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ahmad:14009Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ḥamzah al-Ḍabbī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I heard Anas ibn Malik saying, "I never performed the prayer (meaning, following the prayer of) a man or anyone from the people with more focus than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in its entirety."  

أحمد:١٤٠٠٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَمْزَةَ الضَّبِّيَّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ مَا صَلَّيْتُ يَعْنِي وَرَاءَ رَجُلٍ أَوْأَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَخَفَّ صَلَاةً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي تَمَامٍ  


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ahmad:12359ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl al-Suddī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] I heard Anas ibn Malik saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned away from the prayer to his right.  

أحمد:١٢٣٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ السُّدِّيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْإِمَامِ أَنْ تَكُونَ صَلَاتُهُ بِالْقَوْمِ خَفِيفَةً فِي تَمَامٍ

ibnhibban:2138Ibn 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:٢١٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

suyuti:85-55bSulaymān al-Taymi > Nas b. Mālik
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السيوطي:٨٥-٥٥b

"عَنْ سُلَيْمَان التَّيْمِىِّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ: مَا بَقِى أحَدٌ مَّمِنْ صَلَّى القِبْلَتَيْن غَيْرِى".  

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