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Sahih al-BukhariTo make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)

Sahih al-Bukhari 6464

Chapter: The adoption of a middle course, and the regularity of deeds

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 6464

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

سَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنْ لَنْ يُدْخِلَ أَحَدَكُمْ عَمَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَنَّ أَحَبَّ الأَعْمَالِ أَدْوَمُهَا إِلَى اللَّهِ، وَإِنْ قَلَّ ‏"

Narrated `Aisha:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately and know that your deeds will not make you enter Paradise, and that the most beloved deed to Allah is the most regular and constant even if it were little."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 6464) and Ahmad (No. 25138).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله ( حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد الْعَزِيز بْن عَبْد اللَّه ) هُوَ الْأُوَيْسِيّ , وَسُلَيْمَانُ هُوَ اِبْن بِلَالٍ. قَوْله ( عَنْ مُوسَى بْن عُقْبَةَ ) قَالَ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيّ بَعْد أَنْ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ طَرِيق مُحَمَّد بْن الْحُسَيْن الْمَخْزُومِيّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَان اِبْن بِلَال عَنْ عَبْد الْعَزِيز بْن الْمُطَّلِب عَنْ مُوسَى بْن عُقْبَةَ : لَمْ أَرَ فِي كِتَاب الْبُخَارِيّ " عَنْ عَبْد الْعَزِيز بْن الْمُطَّلِب " بَيْن سُلَيْمَان وَمُوسَى. قُلْت : وَهُوَ الْمَحْفُوظ , وَاَلَّذِي زَادَهُ غَيْر مُعْتَمَد لِأَنَّهُ مُتَّفَق عَلَى ضَعْفه وَهُوَ الْمَعْرُوف بِابْنِ زَبَالَة بِفَتْحِ الزَّاي وَتَخْفِيف الْمُوَحَّدَة الْمَدَنِيّ , وَهَذَا مِنْ الْأَمْثِلَة لِمَا تَعَقَّبْته عَلَى اِبْن الصَّلَاح فِي جَزْ…

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (11307)سَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا , واعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَنْ يُدْخِلَ أَحَدِكُمْ عَمَلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ , وَإنَّ أَحَبَّ الأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَدْوَمُهَا , وَإِنْ قَلَّ

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