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ahmad:19760ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Thābit > ʿĀṣim > Abū Mijlaz

[Machine] Abu Musa prayed with his companions while he was traveling from Mecca to Medina. He prayed two Rak'ahs of Isha and then stood up and recited one hundred verses from Surah An-Nisa in one Rak'ah. Some people criticized him for this, so he said, "I did not intend to place my feet where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his feet, and to do what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did."  

أحمد:١٩٧٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى أَبُو مُوسَى بِأَصْحَابِهِ وَهُوَ مُرْتَحِلٌ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَرَأَ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ مِنْ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ فَأُنْكِرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أَضَعَ قَدَمَيَّ حَيْثُ وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدَمَهُ وَأَنْ أَصْنَعَ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  


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nasai:1728Ibrāhīm b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū Mijlaz

Abu Musa was between Makkah and Al-Madinah. He prayed 'Isha with two rak'ahs, then he stood and prayed one rak'ah of witr in which he recited one hundred verses from An-Nisa'. Then he said: "I tried my best to place my feet where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his, and to recite what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited."  

النسائي:١٧٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ

أَنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى كَانَ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ فَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَةً أَوْتَرَ بِهَا فَقَرَأَ فِيهَا بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا أَلَوْتُ أَنْ أَضَعَ قَدَمَىَّ حَيْثُ وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدَمَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَقْرَأُ بِمَا قَرَأَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ