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bukhari:4140Ādam > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Surāqah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

I saw the Prophet ﷺ offering his Nawafil prayer on his Mount facing the East during the Ghazwa of Anmar.  

البخاري:٤١٤٠حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُرَاقَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ أَنْمَارٍ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ مُتَوَجِّهًا قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ مُتَطَوِّعًا  


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ahmad:14200Wakīʿ > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Surāqah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on his mount towards the east during the Battle of Anmar.  

أحمد:١٤٢٠٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سُرَاقَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ فِي غَزْوَةِ أَنْمَارٍ  

ahmad:5557Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sufyān b. Saʿīd > ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá > Saʿīd b. Yasār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on a donkey, and his face was towards the east, voluntarily.  

أحمد:٥٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى حِمَارٍوَوَجْهُهُ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ تَطَوُّعًا  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُسَافِرِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ النَّافِلَةَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْقِبْلَةُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ

ibnhibban:2520Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Wakīʿ > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Surāqah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on a riding animal towards the east in the Battle of Anmar."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُرَاقَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَةٍ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ فِي غَزْوَةِ أَنْمَارٍ»  

bayhaqi:2203Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. Qurqūb al-Tammār Bihamdān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥusayn > Ādam > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > ʿUthmān b. ʿAbdullāh b. Surāqah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh al-Anṣārī

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on his riding animal during the Battle of Anmar, facing the direction of the East, voluntarily.  

البيهقي:٢٢٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ قُرْقُوبٍ التَّمَّارُ بِهَمْدَانَ أنبأ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ثنا آدَمُ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ أنبأ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سُرَاقَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةِ أَنْمَارٍ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ مُتَوَجِّهًا قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ تَطَوُّعًا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ بْنِ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ