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Hadith 5828

Chapter on the Virtues of Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)

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the Virtues

Chapter on the Virtues of Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)

Zujajat al-Masabih 5828Volume 5

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Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: “While the head of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in my lap on a moonlit night 1, I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, can anyone have good deeds as numerous as the stars in the sky?’ He said: ‘Yes, Umar.’ I said: ‘What about Abu Bakr’s good deeds?’ He said: ‘All of Umar’s good deeds are like one good deed of Abu Bakr.’”
Commentary and footnotes (3)

Note 1

a moonlit night

(1) His statement “a moonlit night”: meaning a night with a full moon. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)

Note 1

قوله

(۱) قوله : ليلة ضاحية : أي مقمرة. كذا في «المرقاة».

Note 1

(19) قولہ: ليلة ضاحية. یعنی چاندنی رات۔ (مرقات)