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ibnmajah:3793 – Abū Bakr > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAmr b. Qays al-Kindī > ʿAbdullāh b. Busr

An Arab Bedouin said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: *“The laws of Islam are burdensome for me. Tell me of something that I will be able to adhere to. He said: “Always keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allah ﷻ.”

ابن ماجة:٣٧٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْكِنْدِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ شَرَائِعَ الإِسْلاَمِ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ عَلَىَّ، فَأَنْبِئْنِي مِنْهَا بِشَىْءٍ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِهِ. قَالَ: «لاَ يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ﷻ».

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tirmidhi:3375 – Abū Kurayb > Zayd b. Ḥubāb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAmr b. Qays > ʿAbdullāh b. Busr

A man said: “O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, indeed, the legislated acts of Islam have become too much for me, so inform me of a thing that I should stick to.” He ﷺ said: “Let not your tongue cease to be moist with the remembrance of Allah.”

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Gharīb in this particular context.

الترمذي:٣٣٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ شَرَائِعَ الإِسْلاَمِ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ عَلَىَّ، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِهِ. قَالَ: «لاَ يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ».

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ

hakim:1822 – Abū al-Faḍl al-Ḥasan b. Yaʿqūb al-ʿAdl > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > ʿAmr b. Qays al-Sakūnī > ʿAbdullāh b. Busr > Aʿrābī

"The laws of Islam are burdensome for me. Tell me of something that I will be able to adhere to. He said: 'Always keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3793)

الحاكم:١٨٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْفَضْلِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْعَدْلُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ قَيْسٍ السَّكُونِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا قَالَ

لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ شَرَائِعَ الْإِسْلَامِ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ عَلَيَّ فَأَنْبِئْنِي بِشَيْءٍ أَتَشَبَّثُ بِهِ فَقَالَ «لَا يَزَالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطْبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ»

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