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ahmad:22921Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim > Mālik Ibn Buḥaynah

[Machine] The Prophet, ﷺ , saw a man praying two units of Fajr prayer after the congregational prayer had been established. When the man completed his prayer and nobody joined him, the Prophet, ﷺ , asked, "Is Fajr prayer four units?  

أحمد:٢٢٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنِي حَفْصُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ لَاثَ النَّاسُ بِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الصُّبْحُ أَرْبَعًا؟  


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bukhari:663ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim > ʿAbdullāh b. Mālik Ibn Buḥaynah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a man praying two rakʿat after the Iqama (had been pronounced). When Messenger of Allah ﷺ completed the prayer, the people gathered around him (the Prophet) or that man and Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him (protesting), Are there four rakʿat in Fajr prayer? Are there four rakʿat in Fajr prayer?"  

البخاري:٦٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ قَالَ مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَفْصَ بْنَ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَزْدِ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَالِكٌ ابْنُ بُحَيْنَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلاً وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَثَ بِهِ النَّاسُ وَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟ الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟»  

تَابَعَهُ غُنْدَرٌ وَمُعَاذٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ فِي مَالِكٍ وَقَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ حَفْصٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ وَقَالَ حَمَّادٌ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعْدٌ عَنْ حَفْصٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ
ahmad:2130Yazīd > Ṣāliḥ b. Rustum Abū ʿĀmir > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The morning prayer was established and a man stood up to perform the two units of prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ pulled his garment and said, "Are you praying the morning prayer as four units?"  

أحمد:٢١٣٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ رُسْتُمَ أَبُو عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتْ صَلاةُ الصُّبْحِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَجَذَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِثَوْبِهِ فَقَالَ أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟  

ahmad:22928Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim Waghayrih

[Machine] A man entered the mosque while the prayer had already started, so he prayed the two units of the Fajr prayer. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished, the man asked if the morning prayer is four units.  

أحمد:٢٢٩٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ وَغَيْرِهِ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَفْصَ بْنَ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ مَالِكِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَاثَ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ الصُّبْحُ أَرْبَعًا؟  

darimi:1490Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ḥafṣ b. ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar > Ibn Buḥaynah

[Machine] The translation is: The prayer was established, and the Prophet ﷺ saw a man praying two units of prayer. When the Prophet ﷺ finished his prayer, the people approached him and said: "Do you pray four units for the Fajr prayer?"  

الدارمي:١٤٩٠حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُحَيْنَةَ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَرَأَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ صَلَاتَهُ لَاثَ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَتُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا؟»