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bayhaqi:3542 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ from my father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his eyes to the sky when he prayed, and then the verse would be revealed, "Those who are in their prayer humbly submissive." [Surah Al-Mu'minun 2]. Then he would lower his head. This narration was reported by Hammad ibn Zaid from Ayyub as a mursal narration, and this is the preserved version.  

البيهقي:٣٥٤٢ – كَمَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى رَفَعَ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَنَزَلَتْ {الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ} [المؤمنون 2] فَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ وَرَوَاهُ حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ مُرْسَلًا وَهَذَا هُوَ الْمَحْفُوظُ  

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hakim:3483 – my father

[Machine] The translation is as follows: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his gaze towards the sky when he prayed, and then the verse would descend upon him: 'Those who are humble in their prayers' [Al-Mu'minun 2]. And he would lower his head."  

الحاكم:٣٤٨٣ – حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا أَبُو شُعَيْبٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى رَفَعَ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَنَزَلَتْ {الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ} [المؤمنون 2] فَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ لَوْلَا خِلَافٌ فِيهِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَدْ قِيلَ عَنْهُ مُرْسَلًا وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ» الصحيح مرسل
bayhaqi:3541 – ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Qatādah > Abū al-Manṣūr al-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Ḍabbī > Aḥmad b. Najdah > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ayyūb > Muḥammad > Nubbiʾt

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to raise his gaze to the sky when he prayed, and a verse would be revealed to him. I do not know which verse it was, but Muhammad ibn Sirin liked his gaze during prayer to not go beyond his place of prayer. This is the preserved and transmitted narration. It has been narrated from Ismail ibn Ibrahim, who is the son of Aliyyah, in a connected narration.  

البيهقي:٣٥٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ أَبُو الْمَنْصُورِ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الضَّبِّيُّ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ نُبِّئْتُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى رَفَعَ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةٌ إِنْ لَمْ تَكُنِ {الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ} [المؤمنون 2] فَلَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ آيَةٍ هِيَ فَكَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ لَا يُجَاوِزَ بَصَرُهُ مُصَلَّاهُ هَذَا هُوَ الْمَحْفُوظُ مُرْسَلًا وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هُوَ ابْنُ عَلَيَّةَ مَوْصُولًا