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bayhaqi:20106 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Bakhtarī ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Shākir > Abū Usāmah Ḥammād b. Usāmah > Burayd b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Burdah from his father > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī > al-Nabī Ṣallá

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he said: "Verily, those who have the greatest reward in prayer are those who walk furthest to it. And the one who waits for the prayer until they can pray it in congregation with the Imam, they have an even greater reward than those who pray it individually and then go to sleep." This hadith is narrated by Abu Usamah in Sahih.  

البيهقي:٢٠١٠٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ أُسَامَةَ ثنا بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهَ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ أَجْرًا فِي الصَّلَاةِ أَبْعَدُهُمْ إِلَيْهَا مَشْيًا وَالَّذِي يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةَ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَهَا مَعَ الْإِمَامِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّيهَا ثُمَّ يَنَامُ أَخْرَجَاهُ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ  

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bukhari:651 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Usāmah > Burayd b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people who get tremendous reward for the prayer are those who are farthest away (from the mosque) and then those who are next farthest and so on. Similarly one who waits to pray with the Imam has greater reward than one who prays and goes to bed. "  

البخاري:٦٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعْظَمُ النَّاسِ أَجْرًا فِي الصَّلاَةِ أَبْعَدُهُمْ فَأَبْعَدُهُمْ مَمْشًى وَالَّذِي يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلاَةَ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَهَا مَعَ الإِمَامِ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنَ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَنَامُ  

muslim:662 – ʿAbdullāh b. Barrād al-Ashʿarī And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Usāmah > Burayd > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

The most eminent among human beings (as a recipient of) reward (is one) who lives farthest away, and who has to walk the farthest distance, and he who waits for the prayer to observe it along with the Imam, his reward is greater than one who prays (alone) and then goes to sleep. In the narration of Abu Kuraib (the words are):" (He waits) till he prays along with the Imam in congregation."  

مسلم:٦٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَرَّادٍ الأَشْعَرِيُّ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ أَجْرًا فِي الصَّلاَةِ أَبْعَدُهُمْ إِلَيْهَا مَمْشًى فَأَبْعَدُهُمْ وَالَّذِي يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلاَةَ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَهَا مَعَ الإِمَامِ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنَ الَّذِي يُصَلِّيهَا ثُمَّ يَنَامُ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي كُرَيْبٍ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَهَا مَعَ الإِمَامِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ  

bayhaqi:4978 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Ḥārithī > Abū Usāmah > Burayd b. ʿAbdullāh from his grandfather Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

The most eminent among human beings (as a recipient of) reward (is one) who lives farthest away, and who has to walk the farthest distance, and he who waits for the prayer to observe it along with the Imam, his reward is greater than one who prays (alone) and then goes to sleep. In the narration of Abu Kuraib (the words are):" (He waits) till he prays along with the Imam in congregation." (Using translation from Muslim 662)   

البيهقي:٤٩٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْحَارِثِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ أَجْرًا فِي الصَّلَاةِ أَبْعَدُهُمْ إِلَيْهَا مَمْشًى فَأَبْعَدُهُمْ وَالَّذِي يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلَاةَ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَهَا مَعَ الْإِمَامِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ أَعْظَمُ أَجْرًا مِنَ الَّذِي يُصَلِّيهَا ثُمَّ يَنَامُ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي كُرَيْبٍ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ
suyuti:3560a –

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The people who get tremendous reward for the prayer are those who are farthest away (from the mosque) and then those who are next farthest and so on. Similarly one who waits to pray with the Imam has greater reward than one who prays and goes to bed. " (Using translation from Bukhārī 651)   

السيوطي:٣٥٦٠a –

"أعْظَمُ النَّاسِ أجْرًا في الصَّلاةِ أَبْعَدُهُمْ إليها مَمْشًى، فَأَبْعَدُهُمْ، والذي يَنْتَظِرُ الصَّلاةَ -حتى يُصَلِّيها مَعَ الإِمامِ- أعْظَمُ أجْرًا مِنَ الذي يُصَلِّيها، ثم يَنَامُ".  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن بريد ، عن أبي بردة، عن أبي موسى، [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أبي هريرة