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ahmad:20777Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis

[Machine] The Fajr prayer was being performed and the Messenger of Allah saw a man praying two units of Fajr. He asked him, "Which of your prayers did you intend with your prayer? Was it your prayer alone or the prayer that you prayed with us?"  

أحمد:٢٠٧٧٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ صَلَاةُ الصُّبْحِ فَرَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ بِأَيِّ صَلَاتَيْكَ احْتَسَبْتَ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَحْدَكَ أَوْ صَلَاتِكَ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ مَعَنَا؟  


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abudawud:1265Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim > ʿAbdullāh b. Sarjis

A man came while the Prophet ﷺ was leading the people in the dawn prayer. He prayed the two rak'ahs and then joined the congregational prayer led by the Prophet ﷺ. When he finished the prayer, the Prophet ﷺ said: So-and-so, which was your real prayer, the one you prayed alone or the one offered with us ?  

أبو داود:١٢٦٥حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ فَصَلَّى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ يَا فُلاَنُ أَيَّتُهُمَا صَلاَتُكَ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ وَحْدَكَ أَوِ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ مَعَنَا