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Hastening to perform good deeds to gain reward

bukhari:851 – Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > ʿUmar b. Saʿīd > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah

I prayed the ʿAṣr prayer behind the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah. He did the salam (ended the prayer), then got up quickly and stepped over the people’s necks to one of his wives’ apartments. The people were alarmed by his haste. Then he came out to them and saw that they were surprised at his speed, so he said: "I remembered that we had some gold/silver bullion, and I disliked that it should hold me back ˹from gaining reward˺, so I ordered that it be distributed."

البخاري:٨٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ الْعَصْرَ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَامَ مُسْرِعًا فَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ إِلَى بَعْضِ حُجَرِ نِسَائِهِ فَفَزِعَ النَّاسُ مِنْ سُرْعَتِهِ. فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَرَأَى أَنَّهُمْ عَجِبُوا مِنْ سُرْعَتِهِ فَقَالَ:«ذَكَرْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تِبْرٍ عِنْدَنَا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يَحْبِسَنِي فَأَمَرْتُ بِقِسْمَتِهِ»

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bukhari:1221 – Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Rawḥ > ʿUmar > Ibn Saʿīd > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith

I offered the ʿAsr prayer with the Prophet ﷺ and after finishing the prayer with Taslim he got up quickly and went to some of his wives and then came out. He noticed the signs of astonishment on the faces of the people caused by his speed. He then said, "I remembered while I was in my prayer that a piece of gold was Lying in my house and I disliked that it should remain with us throughout the night, and so I have ordered it to be distributed."

البخاري:١٢٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ هُوَ ابْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ؓ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْعَصْرَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ سَرِيعًا دَخَلَ عَلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَرَأَى مَا فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ تَعَجُّبِهِمْ لِسُرْعَتِهِ فَقَالَ ذَكَرْتُ وَأَنَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ تِبْرًا عِنْدَنَا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يُمْسِيَ أَوْ يَبِيتَ عِنْدَنَا فَأَمَرْتُ بِقِسْمَتِهِ

nasai:1365 – Aḥmad b. Bakkār al-Ḥarrānī > Bishr b. al-Sarī > ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Abū Ḥusayn al-Nawfalī > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith

"I prayed 'Asr with the Prophet ﷺ in Al-Madinah, then he left, stepping over the necks of the people, so quickly that the people were surprised at his haste. He entered unto one of his wives, then he came out and said: 'While I was praying 'Asr, I remembered some gold that we had, and I did not want it to stay with us overnight, so I ordered that it be distributed.'"

النسائي:١٣٦٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْعَصْرَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ يَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ سَرِيعًا حَتَّى تَعَجَّبَ النَّاسُ لِسُرْعَتِهِ فَتَبِعَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَكَرْتُ وَأَنَا فِي الْعَصْرِ شَيْئًا مِنْ تِبْرٍ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يَبِيتَ عِنْدَنَا فَأَمَرْتُ بِقِسْمَتِهِ

ahmad:19426 – Rawḥ > ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Abū Ḥusayn > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith

I offered the ʿAsr prayer with the Prophet ﷺ and after finishing the prayer with Taslim he got up quickly and went to some of his wives and then came out. He noticed the signs of astonishment on the faces of the people caused by his speed. He then said, "I remembered while I was in my prayer that a piece of gold was Lying in my house and I disliked that it should remain with us throughout the night, and so I have ordered it to be distributed." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1221)

أحمد:١٩٤٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْعَصْرَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قَامَ سَرِيعًا فَدَخَلَ عَلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَرَأَى مَا فِي وُجُوهِ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ تَعَاجُبِهِمْ لِسُرْعَتِهِ قَالَ ذَكَرْتُ وَأَنَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ تِبْرًا عِنْدَنَا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يُمْسِيَ أَوْ يَبِيتَ عِنْدَنَا فَأَمَرْتُ بِقَسْمِهِ

tabarani:15108 – [Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Asadī > ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Abū Ḥusayn [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿAlī b. Baḥr > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Abū Ḥusayn > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith

I offered the ʿAsr prayer behind the Prophet ﷺ at Medina. When he had finished the prayer with Taslim, he got up hurriedly and went out by crossing the rows of the people to one of the dwellings of his wives. The people got scared at his speed . The Prophet ﷺ came back and found the people surprised at his haste and said to them, "I remembered a piece of gold Lying in my house and I did not like it to divert my attention from Allah's worship, so I have ordered it to be distributed (in charity). (Using translation from Bukhārī 851)

الطبراني:١٥١٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَسَدِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْعَصْرَ بالمدينَةِ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَامَ سَرِيعًا يَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ إِلَى بَعْضِ حُجَرِ نِسَائِهِ فَفَزِعَ النَّاسُ مِنْ سُرْعَتِهِ فَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَرَأَى أَنْ قَدْ عَجِبُوا مِنْ سُرْعَتِهِ فَقَالَ «ذَكَرْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ تِبْرٍ عِنْدِي فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يَحْبِسَنِي فَأَمَرْتُ بِقَسْمِهِ»

nasai-kubra:1290 – Aḥmad b. Bakkār al-Ḥarrānī > Bishr b. al-Sarī > ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Nawfalī > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith

"I prayed 'Asr with the Prophet ﷺ in Al-Madinah, then he left, stepping over the necks of the people, so quickly that the people were surprised at his haste. He entered unto one of his wives, then he came out and said: 'While I was praying 'Asr, I remembered some gold that we had, and I did not want it to stay with us overnight, so I ordered that it be distributed.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1365)

الكبرى للنسائي:١٢٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الحُسَيْنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْعَصْرَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ يَتَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِ سَرِيعًا حَتَّى تَعَجَّبَ النَّاسُ لِسُرْعَتِهِ فَتَبِعَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى بَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنِّي ذَكَرَتُ وَأَنَا فِي الْعَصْرِ شَيْئًا مِنْ تِبْرٍ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ يَبِيتَ عِنْدَنَا فَأَمَرْتُ بِقِسْمَتِهِ»