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Changing positions after praying the fard prayer

abudawud:1006 – Musaddad > Ḥammād And ʿAbd al-Wārith > Layth > al-Ḥajjāj b. ʿUbayd > Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Is any one of you unable” —he said, narrating from Abd al-Warith— “to move forward or move back, or to his right, or to his left," In Hammad's narration there is an addition: “in the prayer?” meaning in voluntary prayer.

أبو داود:١٠٠٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ وَعَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ» –قَالَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ– «أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ، أَوْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ»، زَادَ فِي حَدِيثِ حَمَّادٍ: «فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟»، –يَعْنِي فِي السُّبْحَةِ.

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ibnmajah:1427 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Layth > Ḥajjāj b. ʿUbayd > Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: “Is any one of you incapable, when he prays, of moving forward or backward, or to his right or to his left?”—meaning the voluntary prayer.

ابن ماجة:١٤٢٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا صَلَّى أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ أَوْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ؟» –يَعْنِي السُّبْحَةَ.

ahmad:9496 – Ismāʿīl > Layth > al-Ḥajjāj b. ʿUbayd > Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl > Abū Hurayrah

“Is anyone of you incapable, when he prays, of stepping forwards or backwards, or to his right or left?” meaning in order to offer a voluntary prayer. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1427)

أحمد:٩٤٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا صَلَّىأَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ أَوْ يَتَأَخَّرَ أَوْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ

suyuti:9257a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٩٢٥٧a –

"أيَعْجِزُ أحَدُكُمْ أنْ يَتقدَمَ، أو يَتَأخَّرَ، أوْ عَنْ يَمِينه، أوْ عَن شماليه في الصَّلَاةِ؟ يعنى في السجدةِ ".

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