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ahmad:14309Sufyān > ʿAmr

[Machine] Jabir heard a man enter on Friday while the Prophet ﷺ was giving a sermon, so the Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Did you pray?" He replied, "No." So the Prophet ﷺ said, "Pray two units (rak'ahs)."  

أحمد:١٤٣٠٩حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو

سَمِعَ جَابِرًا دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَصَلَّيْتَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:931ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

A man entered the Mosque while the Prophet ﷺ was delivering the Khutba. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Have you prayed?" The man replied in the negative. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Pray two rakʿat."  

البخاري:٩٣١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعَ جَابِرًا قَالَ

دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ: «أَصَلَّيْتَ؟» قَالَ: لاَ۔ قَالَ: «فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ۔»  

muslim:875cQutaybah b. Saʿīd And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Qutaybah > Isḥāq > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Have you observed prayer? He said: No. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Stand and offer the two rak'ahs. According to Qutaiba, the words are:" He said: Offer two rak'ahs."  

مسلم:٨٧٥cوَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو

سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَالَ أَصَلَّيْتَ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ قُمْ فَصَلِّ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

ibnmajah:1113Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿIyāḍ b. ʿAbdullāh > Abū Saʿīd

“A man entered the mosque when the Prophet ﷺ was delivering the sermon. He said: ‘Have you prayed?’ He said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Then pray two Rak’ah.’”  

ابن ماجة:١١١٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ أَصَلَّيْتَ؟ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:15067Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

He heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah say: "A man came when the Prophet ﷺ was on the minbar on a Friday. He said to him: 'Have you prayed two rak'ahs?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Pray.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1400)  

أحمد:١٥٠٦٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَرَكَعْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَارْكَعْ  

tabarani:6704Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Jābir

[Machine] A man entered the mosque and the Prophet ﷺ stood on the pulpit to deliver the sermon on Friday. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Did you pray?" The man replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then said to him, "Then pray two units (rak'ahs)."  

الطبراني:٦٧٠٤حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قَائِمًا فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَصَلَّيْتَ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ»  

tabarani:6706Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ayyūb > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Jābir

[Machine] A man came on Friday and the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was giving a sermon. He asked, "Did you pray?" The man replied, "No". The Messenger of Allah then said, "Stand up and perform the prayer."  

الطبراني:٦٧٠٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ «هَلْ صَلَّيْتَ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «قُمْ فَارْكَعْ»