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tabarani:8768 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "You are more devoted to prayer and display more willingness to strive than the companions of Muhammad ﷺ , even though they were better than you." They asked, "Why is that, O Abu Abdul Rahman?" He replied, "Because they were more detached from worldly desires and more eager for the hereafter."  

الطبراني:٨٧٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«أَنْتُمْ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاةً وَأَكْثَرُ جِهَادًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَهُمْ كَانُوا خَيْرًا مِنْكُمْ» قَالُوا بِمَ ذَاكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا أَزْهَدَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأَرْغَبَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»  

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hakim:7880 – Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd

[Machine] "Abdullah said, 'You are the most in prayer and the most in fasting among the companions of Muhammad ﷺ, yet they were better than you.' They asked, 'And why is that?' He said, 'They were more detached from the worldly life than you and more eager for the hereafter than you.'"  

الحاكم:٧٨٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ «أَنْتُمْ أَكْثَرُ صَلَاةً وَأَكْثَرُ صِيَامًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَهُمْ كَانُوا خَيْرًا مِنْكُمْ» قَالُوا وَبِمَ؟ قَالَ «كَانُوا أَزْهَدَ مِنْكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأَرْغَبَ مِنْكُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»  

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