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ahmad:13012Bahz > Ḥajjāj > Sulaymān b. al-Mughīrah al-Maʿná > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray in Ramadan, and I came and stood behind him. Then a man came and stood next to me, and another man came until we formed a row. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ felt that we were behind him, he proceeded with the prayer, then he stood up and entered his house and performed a prayer that he did not perform with us. When we woke up in the morning, we said, "O Messenger of Allah, did you notice us last night?" He said, "Yes, that was the reason that led me to what I did." Then he started performing consecutive prayers, and he continued until the end of the month. Some men among his companions also started performing consecutive prayers. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "What is the matter with the men who are performing consecutive prayers? You are not like me. By Allah, if the month was extended for me, I would continue the consecutive prayers that the devoted people undertake."  

أحمد:١٣٠١٢حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ وَحَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ الْمَعْنَى عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي رَمَضَانَ فَجِئْتُ فَقُمْتُ خَلْفَهُ قَالَ وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَامَ إِلَى جَنْبِي ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ حَتَّى كُنَّا رَهْطًا فَلَمَّا أَحَسَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّا خَلْفَهُ تَجَوَّزَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَدَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ فَصَلَّى صَلَاةً لَمْ يُصَلِّهَا عِنْدَنَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفَطِنْتَ بِنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَذَاكَ الَّذِي حَمَلَنِي عَلَى الَّذِي صَنَعْتُ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ يُوَاصِلُ وَذَاكَ فِي آخِرِ الشَّهْرِ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ رِجَالٌ يُوَاصِلُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يُوَاصِلُونَ إِنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ مِثْلِي أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْ مُدَّ لِي الشَّهْرُ لَوَاصَلْتُ وِصَالًا يَدَعُ الْمُتَعَمِّقُونَ تَعَمُّقَهُمْ  


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Did you perceive us during the night? Upon this he said: Yes, it was this (realisation) that induced me to do that which I did. He (the narrator) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to observe Saum Wisal at the end of the month (of Ramadan), and some persons among his Companions began to observe this uninter- rupted fast, whereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: What about such persons who observe uninterrupted fasts? You are not like me. By Allah. if the month were lengthened for me, I would have observed Saum Wisal, so that those who act with an exaggeration would (have been obliged) to abandon their exaggeration.  

مسلم:١١٠٤aحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي رَمَضَانَ فَجِئْتُ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَقَامَ أَيْضًا حَتَّى كُنَّا رَهْطًا فَلَمَّا حَسَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنَّا خَلْفَهُ جَعَلَ يَتَجَوَّزُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ رَحْلَهُ فَصَلَّى صَلاَةً لاَ يُصَلِّيهَا عِنْدَنَا قَالَ قُلْنَا لَهُ حِينَ أَصْبَحْنَا أَفَطِنْتَ لَنَا اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ ذَاكَ الَّذِي حَمَلَنِي عَلَى الَّذِي صَنَعْتُ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ يُوَاصِلُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَذَاكَ فِي آخِرِ الشَّهْرِ فَأَخَذَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يُوَاصِلُونَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يُواصِلُونَ إِنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ مِثْلِي أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْ تَمَادَّ لِيَ الشَّهْرُ لَوَاصَلْتُ وِصَالاً يَدَعُ الْمُتَعَمِّقُونَ تَعَمُّقَهُمْ