Musnad Ahmad 6880

Translation

✧ I entered upon Abdullah b. Amr b. al-As in his house, and he questioned me, thinking that I was from the tribe of Umm Kulthum, daughter of Uqba. I said to him, "I am only from al-Kalbiyya, daughter of al-Asbagh, and I have come to ask you about what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ enjoined upon you, or said to you." He said: "During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I used to say: I will certainly recite the Qur'an every day and night, and I will certainly fast the whole time. That reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from me, so he came to me and entered my house and said, 'Has it not reached me, O Abdullah, that you say: I will certainly fast the whole time and recite the Qur'an every day and night?' He said: I said, 'Yes, I have said that, O Prophet of Allah.' He said, 'Then do not do that; fast three days of every month.' He said: I said, 'I can do more than that.' He said, 'Then fast Monday and Thursday.' He said: I said, 'I can do more than that, O Prophet of Allah.' He said, 'Then fast one day and break the fast one day; for it is the most just fast in the sight of Allah, and it is the fast of Dawud. He never broke a promise when he made one, nor did he flee when he met the enemy. And recite the Qur'an once every month.' He said: I said, 'I can do more than that, O Prophet of Allah.' He said, 'Then recite it once every half month.' He said: I said, 'I can do more than that, O Prophet of Allah.' He said, 'Then recite it every seven days, do not increase beyond that.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left."

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Sunan an-Nasa'i 2413

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

   One of the early Companions (sābiqūn), among those who narrated abundantly, and one of the jurist ʿAbdullāhs (al-ʿabādilah)d. 63 AH, or 65 AH, or 68 AH, or 69 AH; also said 67 AH, also said 73 AH, also said 77 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِأحد السابقين ، المكثرين من الصحابة ، وأحد العبادلة الفقهاء
   صريح في السماع
2. 2
   Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

   trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir)d. 94 AH, or 104 AH
   أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍثقة ، مكثر
   عن
3. 3
   Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Taymī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), with some unique narrations (afrād)d. 119 AH, or 120 AH, or 121 AH
   مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِثقة له أفراد
   عن
4. 4
   Muḥammad b. Isḥāq

   Truthful (ṣadūq), he practiced concealment (yudallis), and was accused of Shiʿism (tashayyuʿ) and of belief in free will (qadar)d. ʿAmr b. ʿAlī said, and Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿArafah: 150 AH, Muḥammad b. Saʿd said elsewhere: al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said: 151 AH, he said: and his son said: 150 AH. Aḥmad b. Khālid al-Wahbī said: 151 AH, Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn said, and ʿAlī Ibn al-Madīnī, and Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyā al-Sājī: 152 AH, khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said: 153 AH, 152 AH
   مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ] [١]صدوق يدلس ، ورمي بالتشيع والقدر
   عن
5. 5
   Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd Abū Isḥāq al-Zuhrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah) and an authority (ḥujjah); he was spoken about without any valid ground for criticism.d. 182 AH, or 183 AH, or 184 AH, or 185 AH
   أَبِيثقة حجة ، تُكُلِّم فيه بلا قادح
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Yaʿqūb

   Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil).d. 208 AH
   يَعْقُوبُثقة فاضل .
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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