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ahmad:7595Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > Man > Abū Hurayrah > Awṣānī Khalīlī Bithalāth And Nahānī

[Machine] Abu Hurairah heard his beloved Prophet say, "My friend advised me with three things and forbade me from three things. He advised me to perform Witr prayer before sleeping, to fast three days every month, and to pray two Rak'ahs of Duha prayer. He forbade me from looking around during prayer, from clapping like a monkey, and from pecking like a rooster."  

أحمد:٧٥٩٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ

سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي بِثَلَاثٍ وَنَهَانِي عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ أَوْصَانِي بِالْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ وَصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَرَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى قَالَ وَنَهَانِي عَنِ الِالْتِفَاتِ وَإِقْعَاءٍ كَإِقْعَاءِ الْقِرْدِ وَنَقْرٍ كَنَقْرِ الدِّيكِ  


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ahmad:9217Nūḥ b. Maymūn > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Sufyān > Ṭāriq b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Zādhān > Abū Hurayrah

"My dearest friend advised me (to do) three things: 'To sleep after praying Witr, to fast three days each month, and to pray two rak'ahs of Fajr.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1677)   

أحمد:٩٢١٧حَدَّثَنَا نُوحُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ زَاذَانَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي بِثَلَاثٍ الْوَتْرِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ وَصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَرَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى  

ahmad:7596Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. al-Sammāk > al-ʿAwwām b. Ḥawshab > Man > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Abu Hurairah said, "My beloved, ﷺ , advised me to fast three days every month and to perform Witr prayer before sleeping, and to pray Duha, for it is the prayer of the devout."  

أحمد:٧٥٩٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ السَّمَّاكِ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَوَّامُ بْنُ حَوْشَبٍ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ

سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ بِصَوْمِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَبِالْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ وَبِصَلَاةِ الضُّحَىفَإِنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ  

ahmad:8106Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sharīk > Yazīd b. Abū Ziyād > Mujāhid > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me with three things and forbid me from three things. He commanded me to pray the two units of Duha prayer every day, to pray Witr before sleep, and to fast three days every month. He forbid me from three things: pecking like a rooster, arching like a dog, and turning around like a fox.  

أحمد:٨١٠٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ وَنَهَانِي عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ أَمَرَنِي بِرَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَالْوِتْرِ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ وَصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَنَهَانِي عَنْ نَقْرَةٍ كَنَقْرَةِ الدِّيكِ وَإِقْعَاءٍ كَإِقْعَاءِ الْكَلْبِ وَالْتِفَاتٍ كَالْتِفَاتِ الثَّعْلَبِ  

bayhaqi:2741Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm b. Muʿāwiyah al-Naysābūrī > Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-ʿUṭāridī > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Layth > Mujāhid > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to do three things and prohibited me from doing three things. He commanded me to fast three days every month, and to not sleep except on my right side. He also commanded me to pray the Duha prayer, which is two units of prayer performed after sunrise, and prohibited me from turning my neck during prayer like a fox, and from imitating the actions of a monkey, and from pecking like a rooster.  

البيهقي:٢٧٤١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ وَنَهَانِي عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ أَمَرَنِي بِصِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَأَنْ لَا أَنَامَ إِلَّا عَلَى وِتْرٍ وَرَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى وَنَهَانِي عَنِ الِالْتِفَاتِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ الْتِفَاتَ الثَّعْلَبِ وَأُقْعِي إِقْعَاءَ الْقِرْدِ وَأَنْقُرُ نَقْرَ الدِّيكِ