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nasai:611 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Muʿāwiyah al-Nakhaʿī Samiʿah from Abū ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ which action is most beloved to Allah? He said: 'Establishing prayer on time, honoring one's parents and Jihad in the cause of Allah.'"  

النسائي:٦١١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ النَّخَعِيُّ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَىُّ الْعَمَلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ قَالَ إِقَامُ الصَّلاَةِ لِوَقْتِهَا وَبِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

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nasai:610 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > al-Walīd b. al-ʿAyzār > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Ṣāḥib Hadhih al-Dār And ʾAshār > Dār ʿAbdullāh

"I heard Abu 'Amr Ash-Shaibani say: 'The owner of this house - and he pointed to the house of 'Abdullah - said: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Which deed is most beloved to Allah, may He be exalted?' He said: 'Prayer offered on time, honoring one's parents, and Jihad in the cause of Allah.'"  

النسائي:٦١٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْعَيْزَارِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيَّ يَقُولُ

حَدَّثَنَا صَاحِبُ هَذِهِ الدَّارِ وَأَشَارَ إِلَى دَارِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَىُّ الْعَمَلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ عَلَى وَقْتِهَا وَبِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

tabarani:9811a – al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > al-Ḥajjāj > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: "O Messenger of Allah, which action is the best?" He said, "To perform prayer at its prescribed time, to be good to one's parents, and to strive in the cause of Allah."  

الطبراني:٩٨١١a – حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ يَا رَسُولُ اللهِ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «إِقَامَةُ الصَّلَاةِ لِوَقْتِهَا وَبِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»  

tabarani:9811b – al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > al-Ḥajjāj > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] Narrated by Abdullah ibn Masud:

The Prophet ﷺ was asked by Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr, "O Messenger of Allah, which action is the best?" He replied, "Offering prayers on time, being kind to one's parents, and striving in the cause of Allah."  

الطبراني:٩٨١١b – حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ يَا رَسُولُ اللهِ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «إِقَامَةُ الصَّلَاةِ لِوَقْتِهَا وَبِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»