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bayhaqi:18500Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī Waʾabū ʿAbdullāh Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sūsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣāghānī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Abū Isḥāq > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. Salām

[Machine] We gathered and discussed, then we asked each other, "Which of you will go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him which deeds are most beloved to Allah?" One of us volunteered to go, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for us. We gathered and he motioned for some of us to come closer to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then recited to us from the beginning of the surah until the end: "Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High, Who has created and proportioned, and Who has destined and [then] guided, and Who brings out the pasture, and [then] makes it black stubble. We then [continued to] hold discussions regarding the recitation. Yahya (one of the narrators) then recited the surah to us from the beginning to the end. Abu Salamah then recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Abdullah ibn Salam recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Al-Awza'i then recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Abu Ishaq also recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Muawiyah then recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Abu Bakr As-Saghanin then recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Abu Abbas said: As-Saghanin did not recite the entire surah to us but recited a portion from the beginning. The Qadi (judge) also recited a portion from the beginning. Abu Abdullah (a narrator) preserved the entire surah for us from the beginning to the end. Finally, the sheikh recited it to us from the beginning to the end.  

البيهقي:١٨٥٠٠وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّاغَانِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ

اجْتَمَعْنَا فَتَذَاكَرْنَا فَقُلْنَا أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَسْأَلُهُ أِيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقْنَا وَهِبْنَا أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجَمَعَنَا فَجَعَلَ يُومِئُ بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ {سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ} إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ قَالَ يَحْيَى فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا يَحْيَى مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَقَرَأَهَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصَّغَانِيُّ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ عَلَيْنَا الصَّغَانِيُّ السُّورَةَ بِتَمَامِهَا وَقَرَأَ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا شَيْئًا وَقَرَأَ الْقَاضِي مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا شَيْئًا وَقَرَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ عَلَيْنَا السُّورَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا وَقَرَأَهَا الشَّيْخُ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا  


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hakim:2387Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnazī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Maḥbūb b. Mūsá al-Anṭākī > Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. Salām

[Machine] "We gathered and discussed which one of us would go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him about the most beloved actions to Allah. Then we separated, and we decided that one of us would go to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a messenger to us and we gathered. He recited to us the verse, 'Glorify Allah, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth' until the end of the Surah. Abu Salamah recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Yahya ibn Abi Kathir recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Abu Is-haq recited it to us from the beginning to the end, meaning the Surah of As-Saff."  

الحاكم:٢٣٨٧أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنَزِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا مَحْبُوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ

اجْتَمَعْنَا فَتَذَاكَرْنَا أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَيَسْأَلُهُ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ؟ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقْنَا وَهِبْنَا أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ أَحَدٌ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَمَعَنَا فَجَعَلَ يُومِي بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ «فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا {سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ} » إِلَى أخِرِ السُّورَةِ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ مَحْبُوبٌ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا يَعْنِي سُورَةَ الصَّفِ  

hakim:3806Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazīd from my father > al-Awzāʿī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. Salām > Ājtamaʿnā Fatadhākarnā

[Machine] We gathered and discussed. Then we said, "Who among you will go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him which deeds are most beloved to Allah?" Then we dispersed and agreed that one of us would go to him. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a messenger to us and gathered us. He then paired us up and recited to us the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Glorify Allah, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. He is the Almighty, the Wise." Then he asked, "O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do?" Until the end of the Surah. Abu Salamah narrated that Abdullah ibn Salam recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Yahya then recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Al-Awza'i recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Yahya ibn Abi Kathir then recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Abu Ishaq al-Fazari then recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Muawiya ibn Amr then recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Nadr then recited it to us from the beginning to the end. Abu Bakr ibn Balawiyyah then recited it to us from the beginning to the end.  

الحاكم:٣٨٠٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أَنْبَأَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزِيدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ

اجْتَمَعْنَا فَتَذَاكَرْنَا فَقُلْنَا أَيُّكُمْ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيَسْأَلَهُ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقْنَا وَهِبْنَا أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَمَعَنَا فَجَعَلَ يُومِئُ بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ يَحْيَى فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ وَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ بَالَوَيْهِ وَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا  

قَالَ الْحَاكِمُ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ قَرَأَهَا عَلَيْنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ بَالَوَيْهِ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهَا