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bayhaqi:3533Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-ʿAlawī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Dallawayh al-Daqqāq > Aḥmad b. al-Azhar b. Manīʿ > Marwān b. Muḥammad > Muʿāwiyah b. Sallām > Akhī Zayd b. Sallām > Jaddah Abū Sallām > al-Ḥārith al-Ashʿarī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, Allah has revealed to Yahya ibn Zakariya. He stood and praised Allah and spoke highly of Him. Then he said, 'Indeed, Allah has commanded you with prayer, and when a servant stands to pray, Allah turns His face towards him. So, the servant should not turn his face away from Allah until he is the one who turns away his face.' Abu Dawood narrated it from Mu'awiyah, and he said in the narration, 'So, when you set up your faces, do not turn back.' Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated it from Zaid ibn Salam, and he said, 'So, when you stand for prayer, do not turn back.'  

البيهقي:٣٥٣٣أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْعَلَوِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ دَلَّوَيْهِ الدَّقَّاقُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْأَزْهَرِ بْنِ مَنِيعٍ ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي زَيْدُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَدَّهُ أَبَا سَلَّامٍ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَارِثُ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ أَوْحَى إِلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا فَقَامَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ أَمَرَكُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي اسْتَقْبَلَهُ اللهُ بِوَجْهِهِ فَلَا يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الْعَبْدُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ فَإِذَا نَصَبْتُمْ وُجُوهَكُمْ فَلَا تَلْتَفِتُوا وَرَوَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ وَقَالَ فَإِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَا تَلْتَفِتُوا