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ahmad:20509 – Abū Bakarah

[Machine] I came and the Prophet ﷺ was in a state of prostration, and my breath was exhausted, so I prostrated without being in line with the row. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the prayer, he said, "Who among you prostrated without being in line with the row?" I said, "I did." He said, "May Allah increase your eagerness, but do not repeat it."  

أحمد:٢٠٥٠٩ – وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكَرَةَ

جِئْتُ وَنَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ قَدْ حَفَزَنِي النَّفَسُ فَرَكَعْتُ دُونَ الصَّفِّ فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ أَيُّكُمْ رَكَعَ دُونَ الصَّفِّ؟ قُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ زَادَكَ اللهُ حِرْصًا وَلَا تَعُدْ  

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abudawud:683 – Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ziyād al-Aʿlam > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah Ḥaddath

Abu Bakrah said that he came to the mosque when the prophet ﷺ was bowing. So I bowed outside the row (before joining it). The prophet ﷺ said; May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again.  

أبو داود:٦٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ زِيَادٍ الأَعْلَمِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ حَدَّثَ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَنَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ قَالَ فَرَكَعْتُ دُونَ الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَادَكَ اللَّهُ حِرْصًا وَلاَ تَعُدْ  

abudawud:684 – Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Ziyād al-Aʿlam > al-Ḥasan

Abu Bakrah came when the apostle of Allah ﷺ was bowing. So he bowed without the row (before joining it). He then went to the row. When the prophet ﷺ finished his prayer, he said: which of your bowed without the row, and then went to the row? Abu Bakrah said; it was i. the prophet ﷺ said: May Allah increase your eagerness ! but do not do it again.  

أبو داود:٦٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادٌ الأَعْلَمُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ جَاءَ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ رَاكِعٌ فَرَكَعَ دُونَ الصَّفِّ ثُمَّ مَشَى إِلَى الصَّفِّ فَلَمَّا قَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَلاَتَهُ قَالَ أَيُّكُمُ الَّذِي رَكَعَ دُونَ الصَّفِّ ثُمَّ مَشَى إِلَى الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ أَنَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَادَكَ اللَّهُ حِرْصًا وَلاَ تَعُدْ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ زِيَادٌ الأَعْلَمُ زِيَادُ بْنُ فُلاَنِ بْنِ قُرَّةَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَالَةِ يُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عَنبَسَةُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

ibnhibban:2195 – ʿAbdullāh b. Qaḥṭabah > Aḥmad b. al-Miqdām al-ʿIjlī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ziyād al-Aʿlam > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

Abu Bakrah said that he came to the mosque when the prophet ﷺ was bowing. So I bowed outside the row (before joining it). The prophet ﷺ said; May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 683)  

ابن حبّان:٢١٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ الْعِجْلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ زِيَادٍ الْأَعْلَمِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ قَالَ فَرَكَعْتُ دُونَ الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «زَادَكَ اللَّهُ حِرْصًا وَلَا تَعُدْ»