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ahmad:3983Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbdullāh al-Nahshalī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed five prayers, either Dhuhr or Asr. When he finished, someone said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, should I increase in prayer?" He said, "No." They said, "But you prayed five prayers." He said, "So he made two prostrations of forgetfulness, then he said, 'I am only a human being, I remember just as you remember and I forget just as you forget.'"  

أحمد:٣٩٨٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ النَّهْشَلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَمْسًا الظُّهْرَ أَوِ الْعَصْرَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا؟ قَالَ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ أَذْكُرُ كَمَا تَذْكُرُونَ وَأَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
muslim:572kʿAwn b. Salāam al-Kūfī > Abū Bakr al-Nahshalī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us five (rak'ahs in prayer). We said: Messenger of Allah, has the prayer been extended? He said: What is the matter? They said: You have said five (rak'ahs). He (the Holy Prophet) said: Verily I am a human being like you. I remember as you remember and I forget just as you forget. He then performed two prostrations as (compensation of) forgetfulness.  

مسلم:٥٧٢kوَحَدَّثَنَاهُ عَوْنُ بْنُ سَلاَّمٍ الْكُوفِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّهْشَلِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَمْسًا فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالُوا صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ أَذْكُرُ كَمَا تَذْكُرُونَ وَأَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَىِ السَّهْوِ  

nasai:1259Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr al-Nahshalī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered one of the afternoon prayers with five (rak'ahs), and it was said to him: "Has something been added to the prayer?" He said: 'Why are you asking?' They said: 'You prayed five.' He said: 'I am only human, I forget as you forget, and I remember as you remember.' Then he prostrated twice then ended his prayer.  

النسائي:١٢٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ النَّهْشَلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى إِحْدَى صَلاَتَىِ الْعَشِيِّ خَمْسًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالُوا صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ وَأَذْكُرُ كَمَا تَذْكُرُونَ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْفَتَلَ  

abudawud:1022[Chain 1] Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Jarīr [Chain 2] Yūsuf b. Mūsá > Jarīr And Hadhā Ḥadīth Yūsuf > al-Ḥasan b. ʿUbaydullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Sūwayd > ʿAlqamah

Messenger of Allah, has (the number of the rak’ahs of) the prayer been increased ? he said : No. they said; you have offered five rak’ahs of prayer. He then turned away and performed two prostrations, and afterwards gave the salutation. He then said : I am only a human being, I forget, as you forget.  

أبو داود:١٠٢٢حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ يُوسُفَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَمْسًا فَلَمَّا انْفَتَلَ تَوَشْوَشَ الْقَوْمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ زِيدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ لاَ قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا فَانْفَتَلَ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ  

tabarani:9852ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym And ʾAḥmad b. Yūnus > Abū Bakr al-Nahshalī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] It was narrated that the Prophet ﷺ prayed five prayers, and when he finished, he was asked, "O Messenger of Allah, should we increase in prayer?" He said, "No, why would you do that?" They said, "You have prayed five prayers." He said, "I am only a human like you, I remember as you remember and I forget as you forget." Then he performed the two prostrations of forgetfulness.  

الطبراني:٩٨٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّهْشَلِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ صَلَّى خَمْسًا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةَ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَمَا ذَاكَ؟» قَالُوا فَإِنَّكَ صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا قَالَ «فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلَكُمْ أَذْكُرُ كَمَا تَذْكُرُونَ وَأَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ» ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ  

tabarani:9853ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Ishkāb > Shujāʿ b. al-Walīd > Abū Khālid al-Dālānī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Dhuhr or Asr with us for five Rakahs, so we said, "O Messenger of Allah, did we add in the prayer?" He replied, "No, what is that?" They said, "You prayed five Rakahs." So he faced the Qiblah and performed two prostrations, then he said, "These two prostrations are for the one who thinks that he has added or missed anything."  

الطبراني:٩٨٥٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِشْكَابَ ثنا شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثنا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الدَّالَانِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ أَوِ الْعَصْرَ خَمْسًا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ «لَا وَمَا ذَاكَ؟» قَالُوا صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَاتَانِ السَّجْدَتَانِ لِمَنْ ظَنَّ مِنْكُمْ أَنَّهُ زَادَ أَوَ نَقَصَ»  

nasai-kubra:1183Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr al-Nahshalī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered one of the afternoon prayers with five (rak'ahs), and it was said to him: "Has something been added to the prayer?" He said: 'Why are you asking?' They said: 'You prayed five.' He said: 'I am only human, I forget as you forget, and I remember as you remember.' Then he prostrated twice then ended his prayer. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1259)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ النَّهْشَلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى إِحْدَى صَلَاتِي الْعَشِيِّ خَمْسًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَقَالَ «وَمَا ذَاكَ؟» قَالُوا صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا قَالَ «إِنَّمَا أَنَا بِشْرٌ أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ وَأَذْكُرُ كَمَا تَذْكُرُونَ» فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْفَتَلَ  

nasai-kubra:584Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Abū Bakr al-Nahshalī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad from his father > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered one of the afternoon prayers with five (rak'ahs), and it was said to him: "Has something been added to the prayer?" He said: 'Why are you asking?' They said: 'You prayed five.' He said: 'I am only human, I forget as you forget, and I remember as you remember.' Then he prostrated twice then ended his prayer. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1259)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ النَّهْشَلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى إِحْدَى صَلَاتِي الْعَشِيِّ خَمْسًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَقَالَ «وَمَا ذَاكَ؟» قَالُوا صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا قَالَ «إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ وَأَذْكُرُ كَمَا تَذْكُرُونَ» فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ انْفَتَلَ