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ibnmajah:1421Bakr b. Khalaf Abū Bishr > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“The Prophet ﷺ was asked: ‘Which prayer is best?’ He said: ‘That with the longer Qunut.’”  

ابن ماجة:١٤٢١حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَبُو بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَىُّ الصَّلاَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ  


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muslim:756aʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

The most excellent prayer is that in which the duration of standing is longer.  

مسلم:٧٥٦aحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ  

muslim:756bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And ʾAbū Kurayb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > 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.)  

مسلم:٧٥٦bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَىُّ الصَّلاَةِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ  

ahmad:14368Abū 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:١٤٣٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَيَعْلَى وَوَكِيعٌ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ  

hakim:679Abū ʿAmr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Isḥāq al-ʿAdl al-Naḥwī > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Raqqī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which action is the best?" He replied, "Offering the prayer at its earliest time."  

الحاكم:٦٧٩حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْعَدْلُ النَّحْوِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ الْعَامِرِيُّ فِي كِنْدَةَ فِي مَجْلِسِ الْأَشَجِّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حِمْيَرَ الْحِمْصِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيِّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَفْضَلَ الصَّلَاةِ مَا طَالَ قُنُوتُهَا

ibnhibban:1758Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Sufyān al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > Abū Sufyān > Jābir

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked, "O Messenger of Allah, which prayer is the best?" He said, "The one with longer prostration."  

ابن حبّان:١٧٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَدَاءَ الْمَرْءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ لِمِيقَاتِهَا مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأَعْمَالِ

ibnhibban:1474ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

Prayer at its appointed hour. I (again) said: Then what? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Kindness to the parents. I (again) said: Then what? He replied: Earnest endeavour (Jihad) in the cause of Allah. And I would have not ceased asking more questions but out of regard (for his feelings). (Using translation from Muslim 85a)  

ابن حبّان:١٤٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ لِمِيقَاتِهَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «الصَّلَاةُ لِمِيقَاتِهَا» أَرَادَ بِهِ فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ

ibnhibban:1475ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī from Aṣl Kitābih > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Mālik b. Mighwal > al-Walīd b. ʿAyzār > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allahﷺ which actions are the best? He replied, "Prayer at its appointed time."  

ابن حبّان:١٤٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ مِنْ أَصْلِ كِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَيْزَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأَعْمَالِ

ibnhibban:1478al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir > al-Shaybānī > al-Walīd b. al-ʿAyzār > Saʿd b. Iyās Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

Prayer at its appointed hour. I (again) said: Then what? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Kindness to the parents. I (again) said: Then what? He replied: Earnest endeavour (Jihad) in the cause of Allah. And I would have not ceased asking more questions but out of regard (for his feelings). (Using translation from Muslim 85a)  

ابن حبّان:١٤٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ الْعَيْزَارِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِيَاسٍ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ لِوَقْتِهَا»