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muslim:783bIbn Numayr from my father > Saʿd b. Saʿīd > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

The acts most pleasing to Allah are those which are done continuously, even if they are small. and when 'A'isha did any act she did it continuously.

مسلم:٧٨٣بوَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحَبُّ الأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَدْوَمُهَا وَإِنْ قَلَّ قَالَ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِذَا عَمِلَتِ الْعَمَلَ لَزِمَتْهُ

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bukhari:1132ʿAbdān from my father > Shuʿbah > Ashʿath from my father > Masrūq > Saʾalt

I asked ʿAisha which deed was most loved by the Prophet. She said, "A deed done continuously." I further asked, "When did he used to get up (in the night for the prayer)." She said, "He used to get up on hearing the crowing of a cock."

البخاري:١١٣٢حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدَانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَسْرُوقًا قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَىُّ الْعَمَلِ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتِ الدَّائِمُ قُلْتُ مَتَى كَانَ يَقُومُ قَالَتْ يَقُومُ إِذَا سَمِعَ الصَّارِخَ

Allah loves consistency in righteous acts not matter how small or few

bukhari:6465Muḥammad b. ʿArʿarah > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

that she said, "The Prophet ﷺ was asked, 'What deeds are most loved by Allah?'" He said, "The most regular ˹and constant ones˺ of them, even if a few." He added, "˹Hold yourself˺ responsible for ˹only those˺ acts that are within your ability."

البخاري:٦٤٦٥حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَ؛ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ؛ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ؛ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ؛ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: «أَدْوَمُهَا، وَإِنْ قَلَّ۔» وَقَالَ: «اكْلَفُوا مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ۔»

muslim:782bMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

That which is done continuously, even if it is small.

مسلم:٧٨٢بحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَىُّ الْعَمَلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ قَالَ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

tirmidhi:2856Abū Hishām al-Rifāʿī > Ibn Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ

"I asked 'Aishah and Umm Salamah about which deed did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ like to do most. They said: 'Whatever he could do regularly, even if it was little.'"

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

الترمذي:٢٨٥٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ الرِّفَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَأُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أَىُّ الْعَمَلِ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتَا مَا دِيمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ

ibnmajah:4240al-ʿAbbās b. ʿUthmān al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

“Take on only as much as you can do of good deeds, for the best of deeds is that which is done consistently, even if it is little.”

ابن ماجة:٤٢٤٠حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اكْلَفُوا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْعَمَلِ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

ahmad:8600Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

“Take on only as much as you can do of good deeds, for the best of deeds is that which is done consistently, even if it is little.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4240)

أحمد:٨٦٠٠حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اكْلَفُوا مِنَالْعَمَلِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْعَمَلِ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

ahmad:24043Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ

"I asked 'Aishah and Umm Salamah about which deed did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ like to do most. They said: 'Whatever he could do regularly, even if it was little.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2856)

أحمد:٢٤٠٤٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَأُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ كَانَ أَعْجَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ؟ قَالَتَا مَا دَامَ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

ahmad:25431Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Bahz > Shuʿbah > Bahz > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

That which is done continuously, even if it is small. (Using translation from Muslim 782b)

أحمد:٢٥٤٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ بَهْزٌ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ؟ قَالَ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ قَالَ بَهْزٌ مَا دُووِمَ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ اكْلَفُوا مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ

ahmad:25473ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which actions are most beloved to Allah?" He replied, "Those that are done consistently, even if they are few." He also said, as heard from Abu Salamah narrating from Aisha or Abu Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ , "Take on only what you can handle from actions."

أحمد:٢٥٤٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ؟ قَالَ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَعْنِي أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَوْ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ اكْلَفُوا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ

ahmad:26479Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ

"I asked 'Aishah and Umm Salamah about which deed did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ like to do most. They said: 'Whatever he could do regularly, even if it was little.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2856)

أحمد:٢٦٤٧٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَأُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ كَانَ أَعْجَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺقَالَتْ مَا دَامَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

ahmad:26718Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Um Salamah

[AI] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved the act of charity, as long as it was available to him, even if it was little.

أحمد:٢٦٧١٨حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا دَامَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

ذِكْرُ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي يُوتِرُ فِيهِ الْمَرْءُ بِاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَقَّبَ تَهَجُّدَهُ بِهِ

ibnhibban:2444al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Isrāʾīl > Ashʿath b. Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ from his father > Masrūq

[AI] I asked Aisha when the Prophet ﷺ used to perform the Sunnah prayer after Isha. She said, "When he heard the rooster crowing, and he used to persistently perform it even if it was little."

ابن حبّان:٢٤٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ مَتَى كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُوتِرُ؟ قَالَتْ «إِذَا سَمِعَ الصَّارِخَ يَعْنِي الدِّيكَ وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

tabarani:19911[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ibn al-Aṣbahānī [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Qaṭirānī > Muḥammad b. Ṭufayl > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[AI] "The most beloved deeds to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ were those done consistently, even if they were few."

الطبراني:١٩٩١١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا ابْنُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْقَطِرَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طُفَيْلٍ قَالَا ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا دِيمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ»

ahmad-zuhd:93ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ibn Faḍl > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Saʾalt

"I asked 'Aishah and Umm Salamah about which deed did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ like to do most. They said: 'Whatever he could do regularly, even if it was little.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2856)

الزهد لأحمد:٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبِي أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ فَضْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ وَأُمَّ سَلَمَةَ ؓ مَا أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَتَا «مَا دَامَ وَإِنْ قَلَّ»

ahmad-zuhd:1172ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah

[AI] The actions most beloved to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ are those that are consistent, even if they are few.

الزهد لأحمد:١١٧٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا دِيمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

suyuti:4126a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Choose such actions as you are capable of performing, for Allah does not grow weary till you do. The acts most pleasing to Allah are those which are done most continuously, even if they amount to little. Whenever he began an action, he would do it continuously. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1368)

السيوطي:٤١٢٦أ

"اكُلَفوا من العملِ ما تطيقون، فإِنَّ اللهَ لا يَمَلُّ حتى تَمَلُّوا، وإنَّ أحبَّ العملِ إلى اللهِ أدْوَمُهُ، وإن قَلَّ" .

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي عن عائشة

suyuti:15697a
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السيوطي:١٥٦٩٧أ

"عَلَيكُمْ أيهَا النَّاسُ مِن الأعمالِ مَا تُطيقونَ، فإِنَّ اللهَ لا يَملُّ حَتَّى تَملُّوا، وإِن أحَبَّ الأعمالِ إِلى اللهِ أدومُها وإن قَلَّ".

محمد بن نصر عن أبي هريرة