The Sufficient (Vol 3) · Hadith 1018 (#Ḥadīth #6)
Chapter 4 | The Timing of Salah (Prayer), the Beginning, the End and the Outstanding Phases
6ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ الأعْشَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ فَضْلَ الْوَقْتِ الأوَّلِ عَلَى الآخِرِ كَفَضْلِ الآخِرَةِ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا.
6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Salmah ibn al-Khattab from Ali ibn Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from his father from Qutaybah al-‘A’sha’ who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said, ‘The outstanding quality of the beginning of the time for Salah (prayer) is like the outstanding quality of the next life compared to the worldly life.’”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).