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ahmad:13758 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Namir > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I have never prayed behind an Imam who was more humble and performed the prayer more complete than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

أحمد:١٣٧٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ إِمَامٍ قَطُّ أَخَفَّ وَلَا أَتَمَّ صَلَاةً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

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muslim:469c – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb Waqutaybah b. Saʿīd Waʿalī b. Ḥujr > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > al-Ākharūn > Ismāʿīl Yaʿnūn Ibn Jaʿfar > Sharīk b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Namir > Anas b. Mālik

I never prayed behind an Imam who was more brief and more perfect in prayer than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

مسلم:٤٦٩c – وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرُونَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنُونَ ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شَرِيكِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ إِمَامٍ قَطُّ أَخَفَّ صَلاَةً وَلاَ أَتَمَّ صَلاَةً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْإِمَامِ أَنْ تَكُونَ صَلَاتُهُ بِالْقَوْمِ خَفِيفَةً فِي تَمَامٍ

ibnhibban:2138 – Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ṭalḥah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] He heard Anas ibn Malik saying, "I have never prayed behind an imam who performs the prayer more perfectly and completely than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

ابن حبّان:٢١٣٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ «مَا صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ إِمَامٍ قَطُّ أَخَفَّ صَلَاةً وَلَا أَتَمَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ»