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tabarani:19911 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ibn al-Aṣbahānī [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Qaṭirānī > Muḥammad b. Ṭufayl > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah > Um Salamah

[Machine] "The most beloved deeds to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ were those done consistently, even if they were few."  

الطبراني:١٩٩١١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا ابْنُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْقَطِرَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طُفَيْلٍ قَالَا ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا دِيمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ»  

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bukhari:6462 – Qutaybah > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The most beloved action to Messenger of Allah ﷺ was that whose doer did it continuously and regularly.  

البخاري:٦٤٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ  

muslim:782b – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > ʿĀʾishah

That which is done continuously, even if it is small.  

مسلم:٧٨٢b – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَىُّ الْعَمَلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ قَالَ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ  

tirmidhi:2856 – Abū Hishām al-Rifāʿī > Ibn Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ

"I asked 'Aishah and Umm Salamah about which deed did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ like to do most. They said: 'Whatever he could do regularly, even if it was little.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Gharīb in this particular context.
الترمذي:٢٨٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِشَامٍ الرِّفَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ قَالَ

سُئِلَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَأُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أَىُّ الْعَمَلِ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتَا مَا دِيمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ
malik:9-99 – Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ said, "The actions which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved most were those which were done most constantly."  

مالك:٩-٩٩ – وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ  

ahmad:26718 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ loved the act of charity, as long as it was available to him, even if it was little.  

أحمد:٢٦٧١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا دَامَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ  

ahmad:25439 – Qaraʾt > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The most beloved action to Messenger of Allah ﷺ was that whose doer did it continuously and regularly. (Using translation from Bukhārī 6462)  

أحمد:٢٥٤٣٩ – قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ مَالِكٌ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَحَبَّ الطَّاعَاتِ إِلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مَا وَاظَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَرْءُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

ibnhibban:323 – ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

The most beloved action to Messenger of Allah ﷺ was that whose doer did it continuously and regularly. (Using translation from Bukhārī 6462)  

ابن حبّان:٣٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ «كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّذِي يَدُومُ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ»  

ahmad-zuhd:1172 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Abū Salamah

[Machine] The actions most beloved to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ are those that are consistent, even if they are few.  

الزهد لأحمد:١١٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ

أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا دِيمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ