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nasai:1614Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr Jaʿfar b. Abū And Ḥshiyyah > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

He heard Humaid bin 'Abdur-Rahman say: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The best prayer after the obligatory (fard) prayers is prayer at night and the best fasting after the month of Ramadan is Al-Muharram.'" Shu'bah bin Al-Hajjaj narrated it in Mursal form.  

النسائي:١٦١٤أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي وَحْشِيَّةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ حُمَيْدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ وَأَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ الْمُحَرَّمُ أَرْسَلَهُ شُعْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Aḥmad's Zuhd

Best fast after Ramadan is Muharram and the best prayer after the fard is the night prayer

muslim:1163aQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥimyarī > Abū Hurayrah

The most excellent fast after Ramadan is God's month. al-Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night.  

مسلم:١١٦٣aحَدَّثَنِي قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ  

nasai:1613Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ibn ʿAwf > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The best fasting after the month of Ramadan is the month of Allah, Al-Muharram, and the best prayer is prayer at night.'"  

النسائي:١٦١٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هُوَ ابْنُ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلاَةُ اللَّيْلِ  

ahmad:8534ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmaniʿan Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The best fasting after the month of Ramadan is the month of Allah, Al-Muharram, and the best prayer is prayer at night.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1613)  

أحمد:٨٥٣٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ أَوِ الْفَرْضِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ  

ahmad:10915Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik al-Ṭayālisī > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿAbd al-Malik > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The best fasting after the month of Ramadan is the month of Allah, Al-Muharram, and the best prayer is prayer at night.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1613)   

أحمد:١٠٩١٥حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْمَفْرُوضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ وَأَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللهِ الَّذِي تَدْعُونَهُ الْمُحَرَّمَ  

ذِكْرُ الرَّغْبَةِ فِي صِيَامِ شَهْرِ الْمُحَرَّمِ إِذْ هُوَ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الصِّيَامِ

ibnhibban:3636Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥimyarī > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The best fasting after the month of Ramadan is the month of Allah, Al-Muharram, and the best prayer is prayer at night.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1613)  

ابن حبّان:٣٦٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ»  

nasai-kubra:1314Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The most excellent fast after Ramadan is God's month. al-Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night. (Using translation from Muslim 1163a)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣١٤أَخْبَرَنَا 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 وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ»  

nasai-kubra:1315Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Arsalah Shuʿbah > Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Shuʿbah > Abū Bishr > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

The most excellent fast after Ramadan is God's month. al-Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night. (Using translation from Muslim 1163a)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣١٥قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَرْسَلَهُ شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ حُمَيْدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّوْمِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ الْمُحَرَّمُ»  

ahmad-zuhd:125ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan al-Bāhilī al-ʿAllāf > Abū ʿAwānah > Abū Bishr > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The most excellent fast after Ramadan is God's month. al-Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night. (Using translation from Muslim 1163a)  

الزهد لأحمد:١٢٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْبَاهِلِيُّ الْعَلَّافُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ»