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tabarani:21769Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih Um Abīh al-Dunyā

[Machine] Narrated by Umm Farwah, the grandmother of her father, who was one of those who pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The most beloved deeds to Allah are the hastening of the prayer at its appointed time."  

الطبراني:٢١٧٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ أَبِيهِ الدُّنْيَا

عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ جَدَّةِ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللهِ تَعْجِيلُ الصَّلَاةِ لَأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Suyūṭī
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:27105Yūnus > Layth > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih Um Abīh al-Dunyā > Jaddatih Um Farwah And Kānat Mimman Bāyaʿ

[Machine] About his grandmother, Um Farwah, who was one of those who pledged allegiance, it was reported that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention good deeds, and he said: "Indeed, the most beloved of deeds to Allah ﷻ is the prayer offered on time."  

أحمد:٢٧١٠٥حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ أَبِيهِ الدُّنْيَا

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ أَنَّها سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ الْأَعْمَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ تَعْجِيلُ الصَّلَاةِ لِأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  

ahmad:27476Yazīd b. Hārūn > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Ahl Baytih > Jaddatih Um Farwah

[Machine] She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and a man asked him about the best deeds. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ responded, "Prayer at its appointed time."  

أحمد:٢٧٤٧٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأَعْمَالِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةُ لِأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا