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ahmad:8709 –

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, having good suspicions (good thoughts) is from the excellence of worshipping Allah."  

أحمد:٨٧٠٩ –

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ عِبَادَةِ اللهِ  

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tirmidhi:3604f – Yaḥyá b. Mūsá > Abū Dāwud > Ṣadaqah b. Mūsá > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Sumayr b. Nahār al-ʿAbdī > Abū Hurayrah

“Indeed, having good thoughts concerning Allah is from the perfection of the worship of Allah.”  

الترمذي:٣٦٠٤f – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ سُمَيْرِ بْنِ نَهَارٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ حُسْنِ عِبَادَةِ اللَّهِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ  

ahmad:9280 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Shutayr b. Nahār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Thinking well of others is part of excellence in worship."  

أحمد:٩٢٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ نَهَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ  

ahmad:7956 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Shutayr b. Nahār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Indeed, having good assumptions about others is from the beauty of worship."  

أحمد:٧٩٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ نَهَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ  

ahmad:8036 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Shutayr b. Nahār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Indeed, having good expectations of others is part of righteous worship."  

أحمد:٨٠٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ نَهَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ  

ahmad:10364 – Bahz > Ḥammād > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Shutayr b. Nahār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Having good thoughts or having a good opinion is part of good worship."  

أحمد:١٠٣٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ نَهَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ  

hakim:7604 – ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Baghawī And Than Abū Muslim > Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Shutayr b. Nahār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Verily, having good thoughts about Allah, the Almighty, is a form of worship of Allah."  

الحاكم:٧٦٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذَ الْعَدْلُ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْبَغَوِيُّ وَثَنًا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ قَالَا ثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ نَهَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ بِاللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ عِبَادَةِ اللَّهِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ حُسْنَ الظَّنِّ لِلْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ

ibnhibban:631 – Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Muḥammad b. Wāsiʿ > Shutayr b. Nahār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Having good thoughts about others is part of worshipping well."  

ابن حبّان:٦٣١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَاسِعٍ عَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ نَهَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «حُسْنُ الظَّنِّ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْعِبَادَةِ»