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ahmad:9218Yaʿmar b. Bishr > ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man came to the messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "What do you command me?" He replied, "Be kind to your mother." The man returned and asked the same question. Again, the Prophet ﷺ replied, "Be kind to your mother." The man asked for a third time, and the Prophet ﷺ repeated his response, "Be kind to your mother." Finally, the man asked for a fourth time, and the Prophet ﷺ replied, "Be kind to your father."  

أحمد:٩٢١٨حَدَّثَنَا يَعْمَرُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا تَأْمُرُنِي؟ قَالَ بِرَّ أُمَّكَ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَقَالَ بِرَّ أُمَّكَ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَقَالَ بِرَّ أُمَّكَ ثُمَّ عَادَ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ بِرَّ أَبَاكَ