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bukhari:929 – Ādam > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Aghar > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "When it is a Friday, the angels stand at the gate of the mosque and keep on writing the names of the persons coming to the mosque in succession according to their arrivals. The example of the one who enters the mosque in the earliest hour is that of one offering a camel (in sacrifice). The one coming next is like one offering a cow and then a ram and then a chicken and then an egg respectively. When the Imam comes out (for Jumua prayer) they (i.e. angels) fold their papers and listen to the Khutba."  

البخاري:٩٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَغَرِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ وَقَفَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ عَلَى باب الْمَسْجِدِ يَكْتُبُونَ الأَوَّلَ فَالأَوَّلَ وَمَثَلُ الْمُهَجِّرِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يُهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَبْشًا ثُمَّ دَجَاجَةً ثُمَّ بَيْضَةً فَإِذَا خَرَجَ الإِمَامُ طَوَوْا صُحُفَهُمْ وَيَسْتَمِعُونَ الذِّكْرَ  

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muslim:850b – Abū al-Ṭāhir And Ḥarmalah Waʿamrū b. Sawwād al-ʿĀmirī > Abū al-Ṭāhir > al-Ākharān > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Aghar > Abū Hurayrah

When it is Friday, the angels stand at every door of the mosque and record the people in the order of their arrival, and when the Imam sits (on the pulpit for delivering the sermon) they fold up their sheets (manuscripts of the Qur'an) and listen to the mention (of Allah). And he who comes early is like one who offers a she-camel as a sacrifice, the next like one who offers a cow, the next a ram, the next a hen, the next an egg.  

مسلم:٨٥٠b – وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةُ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ سَوَّادٍ الْعَامِرِيُّ قَالَ أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَغَرُّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ مَلاَئِكَةٌ يَكْتُبُونَ الأَوَّلَ فَالأَوَّلَ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ الإِمَامُ طَوَوُا الصُّحُفَ وَجَاءُوا يَسْتَمِعُونَ الذِّكْرَ وَمَثَلُ الْمُهَجِّرِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يُهْدِي الْبَدَنَةَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْكَبْشَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الدَّجَاجَةَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْبَيْضَةَ»  

nasai:1385 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī b. Naṣr > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > al-Aghar Abū ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: "When Friday comes, the angels sit at the doors of the Masjid and record who comes to Jumu'ah prayers. Then, when the Imam comes out, the angels roll up their scrolls." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The one who comes early to Jumu'ah prayers is like one who sacrifices a camel, then like one who sacrifices a cow, then like one who sacrifices a sheep, then like one who sacrifices a duck, then like one who sacrifices a chicken, then like one who sacrifices an egg."  

النسائي:١٣٨٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الأَغَرِّ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ قَعَدَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَكَتَبُوا مَنْ جَاءَ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ الإِمَامُ طَوَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ الصُّحُفَ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُهَجِّرُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ كَالْمُهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي شَاةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي بَطَّةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي دَجَاجَةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي بَيْضَةً  

nasai:1386 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah Yablugh Bih

"When Friday comes, at every gate of the masjid there are angels who write down the people's names in the order in which they come, then when the Imam comes out, they roll up the scrolls and listen to the Khutbah. The one who comes early to the prayer is like the one who sacrifices a camel, then the one who comes after him is like the one who sacrifices a cow, then the one who comes after him is like the one who sacrifices a ram" until he mentioned a chicken and an egg.  

النسائي:١٣٨٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ مَلاَئِكَةٌ يَكْتُبُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَى مَنَازِلِهِمُ الأَوَّلَ فَالأَوَّلَ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ الإِمَامُ طُوِيَتِ الصُّحُفُ وَاسْتَمَعُوا الْخُطْبَةَ فَالْمُهَجِّرُ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ كَالْمُهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ كَالْمُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ كَالْمُهْدِي كَبْشًا حَتَّى ذَكَرَ الدَّجَاجَةَ وَالْبَيْضَةَ  

ahmad:10568 – Yazīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > Abīʿabd Allāh al-Aghar > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "When the day of Friday comes, the angels stand at the doors of the mosque and they write down the order of the creation (i.e. who comes first and so on). The emigrant (i.e. the one who comes from far away) is like the one who offers a camel, then like the one who offers a cow, then like the one who offers a ram, then like the one who offers a chicken, then like the one who offers an egg. When the Imam comes out and sits on the pulpit, they roll up their records and sit listening attentively to the sermon."  

أحمد:١٠٥٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيعَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَغَرِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ وَقَفَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَكْتُبُونَ الْأَوَّلَ فَالْأَوَّلَ فَمَثَلُ الْمُهَجِّرِ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يُهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي كَبْشًا ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي دَجَاجَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَيْضَةً فَإِذَا خَرَجَ الْإِمَامُ وَقَعَدَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ طَوَوْا صُحُفَهُمْ وَجَلَسُوا يَسْتَمِعُونَ الذِّكْرَ  

nasai-kubra:1704 – Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī al-Baṣrī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > al-Aghar Abū ʿAbdullāh > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: "When Friday comes, the angels sit at the doors of the Masjid and record who comes to Jumu'ah prayers. Then, when the Imam comes out, the angels roll up their scrolls." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The one who comes early to Jumu'ah prayers is like one who sacrifices a camel, then like one who sacrifices a cow, then like one who sacrifices a sheep, then like one who sacrifices a duck, then like one who sacrifices a chicken, then like one who sacrifices an egg." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1385)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٧٠٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَغَرِّ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ قَعَدَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَكَتَبُوا مَنْ جَاءَ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ الْإِمَامُ طَوَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ الصُّحُفَ» قَالَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمُهَجِّرُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ كَالْمُهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي شَاةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي بَطَّةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي دَجَاجَةً ثُمَّ كَالْمُهْدِي بَيْضَةً»  

nasai-kubra:1705 – Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah Yablugh Bih

"When Friday comes, at every gate of the masjid there are angels who write down the people's names in the order in which they come, then when the Imam comes out, they roll up the scrolls and listen to the Khutbah. The one who comes early to the prayer is like the one who sacrifices a camel, then the one who comes after him is like the one who sacrifices a cow, then the one who comes after him is like the one who sacrifices a ram" until he mentioned a chicken and an egg. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1386)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٧٠٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ يَعْنِي مَلَائِكَةً يَكْتُبُونَ النَّاسَ عَلَى مَنْازِلِهِمُ الْأَوَّلَ فَالْأَوَّلَ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ الْإِمَامُ طُوِيَتِ الصُّحُفُ وَاسْتَمَعُوا الْخُطْبَةَ فَالْمُهَجِّرُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ كَالْمُهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ كَالْمُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ كَالْمُهْدِي كَبْشًا حَتَّى ذَكَرَ الدَّجَاجَةَ وَالْبَيْضَةَ»  

bayhaqi:10152 – Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan And Ghayruh > Abū al-ʿAbbās > al-Aṣam > Baḥr b. Naṣr > Quriʾ > Ibn Wahb Akhbarak Yūnus b. Yazīd > Ibn Shihāb > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Aghar > Abū Hurayrah

When it is Friday, the angels stand at every door of the mosque and record the people in the order of their arrival, and when the Imam sits (on the pulpit for delivering the sermon) they fold up their sheets (manuscripts of the Qur'an) and listen to the mention (of Allah). And he who comes early is like one who offers a she-camel as a sacrifice, the next like one who offers a cow, the next a ram, the next a hen, the next an egg. (Using translation from Muslim 850b)   

البيهقي:١٠١٥٢ – اسْتِدْلَالًا بِمَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَغَيْرُهُ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ هُوَ الْأَصَمُّ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى ابْنِ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَكَ يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَغَرُّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ كَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابٍ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَكْتُبُونَ الْأَوَّلَ فَالْأَوَّلَ فَإِذَا جَلَسَ الْإِمَامُ طَوَوِا الصُّحُفَ وَجَاءُوا يَسْتَمِعُونَ الذِّكْرَ فَمَثَلُ الْمُهَجِّرِ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْكَبْشَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الدَّجَاجَةَ ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي الْبَيْضَةَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ
bayhaqi:5862 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbdullāh > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Aghar > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When it is the day of Friday, the angels gather at the door of the mosque and record the names of those who come first. The example of the one who migrates to Allah is like a person who gives a camel as a gift, then like a person who gives a cow as a gift, then like a person who gives a sheep as a gift, then like a person who gives a chicken as a gift, then like a person who gives an egg as a gift. When the Imam comes out, they close their records and listen to the reminder."  

البيهقي:٥٨٦٢ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَغَرِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ وَقَفَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَيَكْتِبُونَ الْأَوَّلَ فَالْأَوَّلَ فَمَثَلُ الْمُهَجِّرِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَهْدِي بَدَنَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يَهْدِي بَقَرَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يَهْدِي كَبْشًا ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يَهْدِي دَجَاجَةً ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يَهْدِي بَيْضَةً فَإِذَا خَرَجَ الْإِمَامُ طَوَوْا صُحُفَهُمْ وَيَسْتَمِعُونَ الذِّكْرَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ
suyuti:2473a –

When it is Friday, the angels stand at every door of the mosque and record the people in the order of their arrival, and when the Imam sits (on the pulpit for delivering the sermon) they fold up their sheets (manuscripts of the Qur'an) and listen to the mention (of Allah). And he who comes early is like one who offers a she-camel as a sacrifice, the next like one who offers a cow, the next a ram, the next a hen, the next an egg. (Using translation from Muslim 850b)   

السيوطي:٢٤٧٣a –

"إذا كانَ يوْمُ الجمعة كانَ على كلِّ بابٍ من أبْوابِ المسجدِ ملائكةٌ يكتبُونَ النَّاسَ على قدرِ منازِلِهم الأَوَّلَ فالأَوَّلَ، فإِذا جلسَ الإمَامُ طوَوْا الصُّحَفَ وجاءُوا يستمعونَ الذِّكر، ومَثَلُ المُهَجِّرِ كمثلِ الَّذي يُهْدِى بدنةً ثُمَّ كالَّذي يُهْدِى بقرةً ثُمَّ كالذَّي يُهدي الكبشَ ثُمَّ كالذي يُهدى الدجاجةَ ثُمَّ كالذي يُهدى البيضةَ" .  

[حم] أحمد ح، [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أبي هريرة