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tabarani:3532 – ʿAlī 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:٣٥٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا 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»  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī
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  

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»