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nasai:2396[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd > Ḥammād [Chain 2] Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ḥammād > Thābit > Shuʿayb b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr from his father

"The Messenger of Allah said to me: 'Fast one day and you will have the reward of ten.' I said: 'Let me fast more.' He said: 'Fast two days and you will have the reward of nine.' I said: 'Let me fast more than that.' He said: 'Fast three days and you will have the reward of eight." (One of the narrators) Thabit said: "I mentioned that to Mutarrif and he said: 'I only see that he is making more effort for less reward.'"  

النسائي:٢٣٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ح وَأَخْبَرَنِي زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صُمْ يَوْمًا وَلَكَ أَجْرُ عَشْرَةٍ فَقُلْتُ زِدْنِي فَقَالَ صُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ وَلَكَ أَجْرُ تِسْعَةٍ قُلْتُ زِدْنِي قَالَ صُمْ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَكَ أَجْرُ ثَمَانِيَةٍ قَالَ ثَابِتٌ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِمُطَرِّفٍ فَقَالَ مَا أُرَاهُ إِلاَّ يَزْدَادُ فِي الْعَمَلِ وَيَنْقُصُ مِنَ الأَجْرِ وَاللَّفْظُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ  


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nasai-kubra:2717Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Yazīd > Ḥammād > Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ḥammād And al-Lafẓ Lizakariyyā > Thābit > Shuʿayb b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Fast for one day and you will have the reward of ten days." He said, "Increase me, O Messenger of Allah." He said, "Fast for two days and you will have the reward of nine days." He said, "Increase me." He said, "Fast for three days and you will have the reward of eight days." Thabit said, "So I informed Muattib ibn Abdullah about that, and he said, 'I do not see anything except that it increases in action and decreases in reward.'" Abu Abdullah added, "Some of them increased upon others."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٧١٧أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادٌ وَأَخْبَرَنِي زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ وَاللَّفْظُ لِزَكَرِيَّا عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «صُمْ يَوْمًا وَلَكَ أَجْرُ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّامٍ» قَالَ قُلْتُ زِدْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «صُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ وَلَكَ تِسْعَةٌ» قَالَ قُلْتُ زِدْنِي قَالَ «صُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَكَ أَجْرُ ثَمَانِيَةِ أَيَّامٍ» قَالَ ثَابِتٌ فَأَخْبَرْتُ بِذَلِكَ مُطَرِّفَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ مَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا يَزْدَادُ فِي الْعَمَلِ وَيَنْقُصُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ زَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ