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nasai-kubra:1295Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Abū al-Naḍr > Busr b. Saʿīd > Zayd b. Thābit

[Machine] "The best prayer is your prayer in your homes, except for the congregational prayer."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٢٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

«أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ صَلَاتُكُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ يَعْنِي إِلَّا صَلَاةَ الْجَمَاعَةِ»  


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malik:8-4Mālik > Abū al-Naḍr a freed slave of ʿUmar b. ʿUbaydullāh > Busr b. Saʿīd > Zayd b. Thābit

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n-Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah from Yusr ibn Said that Zayd ibn Thabit said, "The most excellent prayer is your prayer in your house, except for the prescribed prayers."  

مالك:٨-٤وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ

قَالَ أَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ صَلاَتُكُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ إِلاَّ صَلاَةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ