Sahih al-Bukhari
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Chapter 2 · Beliefأَحَبُّ الدِّينِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَدْوَمُهُ
The most beloved of the religion to Allah is that which is most constant
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَعِنْدَهَا امْرَأَةٌ قَالَ " مَنْ هَذِهِ ". قَالَتْ فُلاَنَةُ. تَذْكُرُ مِنْ صَلاَتِهَا. قَالَ " مَهْ، عَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا تُطِيقُونَ، فَوَاللَّهِ لاَ يَمَلُّ اللَّهُ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا ". وَكَانَ أَحَبَّ الدِّينِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَامَ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ.
Show the chain of narration (Arabic)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ،
Translation
Aishah reported: The Prophet ﷺ came in to her while a woman was with her. He said, “Who is this?” She said, “So-and-so,” and spoke of her (much) praying. He said, “Enough! Take upon yourselves what you are able to bear. By Allah, Allah does not grow weary until you grow weary.” And the most beloved of the religion to him was that which the one practising it kept up constantly.
Other translations
Deutsch
Aischa berichtete: Der Prophet ﷺ trat bei ihr ein, während eine Frau bei ihr war. Er sagte: „Wer ist das?“ Sie sagte: „Die und die“, und erzählte von ihrem (vielen) Beten. Er sagte: „Halt! Haltet euch an das, was ihr vermögt. Bei Allah, Allah wird nicht überdrüssig, bis ihr überdrüssig werdet.“ Und am liebsten war ihm in der Religion das, was der Betreffende beständig tut.
Türkçe
Âişe (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ onun yanına girdi; yanında bir kadın vardı. “Bu kim?” buyurdu. Âişe, “Falanca” dedi ve onun (çok) namaz kıldığından bahsetti. Nebî ﷺ, “Bırak bunu! Gücünüzün yettiği amellere sarılın. Vallahi siz usanmadıkça Allah usanmaz” buyurdu. Ona dinin en sevimlisi, sahibinin devamlı yaptığı amel idi.
The journey of this hadith
From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.
256AH
al-Bukhari · Samarqand
- Prophet ﷺ
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Later scholars
- Compiler
Chain as a list
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- 'Aisha bint Abi Bakrعَائِشَةَ
d. 57 AH / 678 CE · 17 Ramadan, Medina · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- 'Urwa ibn al-Zubayrأَبِي
d. 93 AH / 713 CE · Medina · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation
- Hisham bin 'Urwaهِشَامٍ
d. 146 AH · Medina · Follower Tabi' 5th generation
d. 198 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation
- Muhammad bin al-Muthna - al-Zamanمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى
d. 252 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
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