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bayhaqi:20974Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿUmar b. ʿUbaydullāh > Lilqāsim b. Muḥammad Hadhih al-Nard Maysir Araʾayt al-Shiṭranj Amaysir Hī > al-Qāsim Kul Mā Alhá > Dhikr Allāh

[Machine] "And regarding prayer, it is an easy task."  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٧٤قَالَ يَحْيَى وَحَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُمَرَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ لِلْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ هَذِهِ النَّرْدُ مَيْسِرٌ أَرَأَيْتَ الشِّطْرَنْجَ أَمَيْسِرٌ هِيَ؟ قَالَ الْقَاسِمُ كُلُّ مَا أَلْهَى عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللهِ

وَعَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَهِيَ مَيْسِرٌ  


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bayhaqi:20973Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Baḥr b. Naṣr > Ibn Wahb > Yaḥyá b. ʿAbdullāh b. Sālim > Abū Salamah > Lilqāsim b. Muḥammad Mā al-Maysir > Kul Mā Alhá > Dhikr Allāh

[Machine] And regarding the prayer, it is easy.  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٧٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ مَا الْمَيْسِرُ؟ فَقَالَ كُلُّ مَا أَلْهَى عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللهِ

وَعَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَهِيَ مَيْسِرٌ  

ahmad-zuhd:1187ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Ḥafṣ > ʿUbaydullāh > al-Qāsim > Kul Shayʾ Alhá > Dhikr Allāh ʿAz And Jal

[Machine] About prayer, it is easy.  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ أَلْهَى عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ﷻ

وَعَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَهُوَ مَيْسِرٌ