Sahih Muslim 782c

Translation

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not observe fast in any month of the year more than in the month of Sha'ban, and used to say: Do as many deeds as you are capable of doing, for Allah will not become weary (of giving you reward), but you would be tired (of doing good deeds) ; and he also said: The deed liked most by Allah is one to which the doer adheres constantly even if it is small.

Notes

• وَكَانَ يَقُولُ خُذُوا مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَنْ يَمَلَّ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَا دَاوَمَ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ

  machine translationHe used to say: "Take on only as many deeds as you can bear, for Allah will not grow weary until you grow weary." And he used to say: "The most beloved deed to Allah is the one its doer keeps up constantly, even if it is little." Report a problem

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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

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   عن
2. 2
   Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān

   trustworthy (thiqah), a prolific narrator (mukthir)d. 94 AH, or 104 AH
   أَبُو سَلَمَةَثقة ، مكثر
   حدثنا
3. 3
   Yaḥyá b. Abī Kathīr

   trustworthy and reliable (thiqah thabt), but he practiced tadlīs and irsāld. 129 AH or 130 AH or 132 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍثقة ثبت ، لكنه يدلس ويرسل
   عن
4. 4
   Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī

   Trustworthy and firmly reliable (thiqah thabt), though he was accused of belief in free will (qadar)d. 151 AH, or 152 AH, or 153 AH, or 154 AH
   أَبِيثقة ثبت ، وقد رمي بالقدر
   حدثني
5. 5
   Muʿādh b. Hishām

   truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made mistakes (rubbamā wahima)d. 200 AH
   مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍصدوق ربما وهم
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm

   trustworthy, a memorizer, a mujtahid (thiqah ḥāfiẓ mujtahid)d. 237 AH, or 238 AH
   إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَثقة حافظ مجتهد
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
   مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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