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abudawud:1101Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

The prayer offered by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was moderate, and the sermon given by him was (also) moderate. He would recite a few verses from the Qur'an and exhort the people.

أبو داود:١١٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سِمَاكٌ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ صَلاَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا يَقْرَأُ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَيُذَكِّرُ النَّاسَ

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Length of the prayer and khutbah should be moderate

muslim:866aḤasan b. al-Rabīʿ And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length.

مسلم:٨٦٦أحَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلاَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا

nasai:1582Qutaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and his prayer was moderate in length and his Khutbah was moderate in length."

النسائي:١٥٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلاَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا

nasai:1584Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"The Prophet ﷺ used to deliver the Khutbah standing, then he would sit down, then he would stand up and recite some verses and remember Allah (SWT). And his Khutbah was moderate in length, and his prayer was moderate in length."

النسائي:١٥٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ وَيَقْرَأُ آيَاتٍ وَيَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ وَكَانَتْ خُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَصَلاَتُهُ قَصْدًا

darimi:1598Muḥammad b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and his prayer was moderate in length and his Khutbah was moderate in length." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1582)

الدارمي:١٥٩٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»

ahmad:20878ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] I heard Jabir ibn Samurah saying, "The Prophet ﷺ used to sit between the two sermons on the day of Friday and deliver the sermon while standing. His prayer was brief, and his sermon was brief as well. He would recite verses from the Quran on the pulpit."

أحمد:٢٠٨٧٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ الْخُطْبَتَيْنِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَيَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَيَقْرَأُ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ

ahmad:20885ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm Abū ʿAlī al-Mawṣilī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and his prayer was moderate in length and his Khutbah was moderate in length." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1582)

أحمد:٢٠٨٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا

ahmad:20928ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] I heard Jabir bin Samurah say that the Prophet ﷺ used to sit between the two sermons on Fridays and deliver the sermon while standing. His prayer was concise, his sermon was concise, and he would recite verses from the Quran on the pulpit.

أحمد:٢٠٩٢٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ الْخُطْبَتَيْنِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَيَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَيَقْرَأُ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ

ahmad:20949ʿAbdullāh > Qāsim b. Dīnār > Muṣʿabyaʿnī Ibn al-Miqdām > Sufyān > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] "The Prophet ﷺ used to recite verses from the Quran in his sermons and remind the people. His sermon was concise and his prayer was concise."

أحمد:٢٠٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا قَاسِمُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبٌيَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمِقْدَامِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَيُذَكِّرُ النَّاسَ وَكَانَتْ خُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَصَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا

ahmad:20973Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ used to deliver sermons while standing and sit between the sermons, reciting verses from the Quran. His sermon was concise and his prayer was concise.

أحمد:٢٠٩٧٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا وَيَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ الْخُطْبَتَيْنِ وَيَتْلُو آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَكَانَتْ خُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَصَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا

ahmad:21025Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] The prayer of the Prophet ﷺ was intentional, and so was his sermon.

أحمد:٢١٠٢٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَصْدًاوَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا

ahmad:21026Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] The prayer of the Prophet ﷺ was intentional and his sermon was intentional.

أحمد:٢١٠٢٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا

ahmad:21038ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"The Prophet ﷺ used to deliver the Khutbah standing, then he would sit down, then he would stand up and recite some verses and remember Allah (SWT). And his Khutbah was moderate in length, and his prayer was moderate in length." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1584)

أحمد:٢١٠٣٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا وَيَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ وَيَقْرَأُ آيَاتٍ وَيَذْكُرُ اللهَ وَكَانَتْ خُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَصَلَاتُهُقَصْدًا

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْخُطْبَةَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ قَصِيرَةً قَصِدَةً

ibnhibban:2802Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length. (Using translation from Muslim 866a)

ابن حبّان:٢٨٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»

bazzar:3625
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البزّار:٣٦٢٥حَدَّثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنَ الْمُثَنَّى قَال حَدَّثنا أَبُو داود قَال حَدَّثنا شُعْبَةُ عَن سِمَاك عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرة ؓ

قَالَ كَانَتْ صَلاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قصدًا

tabarani:1884[Chain 1] Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar al-Raqqī > Qabīṣah > Sufyān [Chain 2] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] The prophet ﷺ used to sit between the two sermons on Friday and deliver a sermon while standing. His prayer was concise and his sermon was also concise. He would recite verses from the Quran on the pulpit.

الطبراني:١٨٨٤حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا قَبِيصَةُ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ الْخُطْبَتَيْنِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَيَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَيَقْرَأُ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ»

tabarani:1928Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Simāk b. Ḥarb

[AI] Jabir ibn Samurah said, "The prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his sermon were concise."

الطبراني:١٩٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ ثنا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ

جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ «كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»

tabarani:1949Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Sharīk > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] "The prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was purposeful, and his sermon was purposeful."

الطبراني:١٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»

tabarani:1984[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir

"I used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and his prayer was moderate in length and his Khutbah was moderate in length." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1582)

الطبراني:١٩٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ ثنا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

«كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»

tabarani:2005[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā from my father > Simāk > Jābir

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length. (Using translation from Muslim 866a)

الطبراني:٢٠٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

«كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»

tabarani:2021Simāk b. Ḥarb

[AI] I asked Jabir ibn Samurah, "How was the prayer of the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "His sermon was concise, and his prayer was concise."

الطبراني:٢٠٢١وَعَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «كَانَتْ خُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَصَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا»

nasai-kubra:1800Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length. (Using translation from Muslim 866a)

الكبرى للنسائي:١٨٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ «صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»