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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:1742 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Muḥammad b. al-Muntashir > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥimyarī > Abū Hurayrah

“A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘Which fasting is better after the month of Ramadan?’ He said: ‘The month of Allah which is called Muharram.’”  

ابن ماجة:١٧٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَىُّ الصِّيَامِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الْمُحَرَّمَ  

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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:740 – Qutaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥimyarī > Abū Hurayrah

the Messenger of Allah said: "The most virtuous fasting after the month of Ramadan is Allah's month Al-Muharram."  

الترمذي:٧٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ صِيَامِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ
ahmad:8026 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman And ʾAbū Saʿīd > Zāʾidah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Muḥammad b. al-Muntashir > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which prayer is the best after the obligatory ones?" He replied, "The prayer in the middle of the night." Then he was asked, "Which fasting is the best after Ramadan?" He said, "The month of Allah which you call Muharram."  

أحمد:٨٠٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ؟ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ قِيلَ أَيُّ الصِّيَامِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ؟ قَالَ شَهْرُ اللهِ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الْمُحَرَّمَ  

darimi:1798 – Zayd b. ʿAwf > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Muḥammad b. al-Muntashir > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

“A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: ‘Which fasting is better after the month of Ramadan?’ He said: ‘The month of Allah which is called Muharram.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1742)   

الدارمي:١٧٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ عَوْفٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الْمُحَرَّمَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ التَّهَجُّدَ بِاللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْمَرْءِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ

ibnhibban:2563 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Khalīl > Mūsá b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Masrūqī > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Ibn al-Muntashir > Ḥumayd al-Ḥimyarī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ which prayer is best after the obligatory prayers. He said, "Prayer during the middle of the night." He then asked, "Which fasting is best after the month of Ramadan?" He said, "The month of Allah which they call Muharram."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٦٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ خَلِيلٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَسْرُوقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ» قَالَ فَأَيُّ الصِّيَامِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ؟ قَالَ «شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي يَدَعُونَهُ الْمُحَرَّمَ»  

nasai-kubra:2916 – Hilāl b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. Hilāl from my father > ʿUbaydullāh > ʿAbd al-Malik > Jundub b. Sufyān al-Bajalī
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الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا هِلَالُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ جُنْدُبِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ الْبَجَلِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرٌ تَدْعُونَهُ الْمُحَرَّمَ»  

nasai-kubra:2917 – Muḥammad b. Qudāmah > Jarīr > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Muḥammad b. al-Muntashir > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah Rafaʿah

the Messenger of Allah said: "The most virtuous fasting after the month of Ramadan is Allah's month Al-Muharram." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 740)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩١٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ

«أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ»  

nasai-kubra:2918 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Zāʾidah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Muḥammad b. al-Muntashir > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: "Which prayer is best after the obligatory prayers?" He replied, "The prayer in the middle of the night." He was asked: "Which fasting is best after Ramadan?" He replied, "The month of Allah, which you call Muharram."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩١٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ» قِيلَ أَيُّ الصِّيَامِ أَفْضَلُ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ؟ قَالَ «شَهْرُ اللهِ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الْمُحَرَّمَ»  

nasai-kubra:2919 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

the Messenger of Allah said: "The most virtuous fasting after the month of Ramadan is Allah's month Al-Muharram." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 740)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٩١٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ»