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nasai:1654Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until most of his prayers were offered sitting down, except for the obligatory prayers, and the dearest of actions to him were those which were done persistently, even if they were few."  

النسائي:١٦٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلاَتِهِ قَاعِدًا إِلاَّ الْفَرِيضَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ أَدْوَمَهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ  


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ahmad:26709ʿAbd al-Raḥman And Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until most of his prayers were offered sitting down, except for the obligatory prayers, and the dearest of actions to him were those which were done persistently, even if they were few." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1654)   

أحمد:٢٦٧٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَعَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرَ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا إِلَّا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا  

ahmad:26730Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until most of his prayers were offered sitting down, except for the obligatory prayers, and the dearest of actions to him were those which were done persistently, even if they were few." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1654)  

أحمد:٢٦٧٣٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرَ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا غَيْرَ الْفَرِيضَةِ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ أَدْوَمَهُوَإِنْ قَلَّ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ التَّطَوُّعَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ

ibnhibban:2507Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until his most frequent prayer was while he was sitting, and the most beloved action to him was whatever the servant persistently did, even if it was small."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَسِيرًا»  

tabarani:19912Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Ziyād b. ʿAbdullāh al-Bakkāʾī > Raḥīl b. Muʿāwiyah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] "He (the Prophet Muhammad) did not die until his most preferred form of worship was sitting in prayer, and the action that was most beloved to him was consistency in it, even if it was little."  

الطبراني:١٩٩١٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا زِيَادُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَكَّائِيُّ ثنا رَحِيلُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«مَا مَاتَ حَتَّى كَانَ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ» تَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

nasai-kubra:1363Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not pass away until most of his prayers were offered sitting down, except for the obligatory prayers, and the dearest of actions to him were those which were done persistently, even if they were few." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1654)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٣٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى كَانَ «أَكْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا إِلَّا الْفَرِيضَةَ وَكَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ» خَالَفَهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ