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bukhari:783Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Hammām > al-Aʿlam And Hw Ziyād > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

I reached the Prophet ﷺ in the mosque while he was bowing in prayer and I too bowed before joining the row mentioned it to the Prophet ﷺ and he said to me, "May Allah increase your love for the good. But do not repeat it again (bowing in that way).  

البخاري:٧٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنِ الأَعْلَمِ وَهْوَ زِيَادٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ انْتَهَى إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهْوَ رَاكِعٌ فَرَكَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِلَ إِلَى الصَّفِّ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ زَادَكَ اللَّهُ حِرْصًا وَلاَ تَعُدْ  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad
abudawud:683Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ziyād al-Aʿlam > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah Ḥaddath

Abu Bakrah said that he came to the mosque when the prophet ﷺ was bowing. So I bowed outside the row (before joining it). The prophet ﷺ said; May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again.  

أبو داود:٦٨٣حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ زِيَادٍ الأَعْلَمِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ حَدَّثَ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَنَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ قَالَ فَرَكَعْتُ دُونَ الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَادَكَ اللَّهُ حِرْصًا وَلاَ تَعُدْ  

ahmad:20458ʿAffān > Hammām > Ziyād al-Aʿlam > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah

Abu Bakrah said that he came to the mosque when the prophet ﷺ was bowing. So I bowed outside the row (before joining it). The prophet ﷺ said; May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 683)   

أحمد:٢٠٤٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادٌ الْأَعْلَمُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ فَرَكَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِلَ إِلَى الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَادَكَ اللهُ حِرْصًا وَلَا تَعُدْ  

ahmad:20470ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] Abu Bakrah entered the mosque and the Imam was bowing. Abu Bakrah also bowed before reaching the row. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "May Allah increase your eagerness, but do not count (the rows)."  

أحمد:٢٠٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالْإِمَامُ رَاكِعٌ فَرَكَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِلَ إِلَى الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَادَكَ اللهُ حِرْصًا وَلَا تَعُدْ