قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: تَعَوَّدُوا الْخَيْرَ فَإِنَّمَا الْخَيْرُ فِي الْعَادَةِ

‘Abdullāh [ibn Mas’ūd] (may Allāh be pleased with him) said:

“Get into the habit of (doing) good, for indeed (doing) good (eventually) becomes habitual.”

• Muṣannaf ibn Abī Shaybah (37291 (344/19) [13/303])
• Muṣannaf Abdur-Razzāq (4794 (3/24))
• Al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr (8755 (9/164), 9155 (9/270) & 9166 (9/270))
• Bayhayqī’s Sunan al-Kubrā (5094 (3/119))
• Ibn Abī ‘Āṣim’s az-Zuhd (78 (1/46))


It is also recorded by Abī Hurayrah (may Allāh be pleased with him) in Shu’ab al-Īmān (10203 (13/209))