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Angels used to walk behind the Prophet ﷺ

ahmad:14236 – Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aswad b. Qays > Nubayḥ > Jābir

[Machine] Narrated by Nu'ayh from Jabir: The companions of the Prophet ﷺ used to walk in front of him when they went out, and they would leave his back for the angels to walk behind him.  

أحمد:١٤٢٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ نُبَيْحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَمْشُونَ أَمَامَهُ إِذَا خَرَجَ وَيَدَعُونَ ظَهْرَهُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
ibnmajah:246 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aswad b. Qays > Nubayḥ al-ʿAnazī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"When the Prophet walked, his Companions would walk in front of him, and he would leave his back for the angels."  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ نُبَيْحٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا مَشَى مَشَى أَصْحَابُهُ أَمَامَهُ وَتَرَكُوا ظَهْرَهُ لِلْمَلاَئِكَةِ  

ahmad:14556 – Abū Aḥmad > Sufyān > al-Aswad b. Qays > Nubayḥ > Jābir

[Machine] From Nu'ayh, from Jabir, he said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would leave his house, we would walk in front of him and leave his back for the angels.  

أحمد:١٤٥٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ نُبَيْحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ مَشَيْنَا قُدَّامَهُ وَتَرَكْنَا ظَهْرَهُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ  

ذِكْرُ مَا كَانَ يُسْتَعْمَلُ عِنْدَ مَشْيِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي طُرُقِهِ

ibnhibban:6312 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Dāwud b. Rushayd > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > al-Aswad b. Qays > Nubayḥ al-ʿAnazī > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"When the Prophet walked, his Companions would walk in front of him, and he would leave his back for the angels." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 246)   

ابن حبّان:٦٣١٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ نُبَيْحٍ الْعَنَزِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَرَجُوا مَعَهُ مَشَوْا أَمَامَهُ وَتَرَكُوا ظَهْرَهُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ»