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bayhaqi:3903 – Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq al-Muzakkī Fī Ākharīn > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb Nbʾ al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān Nbʾ al-Shāfiʿī Nbʾ Sufyān > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] We used to greet the Prophet ﷺ while he was in prayer before we came to the land of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). He would respond to our greetings while he was in prayer. But when we returned from Abyssinia, I went to greet him and found him in prayer. I greeted him, but he did not respond to me. He grabbed me by the upper part of my garment and the lower part, sat me down until he finished his prayer. Then I went to greet him, and he said, "Verily, Allah, whose praise is glorified, speaks from His command whatever He wills. And verily, one of the things that Allah has forbidden is not to speak in prayer." This is all attributed to us based on strong evidence.  

البيهقي:٣٩٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَأْتِيَ أَرْضَ الْحَبَشَةِ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ أَتَيْتُهُ لِأُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَرُبَ وَمَا بَعُدَ فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ يُحَدِثُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ وَإِنَّ مِمَّا أَحْدَثَ اللهُ أَنْ لَا تَكَلَّمُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَقَدْ مَضَى فِي ذَلِكَ حَدِيثُ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ وَذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ مَحْمُولٌ عِنْدَنَا عَلَى الْعَمْدِ  

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nasai:1221 – al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil > Ibn Masʿūd

"We used to greet the Prophet ﷺ with salam and he would return our salam, until we came back from the land of Ethiopia. I greeted him with salam and he did not return my greeting,a nd I started to wonder why. So I sat down; and when he finished praying, he said: 'Allah (SWT) decrees what He wills, and He has decreed what we should not speak during the prayer.'"  

النسائي:١٢٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا السَّلاَمَ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَىَّ فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَرُبَ وَمَا بَعُدَ فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى الصَّلاَةَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يُحْدِثُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَحْدَثَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ لاَ يُتَكَلَّمَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ  

ahmad:3575 – Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

"We used to greet the Prophet ﷺ with salam and he would return our salam, until we came back from the land of Ethiopia. I greeted him with salam and he did not return my greeting,a nd I started to wonder why. So I sat down; and when he finished praying, he said: 'Allah (SWT) decrees what He wills, and He has decreed what we should not speak during the prayer.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1221)   

أحمد:٣٥٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ كُنَّا بِمَكَّةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَأْتِيَ أَرْضَ الْحَبَشَةِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ أَتَيْنَاهُ فَسَلَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَرُبَ وَمَا بَعُدَ حَتَّى قَضَوْا الصَّلَاةَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُحْدِثُ فِي أَمْرِهِ مَايَشَاءُ وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أُحْدِثَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ لَا نَتَكَلَّمَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

ibnhibban:2243 – Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Ibn ʿUyaynah > ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil

[Machine] Abdullah, we used to greet the Prophet ﷺ and he would respond to us during prayer. But when we came from the land of Abyssinia, I greeted him and he didn't reply. He grabbed me and held me tightly until he finished praying. I said to him, "You used to respond to us." He ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah speaks whatever He wills, and He has ordained that you do not speak during prayer."  

ابن حبّان:٢٢٤٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا يَعْنِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جِئْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَرُبَ وَ بَعُدَ فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّى قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ تَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْدِثُ مَا شَاءَ وَقَدْ أَحْدَثَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ قَضَاءً أَنْ لَا تَكَلَّمُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

ibnhibban:2244 – Abū Khalīfah > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār al-Ramādī > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Abū Wāʾil > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] We used to greet the Prophet ﷺ while he was in prayer, and he would respond to us before we reached the land of Habasha. So when we returned from beside Najashi, I went to him while he was praying and greeted him, but he did not respond to my greeting. He caught hold of me, both near and far, and I sat waiting for him. When he finished the prayer, I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I greeted you while you were praying, and you did not respond to my greeting." He replied, "Verily, Allah speaks to me whenever He wills, and He has commanded us not to speak in prayer."  

ابن حبّان:٢٢٤٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا قَبْلَ أَنْ نَأْتِيَ أَرْضَ الْحَبَشَةِ فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّجَاشِيِّ أَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَرُبَ وَمَا بَعُدَ فَجَلَسْتُ أَنْتَظِرُهُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَأَنْتَ تُصَلِّي فَلَمْ تَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ * فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْدِثُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ وَقَدْ أَحْدَثَ أَنْ لَا نَتَكَلَّمَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

nasai-kubra:1145 – Abū ʿAmmār al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil > Ibn Masʿūd

"We used to greet the Prophet ﷺ with salam and he would return our salam, until we came back from the land of Ethiopia. I greeted him with salam and he did not return my greeting,a nd I started to wonder why. So I sat down; and when he finished praying, he said: 'Allah (SWT) decrees what He wills, and He has decreed what we should not speak during the prayer.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1221)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٤٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمَّارٍ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا السَّلَامَ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يُرِدَّ عَلَيَّ فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَرُبَ وَمَا بَعُدَ فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى الصَّلَاةُ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ يُحْدِثُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَحْدَثَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَلَا يُتَكَلَّمَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

nasai-kubra:564 – al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil > Ibn Masʿūd

"We used to greet the Prophet ﷺ with salam and he would return our salam, until we came back from the land of Ethiopia. I greeted him with salam and he did not return my greeting,a nd I started to wonder why. So I sat down; and when he finished praying, he said: 'Allah (SWT) decrees what He wills, and He has decreed what we should not speak during the prayer.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1221)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا السَّلَامَ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يُرِدَّ عَلَيَّ فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَرُبَ وَمَا بَعُدَ فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ يُحْدِثُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ وَقَدْ أَحْدَثَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ لَا يُتَكَلَّمَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ»