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bayhaqi:5198 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

‘A’ishah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying the people will continue to keep themselves away from the front row until Allah will keep them away (from the front) in the Hell-fire. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 679)   

البيهقي:٥١٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنَ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ عَنِ الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللهُ ﷻ فِي النَّارِ  

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abudawud:679 – Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

‘A’ishah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying the people will continue to keep themselves away from the front row until Allah will keep them away (from the front) in the Hell-fire.  

أبو داود:٦٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَأَخَّرُونَ عَنِ الصَّفِّ الأَوَّلِ حَتَّى يُؤَخِّرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي النَّارِ  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ تَخَلُّفِ الْمَرْءِ عَنِ الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ

ibnhibban:2156 – Ibn Khuzaymah > Ḥusayn b. Mahdī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

‘A’ishah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying the people will continue to keep themselves away from the front row until Allah will keep them away (from the front) in the Hell-fire. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 679)   

ابن حبّان:٢١٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ قَوْمٌ يَتَخَلَّفُونَ عَنِ الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى يُخَلِّفَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي النَّارِ»