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ahmad:22632ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Ḥumayd > Bakr > ʿAbdullāh b. Rabāḥʿan Abū Qatādah

[Machine] It was narrated that when the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , got married at night, he would lie down on his right side. And when he got married before dawn, he would stretch out his arms and place his head between his hands.  

أحمد:٢٢٦٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍعَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا عَرَّسَ بِلَيْلٍ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا عَرَّسَ قُبَيْلَ الصُّبْحِ نَصَبَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ بَيْنَ كَفَّيْهِ  


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muslim:683Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ḥumayd > Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Rabāḥ > Abū Qatādah

Abu Qatada reported that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in a journey he got down for rest at night, and he used to lie down on his right side, and when he lay down for rest before the dawn, he used to stretch his forearm and place his head over his palm.  

مسلم:٦٨٣حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَعَرَّسَ بِلَيْلٍ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا عَرَّسَ قُبَيْلَ الصُّبْحِ نَصَبَ ذِرَاعَهُ وَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ عَلَى كَفِّهِ  

hakim:1631Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Muḥammad b. Rumḥ al-Sammāk > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ḥumayd > Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. Rabāḥ > Abū Qatādah > Rasūl

[Machine] The translation of the given text into English is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lie down on his right side when he got married at night, and when he got married before dawn, he would lean on his arms and place his head on his hand."  

الحاكم:١٦٣١أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَالَوَيْهِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ السَّمَّاكُ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا عَرَّسَ بِلَيْلٍ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا عَرَّسَ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ نَصَبَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ نَصْبًا وَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ عَلَى كَفِّهِ  

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