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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ تَأْخِيرَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ إِذَا لَمْ يَخَفْ ضَعْفَ الضَّعِيفِ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ بِرِضَا الْمَأْمُومِينَ

ibnhibban:1530al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ṣafwān b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Walīd > Shaybān > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delayed the Isha prayer, then went out to the mosque while the people were waiting for the prayer. He said, "Indeed, no one from the people of religions remembers Allah at this hour except you." Then the verse was revealed to him: "Not all of them are alike; a party of the people of the Scripture stand for the recitation of Allah's verses during the hours of the night, and they prostrate themselves (in prayer)."  

ابن حبّان:١٥٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ * عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

أَخَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَالنَّاسُ يَنْتَظِرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَدْيَانِ أَحَدٌ يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ غَيْرُكُمْ» ثُمَّ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ {لَيْسُوا سَوَاءً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أُمَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ} إِلَى {يَسْجُدُونَ}  


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ahmad:3760Abū al-Naḍr And Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Shaybān > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delayed the night prayer (Isha) and then went out to the mosque. When he saw people waiting for the prayer, he said, "Indeed, no one other than you remembers Allah at this hour from the people of this religion." He said, "And He revealed these verses for those who are not like the people of the book until (And whatever good you do - never will it be removed from you. And Allah is Knowing of the righteous)" [Al Imran 113-115].  

أحمد:٣٧٦٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ وَحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

أَخَّرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا النَّاسُ يَنْتَظِرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْأَدْيَانِ أَحَدٌ يَذْكُرُ اللهَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ غَيْرُكُمْ قَالَ وَأَنْزَلَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ لَيْسُوا سَوَاءً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ (وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ تُكْفَرُوهُ وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالْمُتَّقِينَ) [آل عمران 113115]  

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {لَيْسُوا سَوَاءً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ} [آل عمران: 113]

nasai-kubra:11007Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Abū al-Naḍr > Abū Muʿāwiyah > ʿĀṣim > Zir > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , delayed the night prayer (Isha prayer) and then went out to the mosque. The people were waiting for the prayer, so he said, "Indeed, none of the adherents of these religions mentioned Allah at this hour except you." He said, "And this verse was revealed, 'They are not all the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and prostrating [in prayer].' [Al Imran 113] until it reached, 'And Allah is Knowing of the righteous.' [Al Imran 115]"  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٠٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

أَخَّرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا النَّاسُ يَنْتَظِرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَدْيَانِ أَحَدٌ يَذْكُرُ اللهَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ غَيْرُكُمْ قَالَ وَأُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {لَيْسُوا سَوَاءً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ} [آل عمران 113] حَتَّى بَلَغَ {وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالْمُتَّقِينَ} [آل عمران 115]