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tabarani:3527 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭaʾah > Makḥūl > Ibn a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray a voluntary prayer at the beginning of the quarter and at the end of the third."  

الطبراني:٣٥٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ثنا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَأَةَ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

«نَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْبَدْأَةِ الرُّبُعَ وَفِي الرَّجْعَةِ الثُّلُثَ»  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:2852 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith al-Zuraqī > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Makḥūl > Abū Salāam al-Aʿraj > Abū Umāmah > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

It was narrated from ‘Ubadah bin Samit that the Prophet ﷺ awarded one quarter of the spoils to those who attacked the enemy at the beginning and one third to those who attacked at the end.  

ابن ماجة:٢٨٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلاَّمٍ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَفَّلَ فِي الْبَدْأَةِ الرُّبُعَ وَفِي الرَّجْعَةِ الثُّلُثَ  

ahmad:22726 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. ʿAyyāsh b. Abū Rabīʿah > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Makḥūl > Abū Sallām al-Aʿraj > Abū Umāmah > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

It was narrated from ‘Ubadah bin Samit that the Prophet ﷺ awarded one quarter of the spoils to those who attacked the enemy at the beginning and one third to those who attacked at the end. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2852)  

أحمد:٢٢٧٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَّامٍ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَفَلَ فِي الْبَدَاءَةِ الرُّبُعَ وَفِي الرَّجْعَةِ الثُّلُثَ  

tabarani:3522 – [Chain 1] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Asmāʾ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir [Chain 2] al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > Yazīd > Makḥūl > Ziyād b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

It was narrated from ‘Ubadah bin Samit that the Prophet ﷺ awarded one quarter of the spoils to those who attacked the enemy at the beginning and one third to those who attacked at the end. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2852)   

الطبراني:٣٥٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُنَفِّلُ فِي الْبَدْأَةِ الرُّبُعَ وَفِي الرَّجْعَةِ الثُّلُثَ»  

tabarani:3526 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAzīz al-Mawṣilī > Ghassān b. al-Rabīʿ > Ibn Thawbān from his father > Makḥūl > Ziyād b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray the middle third of the night."  

الطبراني:٣٥٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَزِيزٍ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ ثنا غَسَّانُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ ثنا ابْنُ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

«نَفَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الثُّلُثَ»  

tabarani:3528 – Bishr b. Mūsá > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqriʾ > al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Sulaymān b. Mūsá al-Dimashqī > Makḥūl > Ziyād b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to voluntarily fast on the first three days of the lunar month and during the middle of the month.  

الطبراني:٣٥٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ وَحَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَا ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُنَفِّلُنَا فِي بَدْئِنَا الرُّبُعَ وَفِي الرَّجْعَةِ الثُّلُثَ»  

tabarani:3530 – Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Makḥūl > Ziyād b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

[Machine] I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Perform the Nawafil (optional prayers) in the beginning of the journey a quarter (of the distance) and in the return (journey) a third (of the distance)."  

الطبراني:٣٥٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ أَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَفَلَ فِي الْبَدْأَةِ الرُّبُعَ وَفِي الرَّجْعَةِ الثُّلُثَ»  

tabarani:3531 – Muḥammad b. Rāshid al-Aṣbahānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. Shuʿayb b. Isḥāq al-Dimashqī > Sūwayd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Nuʿmān b. al-Mundhir > Makḥūl > Ziyād b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

It was narrated from ‘Ubadah bin Samit that the Prophet ﷺ awarded one quarter of the spoils to those who attacked the enemy at the beginning and one third to those who attacked at the end. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2852)   

الطبراني:٣٥٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «نَفَلَ فِي الْبَدْأَةِ الرُّبُعَ وَفِي الرَّجْعَةِ الثُّلُثَ»  

bayhaqi:12801 – Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Makḥūl > Ziyād b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

It was narrated from ‘Ubadah bin Samit that the Prophet ﷺ awarded one quarter of the spoils to those who attacked the enemy at the beginning and one third to those who attacked at the end. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2852)   

البيهقي:١٢٨٠١ – قَالَ سَعِيدٌ وَحَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ نَفَّلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْبَدَاءَةِ الرُّبُعَ وَفِي الرَّجْعَةِ الثُّلُثَ