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suyuti:3813a –

The most excellent prayer is that in which the duration of standing is longer. (Using translation from Muslim 756a)

السيوطي:٣٨١٣a –

"أفضل الصلاةِ طولُ القيام".

الطحاوي، [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن جابر بن نصر عن عبد الله بن حبشى

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muslim:756a – ʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

The most excellent prayer is that in which the duration of standing is longer.

مسلم:٧٥٦a – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الصَّلاَةِ طُولُ الْقُنُوتِ