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ahmad:3829Khalaf b. al-Walīd > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah > Zubayd > Murrahaʿan ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] The pagans held the Messenger of Allah ﷺ captive from performing the Asr prayer until the sun turned yellow or red. Then they said: "They have occupied us from our midday prayer." May Allah fill their graves and hearts with fire.  

أحمد:٣٨٢٩حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُرَّةَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

حَبَسَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى اصْفَرَّتْ أَوِ احْمَرَّتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى مَلَأَ اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ أَوْ حَشَا اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا  


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muslim:628ʿAwn b. Salāam al-Kūfī > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah al-Yāmī > Zubayd > Murrah > ʿAbdullāh

They have diverted us from (offering) the middle prayer. i. e. the 'Asr prayer. May Allah fill their bellies and their graves with fire, or he said: May Allah stuff their bellies and their graves with fire.  

مسلم:٦٢٨وَحَدَّثَنَا عَوْنُ بْنُ سَلاَّمٍ الْكُوفِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ الْيَامِيُّ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

حَبَسَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى احْمَرَّتِ الشَّمْسُ أَوِ اصْفَرَّتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ مَلأَ اللَّهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا أَوْ قَالَ حَشَا اللَّهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا  

ibnmajah:686[Chain 1] Ḥafṣ b. ʿAmr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Ḥakīm > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Muḥammad b. Ṭalḥah > Zubayd > Murrah > ʿAbdullāh

"The idolaters kept the Prophet from the 'Asr prayer until the sun had set. He said: 'They kept us from performing the middle prayer; may Allah fill their graves and their houses with fire.'"  

ابن ماجة:٦٨٦حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

حَبَسَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَقَالَ حَبَسُونَا عَنْ صَلاَةِ الْوُسْطَى مَلأَ اللَّهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا  

ahmad:4365Hāshim > Muḥammad / Ibn Ṭalḥah > Zubayd > Murrah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "The polytheists detained the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from performing the Asr prayer until the sun turned yellow or red. Then he said: 'They have preoccupied us from the middle prayer. May Allah fill their graves and their bellies with fire.'"  

أحمد:٤٣٦٥حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

حَبَسَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى اصْفَرَّتِ الشَّمْسُ أَوِ احْمَرَّتْ فَقَالَ شَغَلُونَا عَنِالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى مَلَأَ اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا أَوْ حَشَا اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا  

tabarani:20190[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Mūsá b. Ḥammād al-Barbarī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ṣāliḥ [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Ādam > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Muslim al-Mulāʾī > al-Qāsim b. Mukhaymirah > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "They distract us from performing the middle prayer, the Asr prayer. May Allah fill their bellies and graves with fire."  

الطبراني:٢٠١٩٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ حَمَّادٍ الْبَرْبَرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ الْمُلَائِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُخَيْمِرَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ مَلَأَ اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا»  

nasai-kubra:356Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > Muslim b. Ṣubayḥ > Shutayr b. Shakal > ʿAlī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was occupied with something that caused him to miss the afternoon prayer until he prayed it between the evening prayers. He said, "Those who are preoccupied with the middle prayer, may Allah fill their houses and graves with fire."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٥٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ عَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ شَكَلٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

شَغَلُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى صَلَّاهَا بَيْنَ صَلَاتِي الْعِشَاءِ فَقَالَ «شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا»  

قَوْلُهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ: {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [البقرة: 238]

nasai-kubra:10979Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá > al-Aʿmash > Muslim > Shutayr b. Shakal > ʿAlī ʿAlayh al-Salām

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was occupied and did not pray Asr until he prayed it between Maghrib and Isha prayers, so he said, "They have occupied us from performing the mid-afternoon prayer, may Allah fill their homes and graves with fire."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ شُتَيْرِ بْنِ شَكَلٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ

شَغَلُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى صَلَّاهَا بَيْنَ صَلَاتَيِ الْعِشَاءِ فَقَالَ «شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا»