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tabarani:3420 – ʿAmr b. Abū al-Ṭāhir b. al-Sarḥ al-Miṣrī > Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥarrānī > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ziyād b. Anʿam > ʿUtbah b. Ḥumayd > ʿUbādah b. Nasī > Ibn Ghanm > Abū Mālik al-Ashʿarī

[Machine] I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the completion of righteousness?" He said, "To work in secret as you would in public."  

الطبراني:٣٤٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَنْعَمَ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نَسِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ غَنْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا تَمَامُ الْبِرِّ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ تَعْمَلَ فِي السِّرِّ عَمَلَ الْعَلَانِيَةِ»  

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tabarani:19094 – Abū al-Zinbāʿ Rawḥ b. al-Faraj > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > Ibn Lahīʿah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ziyād b. Anʿam > ʿUtbah b. Ḥumayd > ʿUbādah b. Nusay > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ghanm > Abū ʿĀmir al-Sakūnī

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the complete righteousness?" He said, "To do in secret the deeds of the openly apparent."  

الطبراني:١٩٠٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْبَاعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَنْعَمَ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَامِرٍ السَّكُونِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا تَمَامُ الْبِرِّ؟ قَالَ «أَنْ تَعْمَلَ فِي السِّرِّ عَمَلَ الْعَلَانِيَةِ»