Jami at-Tirmidhi

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The Best Deed Is That Which Is Done Continuously Even If It Is Little

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Darussalam · Volume 5

41. The Chapters On Manners From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 535

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2856. Abū Šālih said: "I asked 'Aishah and Umm Salamah about which deed did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ like to do most. They said: 'Whatever he could do regularly, even if it was little.'" (Sahih) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih Gharib from this route. It has been reported from Hishām bin 'Urwah from his father, that ‘Aishah said: “The most loved deed to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was what he could do regularly.” (Another chain) with similar in meaning. [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is [Hasan] Saḥīh.

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٢٨٥٦ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو هِشَامٍ الرِّفَاعِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ، عَنِ ‌الْأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: «سُئِلَتْ» ‌عَائِشَةُ ‌وَأُمُّ سَلَمَةَ: أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ؟ قَالَتَا: مَا دِيمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ. ٢٨٥٦ (م) - وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ ‌هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ ‌أَبِيهِ عَنْ ‌عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: «كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا دِيمَ» عَلَيْهِ. حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ ‌هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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It is known that drops make a river and the pebbles make a mountain; so a perpetually performed deed grows bigger than a deed performed for a few days even if it is much more in quantity.