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bayhaqi:5272Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Baḥr b. Naṣr > Quriʾ > Ibn Wahb Akhbarak Ibn Lahīʿah Wa-al-Layth b. Saʿd > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] He told him that Mu'adh ibn Jabal prayed the Isha prayer and prolonged it with his companions. So the Prophet ﷺ was informed of that, and the Prophet ﷺ said to Mu'adh, "Are you trying to cause difficulty, O Mu'adh? Make it easy for the people and recite the Surah of the Sun and its brightness, and glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High, and similar to that, and do not burden the people."  

البيهقي:٥٢٧٢فَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ الْمُزَكِّي وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى ابْنِ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَكَ ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ وَاللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فَطَوَّلَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَأُخْبِرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِمُعَاذٍ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ خَفِّفْ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَاقْرَأْ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ وَلَا تَشُقَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ زَادَ اقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَلَمْ يَقُلْ وَلَا تَشُقَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ

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bayhaqi:4038Abū Ṣāliḥ al-ʿAnbarī al-Ṭayyib b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī > Jaddī Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr al-Qāḍī > Aḥmad b. Salamah > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir > Ṣallá Muʿādh b. Jabal al-Anṣārī Liʾaṣḥābih al-ʿIshāʾ Faṭawwal ʿAlayhim Fānṣaraf a man Minnā Faṣallá Faʾukhbir Muʿādh ʿAnh

“Mu’adh bin Jabal Al-Ansari led his companions in the ‘Isha’ prayer and he made it long. A man among us went away and prayed by himself. Mu’adh was told about that and he said: ‘He is a hypocrite.’ When the man heard about that, he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him what Mu’adh had said to him. The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Do you want to be a cause of Fitnah (trial, tribulation), O Mu’adh? When you lead the people in prayer, recite “By the sun and its brightness,”[Ash-Shams 91] and “Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High,” [Al-A’la 87] and “By the night as it envelopes,” [Al-Lail 92] and “Recite in the Name of your Lord.’”[Al-‘Alaq] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 986)   

البيهقي:٤٠٣٨أنبأ أَبُو صَالِحٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ الطَّيِّبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ أنبأ جَدِّي يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ صَلَّى مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ لِأَصْحَابِهِ الْعِشَاءَ فَطَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَانْصَرَفَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَصَلَّى فَأُخْبِرَ مُعَاذٌ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ

إِنَّهُ مُنَافِقٌ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَالَ لَهُ مُعَاذٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ فَتَّانًا يَا مُعَاذُ إِذَا أَمَمْتَ النَّاسَ فَاقْرَأْ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ