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abudawud:201Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl And Dāwd b. Shabīb > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik > Uqīmat Ṣalāh al-ʿIshāʾ Faqām a man

(The people) stood up for the night prayer and a man stood up and spoke forth: Messenger of Allah, I have to say something to you. He (the Prophet) entered into secret conversation with him, till the people or some of the people dozed off, ad then he led them in prayer. He (Thabit al-Bunani) did not mention ablution.  

أبو داود:٢٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَدَاوُدُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ أُقِيمَتْ صَلاَةُ الْعِشَاءِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِي حَاجَةً فَقَامَ يُنَاجِيهِ حَتَّى نَعَسَ الْقَوْمُ أَوْ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى بِهِمْ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ وُضُوءًا  


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muslim:376dAḥmad b. Saʿīd b. Ṣakhr al-Dārimī > Ḥabbān > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas > Uqīmat Ṣalāh al-ʿIshāʾ

(The people) stood up for the night prayer when a man spoke forth: I need to say something. The Apostle of Allah ﷺ entered into secret conversation with him, till the people dozed off or some of the people (dozed off), and then they said the prayer.  

مسلم:٣٧٦dحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ صَخْرٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أُقِيمَتْ صَلاَةُ الْعِشَاءِ فَقَالَ

رَجُلٌ لِي حَاجَةٌ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُنَاجِيهِ حَتَّى نَامَ الْقَوْمُ أَوْ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ ثُمَّ صَلَّوْا  

ahmad:13832ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas > Uqīmat al-Ṣalāh Lilʿishāʾ al-Ākhirah Dhāt Laylah

[Machine] The prayer for the last evening was established on a night, and a man said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have a need." So he stood up and conversed with him until some of the people or some of them fell asleep, then he prayed and did not mention ablution.  

أحمد:١٣٨٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ لِلْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لِي حَاجَةٌ فَقَامَ يُنَاجِيهِ حَتَّى نَعَسَ الْقَوْمُ أَوْ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ وُضُوءًا  

ahmad:12633Abū Kāmil And ʿAffān > Ḥammād > Thābit al-Bunānī

[Machine] The passage translates to English as:

"The Hereafter appeared to have a pleasant night. A man stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have a need to discuss with you.' So, the Prophet stood up with him and they conversed until the people fell asleep, or some of the people said. Then, he prayed without mentioning ablution."  

أحمد:١٢٦٣٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ أَخْبَرَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ أُقِيمَتْ صَلَاةُ الْعِشَاءِ قَالَ

عَفَّانُ الْآخِرَةُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِيإِلَيْكَ حَاجَةً فَقَامَ مَعَهُ يُنَاجِيهِ حَتَّى نَعَسَ الْقَوْمُ أَوْ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ وُضُوءًا  

bayhaqi:593Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwd > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl And Dāwd b. Shabīb > Ḥammād > Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik > Uqīmat Ṣalāh al-ʿIshāʾ Faqām a man

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, I have a need." So he began speaking to him privately until the people or some of the people fell asleep. Then he performed the prayer with them without mentioning ablution."  

البيهقي:٥٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ نا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ نا أَبُو دَاودَ نا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَدَاودَ بْنِ شَبِيبٍ قَالَا نا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ أُقِيمَتْ صَلَاةُ الْعِشَاءِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي حَاجَةً فَقَامَ يُنَاجِيهِ حَتَّى نَعَسَ الْقَوْمُ أَوْ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ ثُمَّ صَلَّى بِهِمْ وَلَمْ يذْكُرْ وُضُوءًا  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ دُونَ قَوْلِهِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ وُضُوءًا