سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ الصَّلاَةِ في أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ:Chapter: Recommendation to pray at the beginning of the time
Hadith 1259
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عَيْزَارٍ أَخْبَرَنِي، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيَّ، يَقُولُ: حَدَّثَنِي صَاحِبُ هَذِهِ الدَّارِ، وَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى دَارِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ أَوْ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ: "الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى مِيقَاتِهَا".
Abu Bakr Shaybani says: The owner of this house narrated a hadith to me, and he pointed towards the house of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), that he (Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Which deed is the best or most beloved to Allah? He replied: To perform the prayer at its (earliest) appointed time.
