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ahmad:19868Muʿtamir > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ prayed three units (rak'ahs) and then he said the salaam. It was said to him, so he stood up and prayed another unit, then he said the salaam. After that, he performed two prostrations while he was sitting.  

أحمد:١٩٨٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى ثَلَاثَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَسَلَّمَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَقَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَةً فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ  


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abudawud:1014ʿAbdullāh b. Muʿādh from my father > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported; The Prophet ﷺ offered the noon prayer and he gave the salutation at the end of two rakahs. He was asked. Has the prayer been shortened ? then he offered two rakahs of the prayer and made two prostrations (at the end of it).  

أبو داود:١٠١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ فَسَلَّمَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ نَقَصَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:10041Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Bahz > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > Bahz Innah > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Zuhr with two rak'ahs, then said the salam. They said: "Has the prayer been shortened?" So he stood up and prayed two rak'ahs, then he said the salam, then he prostrated twice. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1227)   

أحمد:١٠٠٤١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَبَهْزٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ بَهْزٌ إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلَمَةَ عَنِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ نَقَصَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ أُخَرَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَا فِي كُلِّ الْأَحْوَالِ قَبْلَ السَّلَامِ

ibnhibban:2673Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > Abū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf Khatan al-Muqrī > al-Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to pray three units of prayer before or after the noon or afternoon prayer. It was said to him: "Is that how you pray?" He replied, "Yes." So, he prayed one unit of prayer, then he sat and made the testimony of faith and salutation, then he prostrated twice for the forgetfulness, then he made the salutation.  

ابن حبّان:٢٦٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ خَتَنُ الْمُقْرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الظُّهْرِ أَوِ الْعَصْرِ ثَلَاثَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «أَكَذَلِكَ؟ » قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ تَشَهَّدَ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ  

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السيوطي:٦٥١-٢٠b

"أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُهْرَ رَكْعَتَيْن ثُمَ سَلَّمَ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: انْقُصْ من الصَّلَاةِ، فَصَلَّى رَكعَتين أُخَراوَيْن فَسَلَّم، ثُمَ سَجَد سَجْدَتَيْن".  

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