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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ الْجَهْرُ بِـ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَاهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْجَهْرُ وَالْمُخَافَتَةُ بِهِمَا جَمِيعًا طَلْقًا مُبَاحًا

ibnhibban:1801Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Abū And Shuʿayb b. al-Layth > Khālid b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Nuʿaym al-Mujmir

"I prayed behind Abu Hurairah and he recited: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, then he recited Umm Al-Qur'an (Al Fatihah), and when he reached: not (the way) of those who earned Your anger, nor of those who went astray, he said: 'Amin and the people said 'Amin. And every time he prostrated he said: 'Allahu Akbar and when he stood up from sitting after two Rak'ahs he said: 'Allahu Akbar'. And after he had said the Salam he said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! My prayer most closely remembers the prayer of the Messenger of Allah.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 905)   

ابن حبّان:١٨٠١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَشُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمٍ الْمُجْمِرِ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَرَأَ بِ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ {وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ} قَالَ آمِينَ وَقَالَ النَّاسُ آمِينَ وَيَقُولُ كُلَّمَا سَجَدَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَإِذَا قَامَ مِنَ الْجُلُوسِ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَيَقُولُ إِذَا سَلَّمَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ»  


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nasai:905Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Shuʿayb > al-Layth > Khālid > Ibn Abū Hilāl > Nuʿaym al-Mujmir

"I prayed behind Abu Hurairah and he recited: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, then he recited Umm Al-Qur'an (Al Fatihah), and when he reached: not (the way) of those who earned Your anger, nor of those who went astray, he said: 'Amin and the people said 'Amin. And every time he prostrated he said: 'Allahu Akbar and when he stood up from sitting after two Rak'ahs he said: 'Allahu Akbar'. And after he had said the Salam he said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! My prayer most closely remembers the prayer of the Messenger of Allah.'"  

النسائي:٩٠٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمٍ الْمُجْمِرِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَرَأَ { بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ } الرَّحِيمِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ { غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّينَ } فَقَالَ آمِينَ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ آمِينَ وَيَقُولُ كُلَّمَا سَجَدَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَإِذَا قَامَ مِنَ الْجُلُوسِ فِي الاِثْنَيْنِ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَإِذَا سَلَّمَ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلاَةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

hakim:849Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam al-Miṣrī > Abū And Shuʿayb b. al-Layth > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Aḥmad b. Salmān > Muḥammad b. al-Haytham > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Nuʿaym al-Mujmir

"I prayed behind Abu Hurairah and he recited: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, then he recited Umm Al-Qur'an (Al Fatihah), and when he reached: not (the way) of those who earned Your anger, nor of those who went astray, he said: 'Amin and the people said 'Amin. And every time he prostrated he said: 'Allahu Akbar and when he stood up from sitting after two Rak'ahs he said: 'Allahu Akbar'. And after he had said the Salam he said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! My prayer most closely remembers the prayer of the Messenger of Allah.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 905)   

الحاكم:٨٤٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبِي وَشُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ قَالَا ثنا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمٍ الْمُجْمِرِ قَالَ

كُنْتُ وَرَاءَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَرَأَ {بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ {وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ} [الفاتحة 7] قَالَ «آمِينَ» وَقَالَ النَّاسُ آمِينَ وَيَقُولُ كُلَّمَا سَجَدَ «اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ» وَيَقُولُ إِذَا سَلَّمَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَشَاهِدُهُ» على شرطهما
bayhaqi:2451Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥārith al-Faqīh > Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar al-Aṣbahānī > ʿAbdān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Shuʿayb b. al-Layth b. Saʿd from my father from my father > Khālid b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Nuʿaym al-Mujmir > Ṣallá Binā Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Then he recited the Mother of the Quran until he reached 'Not [the path] of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.' [Surah Al-Fatiha 7]. He said, 'Ameen.' Then he said, 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, I surely resemble you in the prayer of the Messenger of Allah.'" (Note: the ﷺ at the end is a representation of a religious honorific and should not be translated)  

البيهقي:٢٤٥١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدَانُ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمٍ الْمُجْمِرِ قَالَ صَلَّى بِنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ فَقَالَ

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ {غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ} [الفاتحة 7] قَالَ آمِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

bayhaqi:2394Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Miṣrī > Abū And Shuʿayb b. al-Layth > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Waʾnbʾ Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh> Muḥammad b. al-Haytham al-Qāḍī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Nuʿaym al-Mujmir > Kunt Warāʾ

[Machine] I was behind Abu Huraira and he recited "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" and continued reciting until he reached "not [the path] of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray." He said "Ameen" and the people also said "Ameen." He would say "Allahu Akbar" every time he prostrated and when he stood up from sitting, he would say "Allahu Akbar." And when he finished his prayer, he would say "By the one in whose hand is my soul, I indeed perform the prayer just like the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." And in the narration of Ibn Abd al-Hakam, I prayed behind Abu Huraira in the same manner.  

البيهقي:٢٣٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبِي وَشُعَيْبُ بْنُ اللَّيْثِ قَالَا ثنا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ وَأنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ الْقَاضِي ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ نُعَيْمٍ الْمُجْمِرِ قَالَ

كُنْتُ وَرَاءَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ فَقَرَأَ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ قَالَ آمِينَ وَقَالَ النَّاسُ آمِينَ وَيَقُولُ كُلَّمَا سَجَدَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَإِذَا قَامَ مِنَ الْجُلُوسِ قَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَيَقُولُ إِذَا سَلَّمَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ صَلَّيْتُ وَرَاءَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ وَكَذَلِكَ  

رَوَاهُ حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ الدَّارَقُطْنِيِّ وَهُوَ إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ وَلَهُ شَوَاهِدُ مِنْهَا مَا