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ahmad:18846Wakīʿ > Mūsá b. ʿUmayr al-ʿAnbarī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil al-Ḥaḍramī from his father

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placing his right hand over his left hand during prayer.  

أحمد:١٨٨٤٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَاضِعًا يَمِينَهُ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
nasai:887Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Mūsá b. ʿUmayr al-ʿAnbarī And Qays b. Sulaym al-ʿAnbarī > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil from his father

"Alqamah bin Wa'il told us that his father said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he was standing in prayer, holding his left hand with his right.'"  

النسائي:٨٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ وَقَيْسِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ قَائِمًا فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَبَضَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ  

ahmad:16968ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Muʿāwiyah > Yūnus b. Sayf > al-Ḥārith b. Ghuḍayf or Ghuḍayf b. al-Ḥārith

[Machine] I have not forgotten about the things, I have not forgotten that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placing his right hand on his left during prayer.  

أحمد:١٦٩٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ سَيْفٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ غُضَيْفٍ أَوْ غُضَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ

مَا نَسِيتُ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ لَمْ أَنْسَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَاضِعًا يَمِينَهُ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

ahmad:15970ʿAbdullāh b. Wāqid > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > al-Hirmās

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on a camel towards Sham."  

أحمد:١٥٩٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ الْهِرْمَاسِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى بَعِيرٍ نَحْوَ الشَّامِ  

ahmad:16447Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placing one of his legs on top of the other.  

أحمد:١٦٤٤٧حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَاضِعًا إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى  

ahmad:16309ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Shikhhīr from his father

"We prayed with Abdullah bin Mas'ud in his house. He stood between us and we placed our hands on our knees, but he took them off and made us interlace our fingers, and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1030)   

أحمد:١٦٣٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي نَعْلَيْهِ  

ahmad:22497ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Muʿāwiyah > Yūnus b. Sayf > al-Ḥārith b. Ghuṭayf or Ghuṭayf b. al-Ḥārith

[Machine] I have not forgotten anything, but I have not forgotten that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placing his right hand on his left hand during prayer.  

أحمد:٢٢٤٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ سَيْفٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ غُطَيْفٍ أَوْ غُطَيْفِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ

مَا نَسِيتُ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ لَمْ أَنسَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَاضِعًا يَمِينَهُ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

ahmad:21968ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Qabīṣah b. al-Hulb from his father

[Machine] I saw the Prophet ﷺ placing his right hand over his left hand during prayer, and I saw him turning away from his right and left sides.  

أحمد:٢١٩٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ الْهُلْبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَاضِعًا يَمِينَهُ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ  

hakim:916Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr al-Qāḍī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Rajāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Ṣāliḥ al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad al-Tamīmī > Zayd b. Aslam > Raʾayt Ibn ʿUmar Yuṣallī Maḥlūl Izāruh Fasaʾaltuh > Dhalik

"We prayed with Abdullah bin Mas'ud in his house. He stood between us and we placed our hands on our knees, but he took them off and made us interlace our fingers, and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1030)  

الحاكم:٩١٦أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ ثنا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ «يُصَلِّي مَحْلُولٌ إِزَارُهُ» فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرطهما

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ كَانَ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ بَعْدَ نُزُولِ سُورَةِ الْمَائِدَةِ

ibnhibban:1335Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Shuʿayb b. Ayyūb > Muṣʿab b. al-Miqdām > Dāwud al-Ṭāʾī > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh > Tawaḍḍaʾ And Masaḥ > al-Khuffayn

"We prayed with Abdullah bin Mas'ud in his house. He stood between us and we placed our hands on our knees, but he took them off and made us interlace our fingers, and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1030)  

ابن حبّان:١٣٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ الطَّائِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ

وَقَالَ «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ»  

tabarani:18833Aslam b. Sahl al-Wāsiṭī > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Abū al-Jahm ʿAbd al-Ghaffār b. ʿUmar > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > al-Hirmās b. Ziyād

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in his sandals."  

الطبراني:١٨٨٣٣حَدَّثَنَا أَسْلَمُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ثنا أَبُو الْجَهْمِ عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ الْهِرْمَاسِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي نَعْلَيْهِ»  

tabarani:18834Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-Abbār And al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq And Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿUthmān b. Ṭālūt b. ʿAbbād > ʿAbd al-Salām b. Hāshim al-Bazzār > Ḥanbal b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Hirmās b. Ziyād

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying in his sandals."  

الطبراني:١٨٨٣٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَبَّارُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ طَالُوتَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ ثنا عَبْدُ السَّلَامُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَزَّارُ ثنا حَنْبَلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ الْهِرْمَاسِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي نَعْلَيْهِ»  

tabarani:18385Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī And al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > Aḥmad b. ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm al-Awdī > Shurayḥ b. Maslamah > Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf from his father > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Kulayb from his father > Wāʾil al-Qīl

[Machine] "I saw the Prophet ﷺ strike with his right hand on his left during prayer."  

الطبراني:١٨٣٨٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَا ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ الْأَوْدِيُّ قَالَ ثنا شُرَيْحُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَائِلٍ الْقِيلِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ضَرَبَ بِيَمِينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:3400ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Miqlāṣ from my father > Ibn Wahb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Yūnus b. Sayf > Abū Rāshid al-Ḥubrānī > al-Ḥārith b. Ghuṭayf

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placing his right hand over his left hand in prayer.  

الطبراني:٣٤٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ مِقْلَاصٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ سَيْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ الْحُبْرَانِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ غُطَيْفٍ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَاضِعًا يَمِينَهُ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»