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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُوَاظِبَ عَلَى سُبْحَةِ الضُّحَى

ibnhibban:2532Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth b. Saʿd > ʿAqīl > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, used to say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never used to recite the Duha prayer." But Aisha used to recite it and she used to say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left many acts of worship out of fear that people would consider them obligatory upon them."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ «مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَبِّحُ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى» وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُسَبِّحُهَا وَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَرَكَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَسْتَنَّ النَّاسُ بِهِ فَيُفْرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ»  


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ahmad:25870Ḥajjāj > Layth > ʿUqayl b. Khālid > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

[Machine] "Aisha, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , used to say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to glorify the morning prayer. Aisha used to glorify it as well, and she used to say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left many acts of worship for fear that people would consider them obligatory."  

أحمد:٢٥٨٧٠حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسَبِّحُ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُسَبِّحُهَا وَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَرَكَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَسْتَنَّ النَّاسُ بِهِ فَيُفْرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

ahmad:25363ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah Kānat

[Machine] "Aisha used to say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never used to perform the Sunnah of Dhuha prayer. She would perform it and she would say: 'Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would abstain from performing this voluntary prayer, out of fear that people would consider it obligatory upon them.'"  

أحمد:٢٥٣٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى قَالَ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُسَبِّحُهَا وَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتْرُكُ الْعَمَلَ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَسْتَنَّ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَيُفْرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

ahmad:24559ʿAlī b. ʿAyyāsh > Shuʿayb > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

[Machine] "Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , said, 'By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never recited the tasbeeh of Dhuha prayer, but I would recite it. She also said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to leave an action even though he loved to do it, for fear that people might consider it obligatory upon them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved whatever was easy for people from the acts of worship."  

أحمد:٢٤٥٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ وَاللهِ مَا سَبَّحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى قَطُّ وَإِنِّي لَأُسَبِّحُهَا وَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتْرُكُ الْعَمَلَ وَهُوَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَعْمَلَهُ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَسْتَنَّ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَيُفْرَضُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحِبُّ مَا خَفَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ مِنَ الْفَرَائِضِ  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا كَانَ يَتْرُكُ ﷺ الْأَعْمَالَ الصَّالِحَةَ بِحَضْرَةِ النَّاسِ

ibnhibban:312Ibn Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth > ʿAqīl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him), used to say, "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did not perform the morning prayer (Dhuha)." But Aisha used to perform it and she would say, "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) left many actions out of fear that people would take them as obligatory."  

ابن حبّان:٣١٢أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ «مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَبِّحُ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى» وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُسَبِّحُهَا وَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَرَكَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَسْتَنَّ النَّاسُ بِهِ فَيُفْرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ