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ahmad:6424Muḥammad b. Bakr > Yaḥyá b. Qays al-Maʾribī > Thumāmah b. Sharāḥīl

[Machine] Two units, two units, except for the Maghrib prayer, three units. I said, "What do you think if we were in Mathaz?" He said, "What is Mathaz?" I said, "It is a place where we gather, sell, and stay for twenty nights or fifteen nights." He said, "O man, I was in Adharbajan, I do not know." He said, "Four months or two months." So I saw them praying it, two units, two units, and I saw the Prophetﷺ praying it as two units, then he recited this verse to me: "Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have a good example." [Al-Ahzab 21]  

أحمد:٦٤٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْمَأْرِبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ شَرَاحِيلَ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ مَا صَلَاةُ الْمُسَافِرِ؟ قَالَ

رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثَلَاثًا قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كُنَّا بِذِي الْمَجَازِ؟ قَالَ مَا ذُو الْمَجَازِ؟ قُلْتُ مَكَانٌ نَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ وَنَبِيعُ فِيهِ وَنَمْكُثُ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً أَوْ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ كُنْتُ بِأَذْرَبِيجَانَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَوْ شَهْرَيْنِ فَرَأَيْتُهُمْ يُصَلُّونَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَرَأَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ بَصَرَ عَيْنِي يُصَلِّيهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَزَعَ إِلَيَّ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ [الأحزاب 21]  


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ahmad:5552Muḥammad b. Bakr > Yaḥyá b. Qays al-Maʾribī > Thumāmah b. Sharāḥīl

[Machine] "Two cycles, two cycles, except for the Maghrib prayer, which is three cycles." I said, "What if we were in Dhi al-Majaz?" He asked, "What is Dhi al-Majaz?" I said, "It is a place where we gather, trade, and stay for twenty nights or fifteen nights." He said, "O man, I was in Adharbayjan, I don't know." He said, "Four months or two months." I saw them praying two cycles, two cycles, and I saw the Prophet ﷺ praying them two cycles, two cycles, then he recited this verse, "Certainly, you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern." (Quran 33:21) until he completed the verse.  

أحمد:٥٥٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْمَأْرِبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ثُمَامَةُ بْنُ شَرَاحِيلَ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقُلْنَا مَا صَلَاةُ الْمُسَافِرِ؟ فَقَالَ

رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلَّا صَلَاةَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثَلَاثًا قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كُنَّا بِذِيالْمَجَازِ قَالَ وَمَا ذُو الْمَجَازِ؟ قُلْتُ مَكَانًا نَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ وَنَبِيعُ فِيهِ وَنَمْكُثُ عِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً أَوْ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ كُنْتُ بِأَذْرَبِيجَانَ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَوْ شَهْرَيْنِ فَرَأَيْتُهُمْ يُصَلُّونَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَرَأَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ نُصْبَ عَيْنِي يُصَلِّيهِمَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ نَزَعَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ} [الأحزاب 21] حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنَ الْآيَةِ