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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند أنس بن مالك
Musnad of Anas bin Malik
مُسْنَدُ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ
Musnad of Anas bin Malik
Musnad Abi Ya'la 4087 — he said: And (the time) from Asr (prayer)
حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْبَزَّارُ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، عَنِ الْهِقْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ ، وَعَنْ يَزِيدَ الرَّقَاشِيِّ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، قَالَ : وَمِنَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ ثَمَانِيَةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، كُلُّهُمْ مُسْلِمٌ ، يَعْنِي لِأَنْ أَذْكُرَ اللهَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "And (the time) from Asr (prayer) until sunset (and remembering Allah in it) is more beloved to me than freeing eight slaves from the descendants of Isma'il, all of them Muslims," meaning (his intent was that) remembering Allah Almighty (is, in his view, more virtuous even than that great deed).
