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tabarani:21768Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Baʿḍ Ummahātih or Jaddātih

[Machine] About Umm Farwah, she had pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ. She said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which deeds are the most virtuous?" He replied, "Praying in its earliest prescribed time."  

الطبراني:٢١٧٦٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أُمَّهَاتِهِ أَوْ جَدَّاتِهِ

عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān
abudawud:426Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Khuzāʿī And ʿAbd Allāh b. Maslamah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Baʿḍ Ummahātih > Um Farwah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: Which of the actions is best? He replied: Observing prayer early in its period. Al-Khuza'i narrated in his version from his aunt named Umm Farwah who took the oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ: He was questioned.  

أبو داود:٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أُمَّهَاتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا قَالَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ عَمَّةٍ لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ فَرْوَةَ قَدْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ  

tirmidhi:170Abū ʿAmmār al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām

"The Prophet was asked: 'Which deed is the best?' So he said: 'Salat in the beginning of its time.'"  

الترمذي:١٧٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ

عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ لأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  

ahmad:27103Abū ʿĀṣim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > ʿAmmātih > Um Farwah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which deeds are the best?" He replied, "Praying on time."  

أحمد:٢٧١٠٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ عَمَّاتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ لِوَقْتِهَا  

ahmad:27104al-Khuzāʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih

[Machine] The world is like a camel's udder that has been purchased by the Messenger of Allah. She said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the best deeds. He said, "Prayer at its appointed time."  

أحمد:٢٧١٠٤حَدَّثَنَا الْخُزَاعِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ

الدُّنْيَاعَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ بَايَعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأْعْمَالِ ؟ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةُ لِأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  

hakim:679Abū ʿAmr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Isḥāq al-ʿAdl al-Naḥwī > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Raqqī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which action is the best?" He replied, "Offering the prayer at its earliest time."  

الحاكم:٦٧٩حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْعَدْلُ النَّحْوِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ الْعَامِرِيُّ فِي كِنْدَةَ فِي مَجْلِسِ الْأَشَجِّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حِمْيَرَ الْحِمْصِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيِّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ أَدَاءَ الْمَرْءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ لِمِيقَاتِهَا مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأَعْمَالِ

ibnhibban:1474ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

Prayer at its appointed hour. I (again) said: Then what? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Kindness to the parents. I (again) said: Then what? He replied: Earnest endeavour (Jihad) in the cause of Allah. And I would have not ceased asking more questions but out of regard (for his feelings). (Using translation from Muslim 85a)  

ابن حبّان:١٤٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ لِمِيقَاتِهَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «الصَّلَاةُ لِمِيقَاتِهَا» أَرَادَ بِهِ فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ

ibnhibban:1475ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī from Aṣl Kitābih > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Mālik b. Mighwal > al-Walīd b. ʿAyzār > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allahﷺ which actions are the best? He replied, "Prayer at its appointed time."  

ابن حبّان:١٤٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ مِنْ أَصْلِ كِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَيْزَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «لِوَقْتِهَا» أَرَادَ بِهِ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا

ibnhibban:1479Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah And ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī Wa-al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Bashhār Bundār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar b. Fāris > Mālik b. Mighwal > al-Walīd b. al-ʿAyzār > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, which deeds are the best?" He said, "Praying at the earliest time of its prescribed period."  

ابن حبّان:١٤٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ بُنْدَارٌ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ فَارِسٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ الْعَيْزَارِ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»