Sahih al-Bukhari 6465
The adoption of a middle course, and the regularity of deeds
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حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَ؛ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ؛ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ؛ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ؛ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ
سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَىُّ الأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: «أَدْوَمُهَا، وَإِنْ قَلَّ۔» وَقَالَ: «اكْلَفُوا مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ۔»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿArʿarah
- Shuʿbah
- Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm
- Abū Salamah
- ʿĀʾishah
that she said, "The Prophet ﷺ was asked, 'What deeds are most loved by Allah?'" He said, "The most regular ˹and constant ones˺ of them, even if a few." He added, "˹Hold yourself˺ responsible for ˹only those˺ acts that are within your ability."
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Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 1987Musnad Ahmad 24864Musnad Ahmad 25431Musnad Ahmad 26038Musnad Ahmad 26374al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 8564
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir)d. 94 AH, or 104 AHأَبِي سَلَمَةَثقة ، مكثرعن
- He was trustworthy (thiqah), virtuous, and devout.d. 125 AH or 126 AH or 127 AH or 128 AH or 130 AHسَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَوكان ثقة فاضلا عابداعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AHشُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقنحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 213 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَثقةحدثني
- a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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