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tabarani:8755 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Get accustomed to doing good, for indeed good becomes customary. And guard your intentions in prayer."  

الطبراني:٨٧٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«تَعَوَّدُوا الْخَيْرَ فَإِنَّ الْخَيْرَ بِالْعَادَةِ وَحَافِظُوا عَلَى نِيَّاتِكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

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tabarani:9155 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > al-Masʿūdī > ʿAlī b. al-Aqmar > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Take care of your children in prayer and teach them good, for indeed good is a habit."  

الطبراني:٩١٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْأَقْمَرِ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«حَافِظُوا عَلَى أَبْنَائِكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَعَوِّدُوهُمُ الْخَيْرَ فَإِنَّ الْخَيْرَ عَادَةٌ»  

tabarani:9156 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Get used to doing good, for goodness is only achieved through habituation."  

الطبراني:٩١٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«تَعَوَّدُوا الْخَيْرَ فَإِنَّمَا الْخَيْرُ بِالْعَادَةِ»  

bayhaqi:5094 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī > Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn > Abū al-ʿUmays > al-Qāsim

[Machine] Abdullah said, "Take care of your children in prayer and then get used to doing good deeds; for indeed, goodness is in habit."  

البيهقي:٥٠٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أنبأ أَبُو الْعُمَيْسِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ حَافِظُوا عَلَى أَبْنَائِكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ تَعَوَّدُوا الْخَيْرَ؛ فَإِنَّمَا الْخَيْرُ بِالْعَادَةِ