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abudawud:1499 – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was supplicating by pointing with two fingers of mine. He said: Point with one finger; point with one finger. He then himself pointed with the forefinger.  

أبو داود:١٤٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ عَلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَدْعُو بِأُصْبُعَىَّ فَقَالَ أَحِّدْ أَحِّدْ وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ  

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nasai:1273 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak al-Mukharrimī > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Saʿd

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me when I was supplicating with my fingers and he said: 'Make it one, make it one' and pointed with his forefinger."  

النسائي:١٢٧٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَدْعُو بِأَصَابِعِي فَقَالَ أَحِّدْ أَحِّدْ وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ  

hakim:1966 – Ibrāhīm b. ʿIṣmah b. Ibrāhīm from my father > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Saʿd

The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was supplicating by pointing with two fingers of mine. He said: Point with one finger; point with one finger. He then himself pointed with the forefinger. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1499)   

الحاكم:١٩٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عِصْمَةَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا أَبِي ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَنْبَأَ أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ

عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِي وَأَنَا أَدْعُو بِأُصْبُعَيَّ فَقَالَ «أَحَدٌ أَحَدٌ» وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ الْإِسْنَادَيْنِ جَمِيعًا فَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ فَهُوَ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِهِمَا إِنْ كَانَ أَبُو صَالِحٍ السَّمَّانُ سَمِعَ مِنْ سَعْدٍ»
nasai-kubra:1197 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Saʿd

The Prophet ﷺ passed by me while I was supplicating by pointing with two fingers of mine. He said: Point with one finger; point with one finger. He then himself pointed with the forefinger. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1499)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٩٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَدْعُو بِأَصَابِعِي فَقَالَ «أَحَدٌ أَحَدٌ» وَأَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ  

suyuti:5-71b – Saʿd > Mar ʿAla al-Nabi ﷺ > Adʿū Biʾuṣbuʿa
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السيوطي:٥-٧١b –

"عَنْ سَعْدٍ قَالَ: مَرَّ عَلَىَّ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَدْعُو بِأُصْبُعَىَّ فَقَالَ: أَحَّدْ أَحِّدْ، وَأَشَارَ بِإِصْبعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ".  

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