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ahmad:3937 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I prayed a night prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he continued to stand until I felt tempted to do something bad. They asked, "What did you feel tempted to do?" He said, "I felt tempted to sit down and leave the Prophet ﷺ ." Sulaiman said and Muhammad ibn Talha narrated the same.  

أحمد:٣٩٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ لَيْلَةً مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سُوءٍ قُلْنَا وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ وَأَدَعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ مِثْلَهُ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
bukhari:1135 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

ʿAbdullah said, "One night I offered the Tahajjud prayer with the Prophet ﷺ and he kept on standing till an ill-thought came to me." We said, "What was the ill-thought?" He said, "It was to sit down and leave the Prophet (standing)."  

البخاري:١١٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ قُلْنَا وَمَا هَمَمْتَ قَالَ هَمَمْتَ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ وَأَذَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

muslim:773a – ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > ʿUthmān > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil

I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he lengthened it till I entertained an evil thought. It was said to him what that thought was. He said: I thought that I should sit down and forsake him.  

مسلم:٧٧٣a – وَحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَطَالَ حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ قَالَ قِيلَ وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ  

ibnmajah:1418 – ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĀmir b. Zurārah And Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > ʿAlī b. Mushir > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

“I prayed one night with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he kept standing until I thought of doing something bad.” I said: “What was that?”He said: “I thought of sitting down and leaving him.”  

ابن ماجة:١٤١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ قُلْتُ وَمَا ذَاكَ الأَمْرُ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَتْرُكَهُ  

ahmad:3766 – Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Sulaymān > Shaqīqʿan ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the standing (in prayer) was prolonged until I became inclined towards a negative act. They said: What is it? He said: I desired to sit down.  

أحمد:٣٧٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ شَقِيقٍعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَطَالَ الْقِيَامَ حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سُوءٍ قَالَ قُلْنَا وَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ  

ahmad:3646 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Sulaymān > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ one night, and he remained standing until I had an evil thought. We asked him, "What was the evil thought?" He said, "I thought about sitting down and leaving (the prayer)."  

أحمد:٣٦٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرٍ سُوءٍ قُلْنَا وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ  

ahmad:4199 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I prayed or stood with the Prophet ﷺ one night and he continued standing until I intended to do something wrong. They asked, "What did you intend?" He said, "I intended to sit down and leave him."  

أحمد:٤١٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ أَوْ قُمْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ قَالَ قُلْنَا مَا هَمَمْتَ؟ قَالَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِغَيْرِهِ وَيُطَوِّلَ صَلَاتَهُ

ibnhibban:2141 – Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he lengthened it till I entertained an evil thought. It was said to him what that thought was. He said: I thought that I should sit down and forsake him. (Using translation from Muslim 773a)  

ابن حبّان:٢١٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَطَالَ حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سُوءٍ» قَالَ قِيلَ وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ  

bayhaqi:4684 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh And ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad b. Mūsá al-Ṣaydalānī > Muḥammad b. Ayyūb > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ one night, and he continued to stand in prayer until I intended to do something wrong. I asked him, "What did you intend?" He said, "I intended to sit down and leave the Prophet ﷺ ."  

البيهقي:٤٦٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى الصَّيْدَلَانِيُّ قَالَا أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أنبأ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سُوءٍ قُلْتُ مَا هَمَمْتَ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ وَأَدَعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ