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ahmad:12446ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of you feels drowsy while praying, they should stop and take a nap until they are aware of what they are saying."

أحمد:١٢٤٤٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ فَلْيَنَمْ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ مَا يَقُولُ

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bukhari:213Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If anyone of you feels drowsy while praying, he should sleep till he understands what he is saying (reciting).

البخاري:٢١٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلْيَنَمْ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ مَا يَقْرَأُ

nasai:443Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ṭufāwī > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

"If anyone of you feels drowsy during his Salah, let him go and take a nap."

النسائي:٤٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ وَلْيَرْقُدْ

ahmad:12520ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of you feels sleepy while in prayer, they should wake up and lie down until they know what they are saying."

أحمد:١٢٥٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ فَلْيَنَمْ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ مَا يَقُولُ

nasai-kubra:154Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ṭafāwī > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas

"If anyone of you feels drowsy during his Salah, let him go and take a nap." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 443)

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٤عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطَّفَاوِيِّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا نَعِسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَلْيَنْصِرِفْ فَلْيَنَمْ»

bazzar:6144
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البزّار:٦١٤٤حَدَّثنا أزهر بن جميل حَدَّثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَن أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَن أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى

اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ حَتَّى يَدْرِيَ مَا يَقُولُ