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tabarani:468 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Sufyān > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah b. Sharīk

[Machine] I attended the Prophet ﷺ and he was asked which actions are the best. He said, "Having good character."  

الطبراني:٤٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ شَرِيكٍ قَالَ

حَضَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَسُئِلَ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ»  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:1325 – Ibn Ḥanbal / Aḥmad > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > ʿUthmān b. Abū Sulaymān > ʿAlī al-Azdī > ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥubshī al-Khathʿamī

The Prophet ﷺ was asked: which is the best action? He replied: To stand in prayer for a long time.  

أبو داود:١٣٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ حَنْبَلٍ يَعْنِي أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ الأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُبْشِيٍّ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ طُولُ الْقِيَامِ  

ahmad:19011 – ʿBd Allāh b. Ḥmd > Hudbah b. Khālid > Wuhayb b. Khālid > al-Jurayrī Ḥdthnā > Ḥayyān b. ʿUmayr > Māʿiz

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ was asked, "Which deeds are the best?" So he mentioned something like it.  

أحمد:١٩٠١١ – قال عبد الله بن أحمد حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قال الْجُرَيْرِيّ حدثنا عَنْ حَيَّانَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَاعِزٌ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ  

أُمُّ فَرْوَةَ بِنْتُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ أُخْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ

tabarani:21772 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Khallāl al-Makkī > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd > Ibn Abū Fudayk > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Āmraʾah from al-Mubāyiʿāt

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked, "Which deeds are the best?" He replied, "Believing in Allah and then performing the prayer at its prescribed time."  

الطبراني:٢١٧٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْخَلَّالُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنَ الْمُبَايِعَاتِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «إِيمَانٌ بِاللهِ ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ لَأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»