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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
bayhaqi:4029 – Abū Ḥāzim al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Aḥmad al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Bundār / Muḥammad b. Bashhār from my father

[Machine] He heard Abu Hurairah say, "I have not seen anyone who prayed more similar to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than so-and-so, the leader who was in Medina." Sulaiman said, "I prayed behind him and he would prolong the first two rakahs of Dhuhr prayer and shorten the last two rakahs, and he would shorten the Asr prayer. He would recite the detailed recitation in the first two rakahs of Maghrib prayer, and the middle recitation in the first two rakahs of Isha prayer, and the longer recitation in Fajr prayer."  

البيهقي:٤٠٢٩ – أنبأ أَبُو حَازِمٍ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ ثنا بُنْدَارٌ يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ بَشَّارٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي الْحَنَفِيَّ ثنا الضَّحَاكُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ يَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ فُلَانٍ لِأَمِيرِ كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ فَصَلَّيْتُ أَنَا وَرَاءَهُ فَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَفِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ بِوَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَفِي الصُّبْحِ بِطِوَالِ الْمُفَصَّلِ  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:982 – Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn Abū Fudayk > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"I have never prayed behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than so-and-so." (The narrator) Sulaiman siad: "He used to make the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr lengthy and the last two shorter, and he would make 'Asr shorter; in Maghrib he would recite the short Mufassal surahs, in Isha' the medium-length Mufassal surahs and in Subh the long Mufassal surahs.  

النسائي:٩٨٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ أَحَدٍ أَشْبَهَ صَلاَةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ فُلاَنٍ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ كَانَ يُطِيلُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِشَاءِ بِوَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِطُوَلِ الْمُفَصَّلِ  

nasai:983 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"I have never prayed behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than so-and-so. We prayed behind that person and he used to make the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr lengthy and the last two shorter, and he would make 'Asr shorter; in Maghrib he would recite the short Mufassal surahs. In Isha' he recited: 'By the sun and its brightness and similar surahs, and in subh he recited two lengthy surahs."  

النسائي:٩٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ أَحَدٍ أَشْبَهَ صَلاَةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ فُلاَنٍ فَصَلَّيْنَا وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ الإِنْسَانِ وَكَانَ يُطِيلُ الأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ فِي الأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ فِي الْعَصْرِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِشَاءِ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَأَشْبَاهِهَا وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِسُورَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:7991 – Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Abū Fudayk > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"I have never prayed behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than so-and-so." (The narrator) Sulaiman siad: "He used to make the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr lengthy and the last two shorter, and he would make 'Asr shorter; in Maghrib he would recite the short Mufassal surahs, in Isha' the medium-length Mufassal surahs and in Subh the long Mufassal surahs. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 982)  

أحمد:٧٩٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ أَحَدٍ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ فُلَانٍ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ كَانَ يُطِيلُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِشَاءِ بِوَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِطِوَالِ الْمُفَصَّلِ  

ahmad:8366 – Abū Bakr al-Ḥanafī > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] He said, "I have not seen a man who resembles the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ more than Fulan, to an imam who was in Madinah." Sulayman bin Yasār said, "I prayed behind him and he used to lengthen the first two rak'ahs of Dhuhr and shorten the last two. He would also shorten 'Asr and recite a shortened recitation in the first two rak'ahs of Maghrib and 'Isha, and recite a medium recitation in the first two rak'ahs of 'Isha. He would recite a long recitation in Fajr." Ad-Dahhak said, "And someone informed me that Anas bin Malik said, 'I have not seen anyone who resembles the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ more than this young man,' meaning 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz. Ad-Dahhak said, 'I prayed behind 'Umar bin 'Abdul-'Aziz and he used to do the same as Sulayman bin Yasār described.'"  

أحمد:٨٣٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ فُلَانٍ لِإِمَامٍ كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ فَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَكَانَ يُطِيلُ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ مِنْ وَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْغَدَاةِ بِطُوَالِ الْمُفَصَّلِ قَالَ الضَّحَّاكُ وَحَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ هَذَا الْفَتَى يَعْنِي عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ الضَّحَّاكُ فَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَكَانَ يَصْنَعُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَقْتَصِرَ عَلَى قِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ

ibnhibban:1837 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. Bashhār

"I have never prayed behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than so-and-so." (The narrator) Sulaiman siad: "He used to make the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr lengthy and the last two shorter, and he would make 'Asr shorter; in Maghrib he would recite the short Mufassal surahs, in Isha' the medium-length Mufassal surahs and in Subh the long Mufassal surahs. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 982)   

ابن حبّان:١٨٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ فُلَانٍ أَمِيرٌ كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ فَصَلَّيْتُ أَنَا وَرَاءَهُ «فَكَانَ يُطِيلُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَفِي الْعِشَاءِ بِوَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَفِي الصُّبْحِ بِطِوَالِ الْمُفَصَّلِ»  

nasai-kubra:1056 – Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥammāl > Ibn Abū Fudayk > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"I have never prayed behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than so-and-so." (The narrator) Sulaiman siad: "He used to make the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr lengthy and the last two shorter, and he would make 'Asr shorter; in Maghrib he would recite the short Mufassal surahs, in Isha' the medium-length Mufassal surahs and in Subh the long Mufassal surahs. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 982)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَمَّالُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ أَحَدٍ أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ فُلَانٍ» قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ «كَانَ يُطِيلُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ الْعَصْرَ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِشَاءِ بِوَسَطِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِطِوَالِ الْمُفَصَّلِ»  

nasai-kubra:1057 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

"I have never prayed behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than so-and-so. We prayed behind that person and he used to make the first two rak'ahs of Zuhr lengthy and the last two shorter, and he would make 'Asr shorter; in Maghrib he would recite the short Mufassal surahs. In Isha' he recited: 'By the sun and its brightness and similar surahs, and in subh he recited two lengthy surahs." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 983)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«مَا صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ أَحَدٍ أَشْبَهَ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ فُلَانٍ فَصَلَّيْنَا وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ الْإِنْسَانِ فَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنَ الظُّهْرِ وَيُخَفِّفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَيُخَفِّفُ فِي الْعَصْرِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقِصَارِ الْمُفَصَّلِ وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِشَاءِ بِوَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَبِأَشْبَاهِهَا وَيَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ بِسُورَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ»