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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ التَّطَوُّعَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ

ibnhibban:2507 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until his most frequent prayer was while he was sitting, and the most beloved action to him was whatever the servant persistently did, even if it was small."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٠٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا»  

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nasai:1654 – Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until most of his prayers were offered sitting down, except for the obligatory prayers, and the dearest of actions to him were those which were done persistently, even if they were few."  

النسائي:١٦٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلاَتِهِ قَاعِدًا إِلاَّ الْفَرِيضَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ أَدْوَمَهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ  

ibnmajah:1225 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

‘By the One Who took his soul (i.e., the soul of the Prophet ﷺ), he did not die until he offered most of his prayers sitting down. And the dearest of the actions to him was the righteous action that the person does regularly, even if it were a little.”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

وَالَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ ﷺ مَا مَاتَ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلاَتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الأَعْمَالِ إِلَيْهِ الْعَمَلَ الصَّالِحَ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا  

ibnmajah:4237 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

“By the One Who took his ﷺ soul, he did not die until most of his prayers were offered sitting down. And the most beloved of deeds to him was a righteous deed which a person persists in doing, even if it is something small.”  

ابن ماجة:٤٢٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

وَالَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ ﷺ مَا مَاتَ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلاَتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ الأَعْمَالِ إِلَيْهِ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا  

ahmad:26605 – Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah

[Machine] "Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , said, 'By the One who has taken his soul, the Prophet ﷺ did not pass away until his most frequent prayer was the one he performed while sitting, except for the obligatory prayers. And his most beloved action to him was that which a servant consistently adheres to, even if it is small.'"  

أحمد:٢٦٦٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ وَالَّذِي تَوَفَّى نَفْسَهُ مَا مَاتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَتْ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا  

ahmad:26709 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman And Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until most of his prayers were offered sitting down, except for the obligatory prayers, and the dearest of actions to him were those which were done persistently, even if they were few." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1654)   

أحمد:٢٦٧٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَعَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرَ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا إِلَّا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا  

ahmad:26726 – ʿAffān > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Um Salamah

‘By the One Who took his soul (i.e., the soul of the Prophet ﷺ), he did not die until he offered most of his prayers sitting down. And the dearest of the actions to him was the righteous action that the person does regularly, even if it were a little.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1225)  

أحمد:٢٦٧٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَتْ

وَالَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ مَا مَاتَ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَيْهِ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا  

ahmad:26730 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until most of his prayers were offered sitting down, except for the obligatory prayers, and the dearest of actions to him were those which were done persistently, even if they were few." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1654)  

أحمد:٢٦٧٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرَ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا غَيْرَ الْفَرِيضَةِ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ أَدْوَمَهُوَإِنْ قَلَّ  

ahmad:26131 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > ʿUmar b. Abū Zāʾidah > Abīʾisḥāq > al-Aswad > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray mostly while sitting, except for the obligatory prayers. The actions that he loved the most were those that were consistent, even if they were few.  

أحمد:٢٦١٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيإِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ جَالِسًا إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهِ الْإِنْسَانُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا  

tabarani:19912 – Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Ziyād b. ʿAbdullāh al-Bakkāʾī > Raḥīl b. Muʿāwiyah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] "He (the Prophet Muhammad) did not die until his most preferred form of worship was sitting in prayer, and the action that was most beloved to him was consistency in it, even if it was little."  

الطبراني:١٩٩١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَكَّائِيُّ ثنا رَحِيلُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا مَاتَ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ» تَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

tabarani:19913 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

‘By the One Who took his soul (i.e., the soul of the Prophet ﷺ), he did not die until he offered most of his prayers sitting down. And the dearest of the actions to him was the righteous action that the person does regularly, even if it were a little.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1225)  

الطبراني:١٩٩١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«وَالَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ مَا مَاتَ حَتَّى كَانَتْ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَيْهِ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا»