أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَقَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ مَا کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْ وَجْهِي وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ وَمَا مَاتَ حَتَّی کَانَ أَکْثَرُ صَلَاتِهِ قَاعِدًا ثُمَّ ذَکَرَتْ کَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا إِلَّا الْمَکْتُوبَةَ وَکَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَيْهِ مَا دَامَ عَلَيْهِ الْإِنْسَانُ وَإِنْ کَانَ يَسِيرًا خَالَفَهُ يُونُسُ رَوَاهُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1657
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم did not refrain from (kissing) my forehead when he was fasting, and he did not die until most of his prayers were offered sitting down.” Then she said something to the effect that (referred to the prayers) other than the obligatory prayers. “And the dearest of actions to him was that in which a person persists, even if it is little.” (Sahih) Yunus contradicted him, he reported it from Abu Ishaq, from Al-Aswad, from Umm Salamah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020