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tabarani:19103 – ʿAmr b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Ḥimṣī > Jaddī Ibrāhīm b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thābit b. Thawbān from his father > Makḥūl > Kathīr b. Murrah > Abū Fāṭimah

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, guide me to a righteous deed that I may adhere to and perform." He replied, "Engage in jihad in the cause of Allah, for there is nothing like it." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about a righteous deed that I may adhere to and perform." He replied, "Engage in migration, for there is nothing like it." I said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about a righteous deed that I may adhere to and perform." He replied, "Engage in prostration, for whenever you prostrate to Allah, He raises your rank and forgives your sins with it."  

الطبراني:١٩١٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ الْحِمْصِيُّ ثنا جَدِّي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي فَاطِمَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مُرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ أَسْتَقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْمَلُهُ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِالْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا مِثْلَ لَهُ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِعَمَلٍ أَسْتَقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْمَلُهُ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِالْهِجْرَةِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا مِثْلَ لَهَا» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِعَمَلٍ أَسْتَقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْمَلُهُ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِالسُّجُودِ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَ اللهُ لَكَ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai-kubra:8645 – Hārūn b. Muḥammad b. Bakkār b. Bilāl > Muḥammad / Ibn ʿĪsá b. al-Qāsim b. Samīʿ > Zayd > Kathīr b. Murrah > Abū Fāṭimah

[Machine] He said to him, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "You should migrate, for there is nothing like it." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, inform me of knowledge that I can follow and act upon." He said, "You should have patience, for there is nothing like it." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, inform me of knowledge that I can follow and teach others." He said, "You should prostrate, for whenever you prostrate to Allah, He raises you in rank and removes from you a sin."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٦٤٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكَّارِ بْنِ بِلَالٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عِيسَى بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سَمِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدٌ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ أَنَّ أَبَا فَاطِمَةَ حَدَّثَهُمْ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عَلَيْكَ بِالْهِجْرَةِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا مِثْلَ لَهَا» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِعِلْمٍ أَسْتَقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْمَلُ بِهِ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِالصَّبْرِ فَإِنَّهُ لَا مِثْلَ لَهُ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِعِلْمٍ أَسْتَقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ وَأُعَلِّمُهُ قَالَ «عَلَيْكَ بِالسُّجُودِ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَسْجُدُ لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَكَ اللهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْكَ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً»  

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السيوطي:١٥٦١٥a –

"عَلَيكَ بالهجرَة، فإِنهُ لا مثْلَ لَها، عَلَيكَ بالجِهاد فإِنَّهُ لا مثْلَ لَهُ؛ عليكَ بالصَّوم فإنَّهُ لا مثْلَ لَهُ، عَلَيكَ بالسُّجُود فإِنَّكَ لا تَسجُدُ للهِ سجْدَةً إلا رَفَعَكَ اللهُ تعالى بها دَرَجَةً، وحطَّ عَنْك بهَا خَطيئة".  

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