The owner of this house, that is, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah, which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time." I said: Then what, O Messenger of Allah? He said: "Kindness to parents." I said: Then what, O Messenger of Allah? He said: "That people are safe from your tongue." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent, and had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9766
A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9767
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time." I said: Then what, O Messenger of Allah? He said: "Then kindness to parents." I said: Then what, O Messenger of Allah? He said: "Jihad in the path of Allah." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent, and had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9768
The owner of this house, that is, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is most beloved to Allah? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time." I said: Then which? He said: "Kindness to parents." I said: Then which? He said: "Then jihad in the path of Allah." And had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9769
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time, then jihad in the path of Allah."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9770
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time, then kindness to parents, then jihad in the path of Allah."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9771
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at the beginning of its time, kindness to parents, and jihad in the path of Allah."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9772
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time." It was said: Then which? He said: "Kindness to parents." It was said: Then which? He said: "Jihad in the path of Allah."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9773
The owner of this house, that is, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), related that he said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its appointed time." I said: Then which? He said: "Kindness to parents." I said: Then which? He said: "Jihad in the path of Allah." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent, and had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9774
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Establishing the prayer at its time, kindness to parents, and jihad in the path of Allah."
I said: Which deed is the worst? He said: "That you set up a rival to your Creator, that you kill your child for fear that it will eat with you, or that you commit adultery with your neighbour's wife." And concerning this the Qur'an was revealed.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9775
Abu Amr al-Shaybani said: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: Which deed is the most excellent? He said: You have asked me what I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Performing the prayer at its time, kindness to parents, and jihad in the path of Allah." And had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9776
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9777
It is narrated from one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9778
Some people came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about the deeds of excellence, and he said: "Performing the obligatory prayer at its time, and kindness to parents."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9779
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayers at their times, kindness to parents, and jihad in the path of Allah."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9780
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time, kindness to parents, and jihad in the path of Allah." And had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9781
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "That you perform the prayer at its times." He said: Then what? He said: "Kindness to parents." He said: Then what? He said: "Jihad in the path of Allah." And had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9782
Awn bin Abdullah said: I asked al-Aswad bin Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him): Did Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) hold one deed to be more excellent than another? He said: Yes; I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah, which deed is most beloved to Allah and brings one closest to Him? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time." I said: Then what after that? He said: "Then kindness to parents." I said: Then what after that? He said: "Jihad in the path of Allah." And had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more.
I said: Which deed is most hateful to Allah and furthest from Him? He said: "That you set up a rival to Allah while it is He who created you, that you kill your child for fear that it will eat with you, and that you commit adultery with your neighbour's wife." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "And those who do not call upon another god along with Allah, nor kill the soul which Allah has made sacred except by right, nor commit adultery; and whoever does that will meet a grievous penalty of sin" [Surah al-Furqan: 68].
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9783
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayer at its time." I said: Then what? He said: "Kindness to parents." I said: Then what? He said: "Jihad in the path of Allah." By Allah, had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more. I said: Which sin is the gravest in the sight of Allah? He said: "That you set up a rival to Allah while it is He who created you." I said: Then which? He said: "That you kill your child for fear that it will eat with you." I said: Then which? He said: "That you commit adultery with your neighbour's wife." We did not remain long before Allah revealed this verse confirming it: "And those who do not call upon another god along with Allah, nor kill the soul which Allah has made sacred except by right, nor commit adultery; and whoever does that will meet a grievous penalty of sin" [Surah al-Furqan: 68].
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9784
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Establishing the prayer at its time." I said: Then what? He said: "Then kindness to parents." I said: Then what? He said: "Then jihad in the path of Allah." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent, and had I asked him for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have told me more.
I said: Which is the greatest sin? He said: "That you set up a rival to your Creator, that you kill your child for fear that it will eat with you, and that you commit adultery with your neighbour's wife." And concerning this the Qur'an was revealed: "And those who do not call upon another god along with Allah, nor kill the soul which Allah has made sacred except by right, nor commit adultery; and whoever does that will meet a grievous penalty of sin" [Surah al-Furqan: 68].
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9785
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: Which deed is the most excellent? He said: "Kindness to parents, and performing the prayer at its time."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9786
Zirr said that a man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked: Which of the ranks of Islam is the most excellent? He said: "Performing the prayers at their time."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9787
Zirr bin Hubaysh said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) had a boy with him, and he was reading from the mushaf in the presence of his companions, when a man called Khadramah came and said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, which of the ranks of Islam is the most excellent? He said: The prayer. He asked: Then which? He said: Zakah. He asked: Then which? He said: Kindness to parents. He asked: Then with whom will a person be (that is, in the Hereafter)? The narrator said: I think he said: With the one whom he loves.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9788
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer and added to his prayer or fell short in it - Mansur said: This (doubt about adding or falling short) arose either with Ibrahim (in narrating) from Alqamah, or with Alqamah from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) - Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the prayer and turned his face towards us, we said: O Messenger of Allah, has something new occurred in the prayer? He said: "No." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) was told what he (peace and blessings be upon him) had done (that is, the addition or shortfall in the prayer), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) folded his leg, faced the qiblah and performed two prostrations, then (after giving the salam) he said: "If something new had occurred in the prayer, I would certainly have informed you; but I am a human being like you, I forget as you forget. So when I forget, remind me. And whoever of you has a doubt in his prayer, let him consider which is correct, then complete his prayer accordingly, then give the salam and perform two prostrations."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9789
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in a prayer in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) fell short or added. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the prayer, we said: Has something been added to the prayer? He said: "What is that?" We said: You (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer in such and such a way. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) folded both his legs and performed two prostrations, then turned his face towards us and said: "I am a human being like you; when I forget, remind me. And when one of you has a doubt in his prayer, let him seek out what is correct, then complete it, then perform two prostrations."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9790
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you has a doubt in his prayer, let him seek out what he considers to be correct, then complete it, then perform two prostrations."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9791
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer and fell short or added in it. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the salam, it was said: O Messenger of Allah, has something new occurred in the prayer? He said: "Had that been so, I would certainly have informed you. I am only a human being; I forget as you forget. So whoever of you prays and falls short or adds, let him seek out what is correct, complete it, and perform the two prostrations of forgetfulness (sahw)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9792
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer and fell short or added in it; then (the narrator) related a similar hadith.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9793
A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9794
A hadith like this is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9795
Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We prayed with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) either added (to the rak'ahs) or fell short - Ibrahim (the narrator) said: By Allah, this (doubt) is from me alone - so we said: O Messenger of Allah, has something new occurred in the prayer? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No." We told him (peace and blessings be upon him) what he had done. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a man adds or falls short (in the prayer), let him perform two prostrations." The narrator said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed two prostrations.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9796
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you has a doubt in an obligatory prayer, let him seek out (what is correct), then perform the two prostrations of forgetfulness (sahw)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9797
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you has a doubt in his prayer, let him seek out what is correct, and perform the two prostrations of forgetfulness (sahw) while sitting."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9798
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer and fell short or added in it. We said: O Messenger of Allah, has something new occurred in the prayer? He said: "What is that?" We said: You (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer in such and such a way. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) faced the qiblah and performed two prostrations, then gave the salam.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9799
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Asr prayer, and in the fourth rak'ah he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up (without sitting), until he (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in a fifth rak'ah as well. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, you (peace and blessings be upon him) have led us in five rak'ahs. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) faced the qiblah, said the takbir and performed two prostrations.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9800
Ibrahim (al-Nakha'i) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) led the Asr prayer with five rak'ahs. When he gave the salam, we said: You have led five rak'ahs. So he said to a man of the tribe of Nakha', who was called Ibrahim bin Suwayd: Is that so, O A'war? He said: Yes. So he led us in two prostrations while standing, then recited the tashahhud, then gave the salam, then said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to us; he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Asr prayer with five rak'ahs, so we said: O Messenger of Allah, has something been added to the prayer? He said: "What is that?" We said: You (peace and blessings be upon him) have led five rak'ahs. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a Companion called Dhu al-Shimalayn: "Is that so, O Dhu al-Yadayn?" He said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in two prostrations while sitting, then recited the tashahhud and gave the salam, then said: "O people, I am a human being like you; I forget as you forget. So when I forget, remind me. And when one of you has a doubt in his prayer and does not know whether he added or fell short, let him seek out what is correct, complete his prayer on that basis and perform two prostrations; for had anything been added to your prayer, I would certainly have informed you."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9801
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Zuhr or Asr prayer. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the prayer, it was said: O Messenger of Allah, has something new occurred in the prayer? He said: "What is that?" They said: You (peace and blessings be upon him) led five rak'ahs. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) faced the qiblah and performed two prostrations, then said: "I am only a human being; I forget as you forget. So when one of you has an uncertainty in his prayer, let him perform two prostrations."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9802
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed Zuhr with five rak'ahs. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, has something been added to the prayer? He said: "What is that?" They said: You (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed five rak'ahs. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed two prostrations.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9803
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed five rak'ahs, and so he performed two prostrations.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9804
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed Zuhr with five rak'ahs. It was said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): O Prophet of Allah, has something been added to the prayer? So he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the salam, then performed the two prostrations of uncertainty.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 9805