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tabarani:8798Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydah > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] Two men whom Allah looks upon with laughter: a man with a horse among the best of his companions' horses. He met the enemy, and they were defeated, but the other one remained steadfast. If he is killed, he will be a martyr. That is who Allah looks upon with laughter. And a man who gets up in the night, and no one knows about it. He performs ablution and prays to Muhammad and praises Allah, then he starts reciting the Quran. Allah looks upon him with laughter, saying, "Look at My servant, no one sees him except Me."  

الطبراني:٨٧٩٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

رَجُلَانِ يَضْحَكُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِمَا رَجُلٌ تَحْتَهُ فَرَسٌ مِنْ أَمْثَلِ خَيْلِ أَصْحَابِهِ فَلَقِيَهُمِ الْعَدُوُّ فَانْهَزَمُوا وَثَبَتَ الْآخَرُ إِنْ قُتِلَ قُتِلَ شَهِيدًا فَذَلِكَ يَضْحَكُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ وَرَجُلٌ قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ لَا يَعْلَمُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ فَأَسْبَغَ الْوُضُوءَ وَصَلَّى عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَاسْتَفْتَحَ الْقِرَاءَةَ فَيَضْحَكُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ يَقُولُ انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي لَا يَرَاهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي  


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nasai-kubra:10637ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Khalaf / Ibn Tamīm > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] Allah laughs at two men, a man who met the enemy while riding a horse from the best horses of his companions, and they were defeated, but he remained steadfast. If he is killed, he will be martyred, and if he survives, he is the one at whom Allah laughs. And a man who stands in the middle of the night, no one knows about him, so he performs ablution and perfects it. Then he praises and glorifies Allah and sends blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ , and then he begins reciting the Quran. This is the one at whom Allah laughs and says, "Look at my servant standing, whom no one else can see except me."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٣٧أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ تَمِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

يَضْحَكُ اللهُ إِلَى رَجُلَيْنِ رَجُلٍ لَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ وَهُوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ مِنْ أَمْثَلِ خَيْلِ أَصْحَابِهِ فَانْهَزَمُوا وَثَبَتَ فَإِنَّ قُتِلَ اسْتُشْهِدَ وَإِنْ بَقِيَ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَضْحَكُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ وَرَجُلٍ قَامَ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ لَا يَعْلَمُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ فَتَوَضَّأَ فَأَسْبَغَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ حَمِدَ اللهَ وَمَجَّدَهُ وَصَلَّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَاسْتَفْتَحَ الْقُرْآنَ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي يَضْحَكُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ يَقُولُ انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي قَائِمًا لَا يَرَاهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي