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ahmad:12465Yūnus > Fulayḥ > Muḥammad b. Musāḥiqʿan ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh / Ibn al-Zubayr > Anas

[Machine] I have not seen an imam who resembles the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ more than your imam, this is Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, who was in Medina at that time. Umar did not prolong the recitation.  

أحمد:١٢٤٦٥حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسَاحِقٍعَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ إِمَامًا أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ إِمَامِكُمْ هَذَا لِعُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَهُوَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ لَا يُطِيلُ الْقِرَاءَةَ  


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ahmad:13307Fazārah b. ʿUmar And Yūnus b. Muḥammad > Fulayḥ > Muḥammad b. Musāḥiq > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh > Anas

[Machine] "I have never seen an imam whose prayer resembles that of the Messenger of Allah , more than your imam, 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz." He said, "And 'Umar would not prolong the recitation."  

أحمد:١٣٣٠٧حَدَّثَنَا فَزَارَةُ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَيُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسَاحِقٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ إِمَامًا أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ إِمَامِكُمْ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ لَا يُطِيلُ الْقِرَاءَةَ  

ahmad:13720Surayj > Fulayḥ > Muḥammad b. Musāḥiq > ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] Anas ibn Malik said, "I have never seen an imam who performs prayer more closely to the way the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did, than your imam here." He also said, "Umar, meaning Ibn Abdul Aziz, does not prolong his recitation."  

أحمد:١٣٧٢٠حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسَاحِقٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ قَالَ

أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ مَا رَأَيْتُ إِمَامًا أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ إِمَامِكُمْ هَذَا قَالَ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ لَا يُطِيلُ الْقِرَاءَةَ