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tabarani:3530Jaʿfar 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:٣٥٣٠حَدَّثَنَا 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»  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:2852ʿAlī 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:٢٨٥٢حَدَّثَنَا 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:17464ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād / Ibn Saʿd > Yazīd b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Makḥūl > Zayd b. a neighboriyah al-Tamīmī > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

[Machine] "I witnessed the Prophet of Allah ﷺ perform the night prayer known as Tahajjud."  

أحمد:١٧٤٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي زِيَادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ التَّمِيمِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حَبِيبُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَفَلَ الثُّلُثَ  

ahmad:17467Abū al-Mughīrah > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Zayd b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would give a third of the spoils after he would keep off the fifth. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2748)   

أحمد:١٧٤٦٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَفَلَ الثُّلُثَ بَعْدَ الْخُمُسِ  

ahmad:22726Wakīʿ > 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:٢٢٧٢٦حَدَّثَنَا 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:3520Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > Yazīd b. Yazīd b. Jābir al-Azdī > Makḥūl > Ziyād b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah al-Fihrī

[Machine] I witnessed the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying, "One should perform the witr prayer during its beginning."  

الطبراني:٣٥٢٠حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ الْفِهْرِيِّ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «يُنَفِّلُ الثُّلُثَ فِي بَدْأَتِهِ»  

tabarani:3521[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Maḥfūẓ b. Baḥr al-Anṭākī [Chain 2] Mūsá b. Hārūn > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Miqsamī > Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Ibn Jurayj > Ziyād b. Saʿd > Yazīd b. Jābir > Makḥūl > Ziyād b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

[Machine] I witnessed the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , observing the voluntary prayer of one third.  

الطبراني:٣٥٢١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا مَحْفُوظُ بْنُ بَحْرٍ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِقْسَمِيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «يُنَفِّلُ 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:٣٥٢٢حَدَّثَنَا 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:3527Muʿādh 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:٣٥٢٧حَدَّثَنَا 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»  

tabarani:3528Bishr 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:٣٥٢٨حَدَّثَنَا 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:3531Muḥammad 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:٣٥٣١حَدَّثَنَا 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»  

tabarani:3532ʿAlī b. Saʿīd al-Rāzī > ʿAlī b. Maʿbad b. Nūḥ > Zayd b. Yaḥyá b. ʿUbayd > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAṭiyyah b. Qays > Ziyād b. a neighboriyah > Ḥabīb b. Maslamah

[Machine] I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ performing a voluntary prayer at the beginning of the first quarter and at the end of the third in a military expedition.  

الطبراني:٣٥٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرَّازِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ نُوحٍ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَارِيَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «نَفَلَ فِي بَدْأَتِهِ الرُّبُعَ وَفِي رَجْعَتِهِ الثُّلُثَ فِي غَزْوَةٍ»  

bayhaqi:12801Saʿīd > 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:١٢٨٠١قَالَ 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