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abudawud:1000ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm al-Ṭāʾī > Jābir b. Samurah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while the people were raising their hands. The narrator Zubair said: I think( they were raising the hands) during prayer. He (the prophet) said: What is the matter, I see you raising your hands as if they are the tails of restive horses! Maintain tranquility during prayer.  

أبو داود:١٠٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالنَّاسُ رَافِعُو أَيْدِيهِمْ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ أُرَاهُ قَالَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلاَةِ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
nasai:1184Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbthar > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and we were raising our hands during the Salah. He said: 'Why are you raising your hands while praying, like the tails of wild horses? Stay still when you are praying.'"  

النسائي:١١٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ رَافِعُو أَيْدِينَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُهُمْ رَافِعِينَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِي الصَّلاَةِ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمُسِ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلاَةِ  

ahmad:21027Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while we were raising our hands in prayer, and he said, "Why do I see you raising your hands as if they were the ears of horses? Keep them calm in prayer." He then entered the mosque while we were sitting in circles. He said, "Why do I see you sitting apart?"  

أحمد:٢١٠٢٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ رَافِعِو أَيْدِينَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَسْجِدَ وَنَحْنُ حِلَقٌ مُتَفَرِّقُونَ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ عِزِينَ  

ibnhibban:1878Abū ʿArūbah al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Mawdūd Biḥarrān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Bajalī > Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyib b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while the people were raising their hands. The narrator Zubair said: I think( they were raising the hands) during prayer. He (the prophet) said: What is the matter, I see you raising your hands as if they are the tails of restive horses! Maintain tranquility during prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1000)   

ابن حبّان:١٨٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَوْدُودٍ بِحَرَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبَجَلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِذَا النَّاسُ رَافِعُو أَيْدِيهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ؟ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:1822Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Qabīṣah b. ʿUqbah > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque and saw them raising their hands. He said, "Why are they raising their hands as if they were the tails of galloping horses under the sun? Be calm in prayer."  

الطبراني:١٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَآهُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ قَالَ «مَا لَهُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ؟ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:1824Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb b. Sawrah al-Baghdādī > Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ saw people raising their hands in prayer and said, 'They have raised their hands as if they were the tails of horses with suns, so calm down in prayer.'"  

الطبراني:١٨٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ سَوْرَةَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى قَوْمًا قَدْ رَفَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ «قَدْ رَفَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:1825Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while the people were raising their hands. The narrator Zubair said: I think( they were raising the hands) during prayer. He (the prophet) said: What is the matter, I see you raising your hands as if they are the tails of restive horses! Maintain tranquility during prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1000)   

الطبراني:١٨٢٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَآهُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَاهُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمُسِ؟ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:1826Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī from my father > Zuhayr > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while the people were raising their hands. The narrator Zubair said: I think( they were raising the hands) during prayer. He (the prophet) said: What is the matter, I see you raising your hands as if they are the tails of restive horses! Maintain tranquility during prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1000)   

الطبراني:١٨٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا زُهَيْرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ أُرَاهُ قَالَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُمْ رَافِعُوا أَيْدِيهِمْ وَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:1827ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Isrāʾīl b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ went out and entered the mosque, and he saw the people raising their hands. He said, "Why do I see the people raising their hands as if they were the tails of galloping horses in the sun? Calm down in prayer."  

الطبراني:١٨٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ؓ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَأَى النَّاسَ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَى النَّاسَ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمُسِ؟ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

nasai-kubra:1108Qutaybah > ʿAbthar > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyib b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and we were raising our hands during the Salah. He said: 'Why are you raising your hands while praying, like the tails of wild horses? Stay still when you are praying.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1184)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ يَعْنِي رَافِعُو أَيْدِينَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ «مَا بَالُهُمْ رَافِعِينَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمْسِ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

nasai-kubra:557Qutaybah b. Saʿīd

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and we were raising our hands during the Salah. He said: 'Why are you raising your hands while praying, like the tails of wild horses? Stay still when you are praying.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1184)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ هُوَ ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ أَبُو زُبَيْدٍ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ يَعْنِي رَافِعُو أَيْدِينَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ «مَا لَهُمْ رَافِعِينَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشَّمْسِ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

bayhaqi:3521Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Wakīʿ Fadhakarah Biʾisnādih

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while we were raising our hands in prayer and he said, "Why do I see you raising your hands as if they are the tails of galloping horses? Calm down in your prayer."  

البيهقي:٣٥٢١وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا وَكِيعٌ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ رَافِعِي أَيْدِينَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ مَا لِيَ أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ وَكِيعٍ
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السيوطي:١٩١٥٠a

"مَا لي أرَاكُم رَافعي أَيديَكُم كَأنَّها أَذْنَابُ خَيل شُمْس اسْكُنُوا في الصَّلَاةِ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي [حب] ابن حبّان عن جابر بن سمرة