Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Abwab Qiyam ul Lail)

باب مَا يُؤْمَرُ بِهِ مِنَ الْقَصْدِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ

Chapter: The Command To Pray It Moderately.

3 hadith · references 1368–1370

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Abu Dawud · 1368اكْلَفُوا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَمَلُّ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا ، وَإِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ ، وَكَانَ إِذَا عَمِلَ عَمَلًا أَثْبَتَهُNarrated Aishah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Choose such actions as you are capable of performing, for Allah does not grow weary till you do. The acts most pleasing to Allah are those which are done most continuo6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1369يَا عُثْمَانُ ، أَرَغِبْتَ عَنْ سُنَّتِي ؟Narrated Aishah: The Prophet ﷺ called Uthman bin Maz'un. When he came to him, he said: Uthman, did you dislike my practice ? He said: No, by Allah, but I seek your practice. He said: I sleep, I pray, I keep fast, I (some7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 1370حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ : كَيْفَ كَانَ عَمَلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ Alqamah said: Aishah was asked about the actions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Did he perform some actions exclusively on some particular days ? She said: No, he performed his actions regularly. Which of you has the stren6 narrators