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hakim:676 – Abū Saʿīd Ismāʿīl b. Aḥmad al-Jurjānī > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > Ḥajjāj b. al-Shāʿir > ʿAlī b. Ḥafṣ al-Madāʾinī > Shuʿbah > al-Walīd b. al-ʿAyzār > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Ṣāḥib Hadhih al-Dār And ʾAshār > Dār ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd Walam Yusammih

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "Which actions are the best?" He said, "Praying in its earliest time." I asked, "Then what?" He said, "Striving in the cause of Allah." I asked, "Then what?" He said, "Showing kindness and obedience to parents, even if they are unjust towards me." "This hadith has been narrated by a group from Shu'bah, but this wording is not mentioned except by Hujaj bin Al-Sha'ir from Ali bin Hafs and Hujaj is a trustworthy preserver. Muslim relied on Ali bin Hafs Al-Madaini in his argument."  

الحاكم:٦٧٦ – مَا حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْجُرْجَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُكْرَمٍ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الشَّاعِرِ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ الْمَدَائِنِيُّ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ الْعَيْزَارِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَاحِبُ هَذِهِ الدَّارِ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى دَارِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَلَوِ اسْتَزَدْتُهُ لَزَادَنِي» «قَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ هَذِهِ اللَّفْظَةَ غَيْرُ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ الشَّاعِرِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَفْصٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ حَافِظٌ ثِقَةٌ وَقَدِ احْتَجَّ مُسْلِمٌ بِعَلِيِّ بْنِ حَفْصٍ الْمَدَائِنِيِّ وَمِنْهَا»  

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tabarani:9804 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Masʿūdy > al-Walīd b. al-ʿAyzār > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , which actions are the best? He said, "Prayer at its prescribed time." I said, "Then what, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Being dutiful to one's parents." I said, "Then what, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Jihad in the cause of Allah." Then he stopped speaking, and if I had asked him more, he would have said more to me.  

الطبراني:٩٨٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا الْمَسْعُوديُّ حَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْعَيْزَارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ لِوَقْتِهَا» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ» ثُمَّ سَكَتَ وَلَوِ اسْتَزَدْتُهُ لَزَادَنِي  

tabarani:9810 – Sulaymān b. al-Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭār al-Baṣrī > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Ḍabbī > Ḥammād b. Zayd > al-Ḥajjāj > Sulaymān > Dhakar Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Rab Hadhih al-Dār / Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : Which deeds are the best? He replied, "Prayer at the appointed time." I said, "Then what?" He said, "Goodness towards parents." I said, "Then what?" He said, "Jihad in the cause of Allah." Then he remained silent, and if I had asked him more, he would have answered me more.  

الطبراني:٩٨١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْعَطَّارُ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ ذَكَرَ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي رَبُّ هَذِهِ الدَّارِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ لِمِيقَاتِهَا» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَيٌّ؟ قَالَ «بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ» قُلْتُ ثُمَّ أَيٌّ؟ قَالَ «الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ» ثُمَّ سَكَتَ عَنِّي وَلَوِ اسْتَزَدْتُهُ لَزَادَنِي  

tabarani:9818 – [Chain 1] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Yaʿqūb b. Abū ʿAbbād al-Makkī > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Muḥammad b. Abān And ʾAbū ʿAwānah [Chain 3] Aḥmad b. Zuhayr al-Tustarī > Abū Ḥafṣ ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > al-Mughīrah b. Muslim [Chain 4] Muḥammad b. Nūḥ b. Ḥarb al-ʿAskarī > Shaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "Which deed is the best?" He said, "To offer prayers at their appointed times." I asked, "Then what?" He said, "To be dutiful to one's parents." I asked again, "Then what?" He said, "To strive in the cause of Allah." And if I asked him further, he would have told me more, for the wording of this hadith is similar to the hadith narrated by Ibrahim ibn Tahman and others.  

الطبراني:٩٨١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ وَأَبُو عَوَانَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زُهَيْرٍ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو حَفْصٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثنا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نُوحِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ ثنا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ أنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ الصَّلَاةَ لِمَوَاقِيتِهَا» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ؟ قَالَ «بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ؟ قَالَ «الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ» وَلَوِ اسْتَزَدْتُهُ لَزَادَنِي وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَدِيثِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ وَالْآخَرُونَ نَحْوُهُ