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darimi:2762Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād > ʿAmr b. Abū ʿAmr > Saʿīd al-Maqburī ʿ n Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: “How many a fasting person gains nothing from his fast except thirst, and how many a person who stands (in prayer at night) gains nothing from his standing except sleeplessness.”

الدارمي:٢٧٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «كَمْ مِنْ صَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صِيَامِهِ إِلَّا الظَّمَأُ وَكَمْ مِنْ قَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ إِلَّا السَّهَرُ»

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ibnmajah:1690ʿAmr b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Usāmah b. Zayd > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

“There are people who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are those who pray and get nothing from their prayer but a sleepless night.”

ابن ماجة:١٦٩٠حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رُبَّ صَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صِيَامِهِ إِلاَّ الْجُوعُ وَرُبَّ قَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ إِلاَّ السَّهَرُ

ahmad:9685Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > Usāmah > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

“There are people who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are those who pray and get nothing from their prayer but a sleepless night.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1690)

أحمد:٩٦٨٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَمْ مِنْ صَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صِيَامِهِ إِلَّا الْجُوعُ وَكَمْ مِنْ قَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ إِلَّا السَّهَرُ

ahmad-zuhd:241ʿAbdullāh > Bī > Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān > Usāmah > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd from his father > Abū Hurayrah

“There are people who fast and get nothing from their fast except hunger, and there are those who pray and get nothing from their prayer but a sleepless night.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1690)

الزهد لأحمد:٢٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أبِي حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَمْ مِنْ صَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صِيَامِهِ إِلَّا الْجُوعُ وَكَمْ مِنْ قَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ إِلَّا السَّهَرُ»