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tirmidhi:170Abū ʿAmmār al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > al-Faḍl b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām

"The Prophet was asked: 'Which deed is the best?' So he said: 'Salat in the beginning of its time.'"  

الترمذي:١٧٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ

عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ لأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  


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abudawud:426Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Khuzāʿī And ʿAbd Allāh b. Maslamah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Baʿḍ Ummahātih > Um Farwah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: Which of the actions is best? He replied: Observing prayer early in its period. Al-Khuza'i narrated in his version from his aunt named Umm Farwah who took the oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ: He was questioned.  

أبو داود:٤٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخُزَاعِيُّ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أُمَّهَاتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ الصَّلاَةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا قَالَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ عَمَّةٍ لَهُ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ فَرْوَةَ قَدْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ  

ahmad:27103Abū ʿĀṣim > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > ʿAmmātih > Um Farwah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which deeds are the best?" He replied, "Praying on time."  

أحمد:٢٧١٠٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ عَمَّاتِهِ عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ الصَّلَاةُ لِوَقْتِهَا  

ahmad:27104al-Khuzāʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih

[Machine] The world is like a camel's udder that has been purchased by the Messenger of Allah. She said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the best deeds. He said, "Prayer at its appointed time."  

أحمد:٢٧١٠٤حَدَّثَنَا الْخُزَاعِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ

الدُّنْيَاعَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ بَايَعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأْعْمَالِ ؟ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةُ لِأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  

ahmad:27105Yūnus > Layth > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih Um Abīh al-Dunyā > Jaddatih Um Farwah And Kānat Mimman Bāyaʿ

[Machine] About his grandmother, Um Farwah, who was one of those who pledged allegiance, it was reported that she heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention good deeds, and he said: "Indeed, the most beloved of deeds to Allah ﷻ is the prayer offered on time."  

أحمد:٢٧١٠٥حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ أَبِيهِ الدُّنْيَا

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ أَنَّها سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ الْأَعْمَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ تَعْجِيلُ الصَّلَاةِ لِأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «الصَّلَاةُ لِمِيقَاتِهَا» أَرَادَ بِهِ فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ

ibnhibban:1475ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī from Aṣl Kitābih > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Mālik b. Mighwal > al-Walīd b. ʿAyzār > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allahﷺ which actions are the best? He replied, "Prayer at its appointed time."  

ابن حبّان:١٤٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ مِنْ أَصْلِ كِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ مِغْوَلٍ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَيْزَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

tabarani:21768Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Baʿḍ Ummahātih or Jaddātih

[Machine] About Umm Farwah, she had pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ. She said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which deeds are the most virtuous?" He replied, "Praying in its earliest prescribed time."  

الطبراني:٢١٧٦٨حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أُمَّهَاتِهِ أَوْ جَدَّاتِهِ

عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

tabarani:21769Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih Um Abīh al-Dunyā

[Machine] Narrated by Umm Farwah, the grandmother of her father, who was one of those who pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "The most beloved deeds to Allah are the hastening of the prayer at its appointed time."  

الطبراني:٢١٧٦٩حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ أَبِيهِ الدُّنْيَا

عَنْ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ جَدَّةِ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «أَحَبُّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللهِ تَعْجِيلُ الصَّلَاةِ لَأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

tabarani:21771Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Jdwʿy al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Maymūn al-ʿAtakī > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih Um Farwah

[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "Which action is the best?". He replied, "Prayer at its earliest time."  

الطبراني:٢١٧٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجدوعي الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الْعَتَكِيُّ ثنا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ قَالَتْ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ؟ فَقَالَ «الصَّلَاةُ لَأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا»  

bayhaqi:2042Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad al-Dūrī > Abū Salamah Manṣūr b. Salamah al-Khuzāʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī > al-Qāsim b. Ghannām > Jaddatih al-Dunyā

[Machine] From his grandmother, Umm Farwah, who was among those who pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ and was one of the early emigrants, it is narrated that she heard the Prophet ﷺ being asked about the best deeds. He replied, "Performing the prayer at its earliest time."  

البيهقي:٢٠٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدُّورِيُّ ثنا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ غَنَّامٍ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ الدُّنْيَا

عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ وَكَانَتْ مِمَّنْ بَايَعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ الْأُوَلِ أَنَّهَا سَمِعْتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ أَفْضَلِ الْأَعْمَالِ فَقَالَ الصَّلَاةُ لَأَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا  

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