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ahmad:1557 – Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The people of Kufa complained to Umar about Sa'd, saying that he did not pray properly. Umar mentioned this to Sa'd, who responded, "As for the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, I used to pray with him by bowing more in the first two units and less in the last two units." Umar said, "That is your assumption, O Abu Ishaq."  

أحمد:١٥٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالُوا لَا يُحْسِنُ يُصَلِّي فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَمَّا صَلاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَدْ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ أَرْكُدُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ فَقَالَ ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ  

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bukhari:758 – Abū al-Nuʿmān > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah > Saʿd

Saʿd said, "I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Messenger of Allah ﷺ (the prayer of Zuhr and ʿAsr) reducing nothing from them. I used to prolong the first two rakʿat and shorten the last two rakʿat." ʿUmar said to Saʿd "This was what we thought about you."  

البخاري:٧٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

سَعْدٌ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَتَىِ الْعَشِيِّ لاَ أَخْرِمُ عَنْهَا أَرْكُدُ فِي الأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الأُخْرَيَيْنِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ ذَلِكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ  

nasai:1003 – Ḥammād b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm Ibn ʿUlayyah Abū al-Ḥasan from my father > Dāwud al-Ṭāʾī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

"Some of the peole of Al-Khufah complained about Sa'd to 'Umar. They said: 'By Allah, he does not pray properly.' He said: 'I lead them in prayer as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did, and I do not deviate from that. I take my time in the first two rak'ahs and make the other two shorter.' He (Umar) said: 'That is what I thought about you.'"  

النسائي:١٠٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ دَاوُدَ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

وَقَعَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فِي سَعْدٍ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَقَالُوا وَاللَّهِ مَا يُحْسِنُ الصَّلاَةَ فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ أَخْرِمُ عَنْهَا أَرْكُدُ فِي الأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الأُخْرَيَيْنِ قَالَ ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ  

ahmad:1518 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The people of Kufa complained to Umar about Saad, saying that he does not pray properly. Umar asked Saad about this and he replied, "I pray with them using the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . I bow longer in the first two rak'ahs and shorten it in the last two." Umar told him, "That is your own assumption, O Abu Ishaq."  

أحمد:١٥١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالُوا لَا يُحْسِنُ يُصَلِّي قَالَ فَسَأَلَهُ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْكُدُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ قَالَ ذَلِكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ  

nasai-kubra:1077 – Ḥammād b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm from my father > Dāwud / al-Ṭāʾī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

"Some of the peole of Al-Khufah complained about Sa'd to 'Umar. They said: 'By Allah, he does not pray properly.' He said: 'I lead them in prayer as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did, and I do not deviate from that. I take my time in the first two rak'ahs and make the other two shorter.' He (Umar) said: 'That is what I thought about you.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1003)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ الطَّائِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«وَقَعَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فِي سَعْدٍ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ» فَقَالُوا وَاللهِ مَا يُحْسِنُ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا أَنَا فَإِنِّي أُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَخْرِمُ مِنْهَا أَرْكُدُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ» قَالَ «ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ»  

suyuti:5-17b – Jābir b. Samurah > Shakā Ahl al-Kūfah > Saʿd Lā Yuḥsin > Yuṣalli Fadhakar ʿUmar Dhalik Lah > Saʿd Ammā > Fakunt Uṣalliá Bihim Ṣalāh Rasūl Allāh
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السيوطي:٥-١٧b –

"عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ: شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ أَنَّ سَعْدًا لَا يُحْسِنُ أَنْ يُصَلِّىَ فَذَكَرَ عُمَرُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَكُنْتُ أُصَلِّى بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ لَا أَخْرِمُ (*) عَنْهَا أَرْكُدُ (* *) في الأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ (* * *) في الأُخْريَيْن، فَقَالَ عُمَر: ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ".  

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