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tabarani:3924ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Mawhab > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

[Machine] An Arab man approached the Prophet ﷺ during his journey and asked him, "Inform me of what will bring me closer to Paradise and distance me from the Hellfire." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Worship Allah alone without associating any partners with Him, establish the prayer, give the obligatory charity (zakat), and maintain good ties with your relatives."  

الطبراني:٣٩٢٤حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا عَرَضَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَسِيرِهِ فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا يُقَرِّبُنِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَيُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ «تَعْبُدُ اللهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5983ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Bahz > Shuʿbah > Ibn ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab And ʾAbūh ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī > a man

A man said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Inform me of a deed which will make me enter Paradise." The people said, "What is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?" Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He has something to ask (what he needs greatly)." The Prophet ﷺ said (to him), (In order to enter Paradise) you should worship Allah and join none in worship with Him: You should offer prayers perfectly, give obligatory charity (Zakat), and keep good relations with your Kith and kin." He then said, "Leave it!" (The sub-narrator said, "It seems that the Prophet ﷺ was riding his she camel."  

البخاري:٥٩٨٣حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ وَأَبُوهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيِّ ؓ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ مَالَهُ مَالَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرَبٌ مَالَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لاَ تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلاَةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ ذَرْهَا قَالَ كَأَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ  

muslim:13aMuḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Abū Ayyūb

The Prophet ﷺ stopped for a while and cast a glance upon his companions and then said: He was afforded a good opportunity (or he had been guided well). He (the Holy Prophet) addressing the bedouin said: (Repeat) whatever you have uttered. He (the bedouin) repeated that. Upon this the Apostle ﷺ remarked: The deed which can draw you near to Paradise and take you away from Hell is, that you worship Allah and associate none with Him, and you establish prayer and pay Zakat, and do good to your kin. After having uttered these words, the Prophet asked the bedouin to release the nosestring of his she-camel.  

مسلم:١٣aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو أَيُّوبَ

أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا عَرَضَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَخَذَ بِخِطَامِ نَاقَتِهِ أَوْ بِزِمَامِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا يُقَرِّبُنِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا يُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ فَكَفَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَقَدْ وُفِّقَ أَوْ لَقَدْ هُدِيَ قَالَ كَيْفَ قُلْتَ قَالَ فَأَعَادَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لاَ تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلاَةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ دَعِ النَّاقَةَ  

nasai:468Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Ṣafwān al-Thaqafī > Bahz b. Asad > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh And ʾAbūh ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Abū Ayyūb > a man

"O Messenger of Allah, tell me of a deed that will gain me admittance to Paradise." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him, establish the Salah, pay the Zakah and uphold the ties of kinship. Let go!" - as if he was riding his camel. [1] [1] As if he was riding his camel and the man had grabbed hold of its reins to ask this question.  

النسائي:٤٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي صَفْوَانَ الثَّقَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَأَبُوهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ وَلاَ تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلاَةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ ذَرْهَا كَأَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ  

ahmad:23538Yaḥyá > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Abū Ayyūb

[Machine] "He informed the Prophet ﷺ that an Arab approached him while he was on a journey, and he took hold of the reins of his camel or its bridle, and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, or O Muhammad, inform me of what will bring me closer to Paradise and keep me distant from the Fire.' He ﷺ said, 'Worship Allah alone and associate no partners with Him, establish prayer, give zakat, and maintain good relations with your relatives.'"  

أحمد:٢٣٥٣٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ طَلْحَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا عَرَضَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي مَسِيرٍ فَأَخَذَ بِخِطَامِ نَاقَتِهِ أَوْ بِزِمَامِ نَاقَتِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَوْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا يُقَرِّبُنِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَيُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ تَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ  

ذِكْرُ إِيجَابِ دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ لِلْوَاصِلِ رَحِمَهُ إِذَا قَرَنَهُ بِسَائِرِ الْعِبَادَاتِ

ibnhibban:437Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Surayj b. Yūnus > Marwān b. Muʿāwiyah > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī > Aʿrābī ʿAraḍ Lilnnabī ﷺ Faʾakhadh Bizimām Nāqatih

[Machine] He informed him that an Arab man approached the Prophet ﷺ , so he took hold of his camel's reins and said, "O Messenger of Allah, inform me of an action that will enter me into Paradise and save me from the fire?" The Prophet ﷺ then looked at the faces of his companions, let go of the camel's reins, and said, "You have been blessed or guided; do not associate anything with Allah, establish the prayer, give the obligatory charity, and maintain ties of kinship. Leave the camel!"  

ابن حبّان:٤٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا عَرَضَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ بِزِمَامِ نَاقَتِهِ فقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِأَمْرٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ وَيُنْجِينِي مِنَ النَّارِ؟ قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى وُجُوهِ أَصْحَابِهِ وَكَفَّ عَنْ نَاقَتِهِ وَقَالَ «لَقَدْ وُفِّقَ أَوْ هُدِيَ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ دَعِ النَّاقَةَ! »  

ذِكْرُ إِيجَابِ الْجَنَّةِ لِمَنْ آتَى الزَّكَاةَ مَعَ إِقَامَةِ الصَّلَاةِ وَصِلَتِهِ الرَّحِمَ

ibnhibban:3245Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Tell me about a deed that will admit me to Paradise." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Worship Allah alone and do not associate anything with Him, establish the prayer, give the Zakah, and maintain family ties." He specifically mentioned the she-camel (as a means of maintaining family ties).  

ابن حبّان:٣٢٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ حَدِّثْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اعْبُدِ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ ذَرْهَا» يَعْنِي النَّاقَةَ  

tabarani:3925Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Shuʿbah > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Mawhab > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Tell me about a deed that will admit me into Paradise." The people said, "What does he possess? What does he possess?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "A man whose wealth is abundant, who worships Allah without associating anything with Him, who establishes prayer, gives Zakat, and maintains ties of kinship, cutting it off from him."  

الطبراني:٣٩٢٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ حَدِّثْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ الْقَوْمُ مَالَهُ مَالَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَرَبٌ مَالَهُ تَعْبُدُ اللهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ ذَرْهَا عَنْكَ»  

tabarani:3926[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. al-Mundhir al-Qazzāz And Muḥammad b. Ḥayyān al-Māzinī > Abū al-Walīd [Chain 3] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Mūsá b. Ṭalḥah > Abū Ayyūb

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Guide me to a deed that will make me close to Paradise and keep me far from the Hellfire." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Worship Allah alone and do not associate anything with Him. Establish the prayer, give the zakat, and maintain ties with your relatives." The man turned away and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If he holds onto what he has been commanded, he will enter Paradise."  

الطبراني:٣٩٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ الْقَزَّازُ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ الْمَازِنِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمِلٍ يُدْنِينِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَيُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ قَالَ «تَعْبُدُ اللهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ» فَأَدْبَرَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِمَا أُمِرَ بِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»  

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السيوطي:٦١١-٣٠b

"عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ الله: دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ أَعْمَلُهُ يُقَرِّبُنِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، وَيُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ، قَالَ: اعْبُدِ الله -تَعَالَى- وَلَا تُشْرِكْ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ، وتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ، وَتَصِلُ ذَا رَحِمِكَ، فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ قَالَ: إِنْ يُمْسِك مَا أُمِرَ بِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ".  

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