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ahmad:12645 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When the evening approaches and the call to prayer is made, start with dinner and then perform the prayer."  

أحمد:١٢٦٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا قُرِّبَ الْعَشَاءُ وَنُودِيَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ ثُمَّ صَلُّوا  

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ahmad:13600 – ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > Abū Qilābah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] From the Prophet, ﷺ , he said: "When the evening meal is served and the prayer is ready, start with the evening meal."  

أحمد:١٣٦٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ  

ahmad:16540 – Abū al-Naḍr > Ayyūb b. ʿUtbah Abū Yaḥyá Qāḍī al-Yamāmah > Iyās b. Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ from his father

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "When prayer and dinner time come together, start with dinner."  

أحمد:١٦٥٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ أَبُو يَحْيَى قَاضِي الْيَمَامَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِيَاسُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالْعَشَاءُ فَابْدَءُوا بِالْعَشَاءِ  

ذِكْرُ الْعُذْرِ الثَّانِي وَهُوَ حُضُورُ الطَّعَامِ عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ

ibnhibban:2066 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When the supper is brought before you, and it is also the time to say prayer, first take food before saying evening prayer and do not hasten (to prayer, leaving aside the food). (Using translation from Muslim 557b)  

ابن حبّان:٢٠٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا قُرِّبَ الْعَشَاءُ وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَابْدَءُوا بِهِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَلَا تَعْجَلُوا عَنْ عَشَائِكُمْ»