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bayhaqi:2362Abū Muḥammad Janāḥ b. Nadhīr b. Janāḥ al-Qāḍī Bi-al-Kūfah > Abū Jaʿfar b. Duḥaym > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim > Yaʿlá And ʿUbayd Allāh > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū Maʿmar

[Machine] We asked Khabbab, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite in the first and third units of prayer?" He replied, "Yes." We asked, "How did you know that?" He said, "By the movement of his beard."  

البيهقي:٢٣٦٢وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ جَنَاحُ بْنُ نَذِيرِ بْنِ جَنَاحٍ الْقَاضِي بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرِ بْنُ دُحَيْمٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ أنبأ يَعْلَى وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْنَا خَبَّابًا أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْنَا بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
bukhari:746Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū Maʿmar

We asked Khabbab whether Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite (the Qur'an) in the Zuhr and the ʿAsr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said, "How did you come to know about it?" He said, "By the movement of his beard."  

البخاري:٧٤٦حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ

قُلْنَا لِخَبَّابٍ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْنَا بِمَ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَاكَ قَالَ بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ  

bukhari:760ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ from my father > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > Abū Maʿmar

I asked Khabbab whether the Prophet ﷺ used to recite the Qur'an in the Zuhr and the ʿAsr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said, "How did you come to know that?" He said, "From the movement of his beard."  

البخاري:٧٦٠حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَارَةُ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْنَا خَبَّابًا أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْنَا بِأَىِّ شَىْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ قَالَ بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ  

abudawud:801Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū Maʿmar

We asked Khabbab: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recit (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: Yes. We then asked: How did you know this? He said: By the shaking of his beard, may peace be upon him.  

أبو داود:٨٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ

قُلْنَا لِخَبَّابٍ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْنَا بِمَ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَاكَ قَالَ بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ  

ahmad:27215Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū Maʿmar

We asked Khabbab: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recit (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: Yes. We then asked: How did you know this? He said: By the shaking of his beard, may peace be upon him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 801)   

أحمد:٢٧٢١٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ

قُلْنَا لِخَبَّابٍ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ  

ahmad:21061ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > Abū Maʿmar > Khabbāb

We asked Khabbab: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recit (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: Yes. We then asked: How did you know this? He said: By the shaking of his beard, may peace be upon him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 801)   

أحمد:٢١٠٦١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ خَبَّابٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ لَهُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قِيلَ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ  

ahmad:21078Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū Maʿmar

We asked Khabbab: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recit (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: Yes. We then asked: How did you know this? He said: By the shaking of his beard, may peace be upon him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 801)   

أحمد:٢١٠٧٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ

قُلْنَا لِخَبَّابٍ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا فَبِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا حُرِزَ قِرَاءَةُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ

ibnhibban:1826Abū Khalīfah > Musaddad b. Musarhad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū Maʿmar

We asked Khabbab: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recit (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: Yes. We then asked: How did you know this? He said: By the shaking of his beard, may peace be upon him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 801)  

ابن حبّان:١٨٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ

قُلْنَا لِخَبَّابٍ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْنَا بِمَ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ»  

tabarani:3688Abū Khalīfah > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > Abū Maʿmar

We asked Khabbab: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recit (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: Yes. We then asked: How did you know this? He said: By the shaking of his beard, may peace be upon him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 801)   

الطبراني:٣٦٨٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْنَا خَبَّابًا أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْنَا بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «بِاضْطِرَابِ لَحْيَيْهِ»  

bayhaqi:2432Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. al-Muʾammal > Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr b. ʿAbdullāh al-Baṣrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū Maʿmar ʿAbdullāh b. Sakhbarah

[Machine] I asked Khabbab if the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the first and third units (of prayer). He said, "Yes." I asked, "How did you know that?" He said, "Because of the movement of his beard, it was evident in the two authentic narrations from Al-A'mash, and it indicates that he used to move his tongue while reciting."  

البيهقي:٢٤٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُؤَمَّلِ أنبأ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَخْبَرَةَ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ خَبَّابًا أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ قُلْنَا بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ بِاضِّطَرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ مُخَرَّجٌ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْأَعْمَشِ وَفِيهِ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُحَرِّكَ لِسَانَهُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ  

bayhaqi:3060[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥusayn b. al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Makhzūmī al-Ghaḍāʾirī > ʿUthmān b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Sammāk > al-Ḥasan b. Sallām al-Sawwāq > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > al-Aʿmash [Chain 2] Abū al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Abū Maʿmar

[Machine] We said to Khabbab bin Al-Arat, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite in the Dhuhr and Asr prayers?" He said, "Yes." We asked, "How do you know that?" He said, "Because of the movement of his beard and the pronunciation of the hadith of Ibn Abadan."  

البيهقي:٣٠٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ الْغَضَائِرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ السَّمَّاكِ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ السَّوَّاقُ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْأَعْمَشُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ

قُلْنَا لِخَبَّابِ بْنِ الْأَرَتِّ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْنَا بِمَ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبْدَانَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُوسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ أُخَرَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ