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hakim:2159 – Abū al-ʿAbbās > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad > al-Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Wāʾil b. Dāwud > Saʿīd b. ʿUmayr from his uncle > Suʾil

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which earnings are the best?" He replied, "Earnings that are earned through lawful means."  

الحاكم:٢١٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَنْبَأَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْكَسْبِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «كَسْبٌ مَبْرُورٌ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ «وَوَائِلُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ وَابْنُهُ بَكْرٌ ثِقَتَانِ وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ أَنَّ عَمَّ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ وَإِذَا اخْتَلَفَ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَشَرِيكٌ فَالْحُكْمُ لِلثَّوْرِيِّ» صحيح

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ahmad:14368 – Abū Muʿāwiyah And Yaʿlá Wawakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the prayer which was most excellent. He said: That in which the standing is longer. (This hadith is narrated by another chain of transmitters too.) (Using translation from Muslim 756b)  

أحمد:١٤٣٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَيَعْلَى وَوَكِيعٌ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ  

tabarani:18814 – Abū Ḥaṣīn al-Qāḍī And al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Sharīk > Wāʾil b. Dāwud > Jamayʿ b. ʿUmayr > Khālih Abū Burdah b. Niyār

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best earnings for a man are his children and every lawful sale."  

الطبراني:١٨٨١٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَصِينٍ الْقَاضِي وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَنْ جَمَيعِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ خَالِهِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ نِيَارٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَفْضَلُ كَسْبِ الرَّجُلِ وَلَدُهُ وَكُلُّ بَيْعٍ مَبْرُورٍ»