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ahmad:1785Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Qays > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Safar > Arqam b. Shuraḥbīl > Ibn ʿAbbās > al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said during his illness, "Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." So Abu Bakr came out, performed the takbeer, and found that the Prophet ﷺ felt relieved. Then he went between two men to support himself and when Abu Bakr saw him, he stepped back and the Prophet ﷺ motioned to him, saying, "Stay where you are." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then sat next to Abu Bakr and recited from the place to which Abu Bakr had reached in the surah.  

أحمد:١٧٨٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنْ أَرْقَمَ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي مَرَضِهِ مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ فَخَرَجَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَكَبَّرَ وَوَجَدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَاحَةً فَخَرَجَ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ تَأَخَّرَ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺمَكَانَكَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَاقْتَرَأَ مِنَ المَكَانِ الَّذِي بَلَغَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنَ السُّورَةِ  


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malik:8-19Mālik > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out during his illness, and approached and found Abu Bakr standing, leading the people in prayer. Abu Bakr began to go back, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ indicated to him to stay where he was. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat by the side of Abu Bakr, and Abu Bakr prayed following the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who was sitting, and the people prayed following the prayer of Abu Bakr.  

مالك:٨-١٩وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ فِي مَرَضِهِ فَأَتَى فَوَجَدَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ فَاسْتَأْخَرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ كَمَا أَنْتَ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِصَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَكَانَ النَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلاَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ