِّنُّ بِكُمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «حَرَسُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ لَيْلَةٍ يُقَامُ لَيْلُهَا وَيُصَامُ نَهَارُهَا»