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ahmad:15879 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Abū Mālik

"I said to my father: 'O my father! You offered Salat behind Messenger of Allah (S), Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali bin Abi Talib here in Al-Kufah for about five years. Did they say the Qunut?' He said: 'It is a newly invented matter my son.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 402)  

أحمد:١٥٨٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي يَا أَبَتِ إِنَّكَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيٍّ هَاهُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ قَرِيبًا مِنْ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ أَكَانُوا يَقْنُتُونَ؟ قَالَ أَيْ بُنَيَّ مُحْدَثٌ  

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tirmidhi:402 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī

"I said to my father: 'O my father! You offered Salat behind Messenger of Allah (S), Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali bin Abi Talib here in Al-Kufah for about five years. Did they say the Qunut?' He said: 'It is a newly invented matter my son.'"  

الترمذي:٤٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَبِي يَا أَبَةِ إِنَّكَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ هَا هُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ نَحْوًا مِنْ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ أَكَانُوا يَقْنُتُونَ قَالَ أَىْ بُنَىَّ مُحْدَثٌ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ إِنْ قَنَتَ فِي الْفَجْرِ فَحَسَنٌ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَقْنُتْ فَحَسَنٌ وَاخْتَارَ أَنْ لاَ يَقْنُتَ وَلَمْ يَرَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ الْقُنُوتَ فِي الْفَجْرِ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَأَبُو مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيُّ اسْمُهُ سَعْدُ بْنُ طَارِقِ بْنِ أَشْيَمَ
ibnmajah:1241 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs And Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth Wayazīd b. Hārūn > Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī Saʿd b. Ṭāriq

“I said to my father: ‘O my father! You prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and behind Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman, and behind ‘Ali here in Kufah for about five years. Did they recite Qunut in Fajr?’ He said: ‘O my son! That is an innovation.’”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ وَحَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَبِي يَا أَبَتِ إِنَّكَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيٍّ هَا هُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ نَحْوًا مِنْ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ فَكَانُوا يَقْنُتُونَ فِي الْفَجْرِ؟ فَقَالَ أَىْ بُنَىَّ مُحْدَثٌ  

ahmad:27209 – Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Khalaf > Abū Mālik

[Machine] "My father used to pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was sixteen years old, along with Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. So I asked him, 'Did they used to show devotion (khushu')?' He said, 'No, my son, they were not like that, they were conversing.'"  

أحمد:٢٧٢٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفٌ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ أَبِي قَدْ صَلَّى خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَكَانُوا يَقْنُتُونَ؟ قَالَ لَا أَيْ بُنَيَّ مُحْدَثٌ  

ahmad:27210 – Yazīd > Abū Mālik

[Machine] My father had prayed behind the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , when he was sixteen years old. Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman said, "No, young ones are not allowed to speak."  

أحمد:٢٧٢١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كَانَ أَبِي قَدْ صَلَّى خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ قَالَ لَا أَيْ بُنَيَّ مُحْدَثٌ  

tabarani:8178 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Abū Mālik al-Ashjaʿī from his father

“I said to my father: ‘O my father! You prayed behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and behind Abu Bakr, ‘Umar and ‘Uthman, and behind ‘Ali here in Kufah for about five years. Did they recite Qunut in Fajr?’ He said: ‘O my son! That is an innovation.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1241)   

الطبراني:٨١٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنا أَبُو مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ ؓ وَعَلِيٌّ هَاهُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ نَحْوًا مِنْ خَمْسِ سِنِينَ وَكَانُوا لَا يَقْنُتُونَ فِي الْفَجْرِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا بُنَيَّ مُحْدَثٌ»