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suyuti:4127a

“Take on only as much as you can do of good deeds, for the best of deeds is that which is done consistently, even if it is little.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4240)   

السيوطي:٤١٢٧a

"اكْلَفوا العملِ ما تطيقون، فإن خَيرَ العملِ أدْوَمُهُ، وإن قَلَّ".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة عن أبي هريرة

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
ibnmajah:4240al-ʿAbbās b. ʿUthmān al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

“Take on only as much as you can do of good deeds, for the best of deeds is that which is done consistently, even if it is little.”  

ابن ماجة:٤٢٤٠حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اكْلَفُوا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْعَمَلِ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ  

ahmad:8600Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

“Take on only as much as you can do of good deeds, for the best of deeds is that which is done consistently, even if it is little.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4240)  

أحمد:٨٦٠٠حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اكْلَفُوا مِنَالْعَمَلِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْعَمَلِ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ