Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 672

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ، سَمِعَ عَاصِمَ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ، - وَجَدُّهُ بَدْرِيٌّ - يُخْبِرُ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏ "‏ أَصْبِحُوا بِالصُّبْحِ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ لِلأَجْرِ أَوْ لأَجْرِكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah informed us, from Ibn Ajlan, who heard Asim ibn Umar ibn Qatadah—whose grandfather was a veteran of Badr—relate from Mahmud ibn Labid, from Rafi ibn Khadij, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Pray the dawn prayer when it is bright, for that brings a greater reward’—or he said, ‘your reward.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source preserves an alternative wording, ‘the reward’ or ‘your reward’; both are retained.