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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنُّ الْخَيِّرَ الْفَاضِلَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ قَدْ يَخْفَى عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السُّنَنِ الْمَشْهُورَةِ مَا يَحْفَظُهُ مَنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ، أَوْ مِثْلُهُ وَإِنْ كَثُرَ مُوَاظَبَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا، وِعِنَايَتُهُ بِهَا

ibnhibban:1875ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad

"Alqamah and I entered upon 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud and he said to us: 'Have these people prayed?' We said: 'No.' He said: 'Get up and pray.' So we went to stand behind him, and he put one of us on his right and the other on his left, and he prayed with no Adhan and no Iqamah. When he bowed he interlaced his fingers and placed his hands between his knees, and he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 719)   

ابن حبّان:١٨٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَلْقَمَةُ عَلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ

لَنَا قُومُوا فَصَلُّوا فَذَهَبْنَا لِنَقُومَ خَلْفَهُ «فَأَقَامَ أَحَدَنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالْآخَرَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَصَلَّى بِنَا بِغَيْرِ أَذَانٍ وَلَا إِقَامَةٍ فَجَعَلَ إِذَا رَكَعَ طَبَّقَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ وَجَعَلَهَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ» فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ «هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ»  


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nasai:719Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad

"Alqamah and I entered upon 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud and he said to us: 'Have these people prayed?' We said: 'No.' He said: 'Get up and pray.' So we went to stand behind him, and he put one of us on his right and the other on his left, and he prayed with no Adhan and no Iqamah. When he bowed he interlaced his fingers and placed his hands between his knees, and he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing that.'"  

النسائي:٧١٩أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَلْقَمَةُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ

لَنَا أَصَلَّى هَؤُلاَءِ قُلْنَا لاَ قَالَ قُومُوا فَصَلُّوا فَذَهَبْنَا لِنَقُومَ خَلْفَهُ فَجَعَلَ أَحَدَنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالآخَرَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَصَلَّى بِغَيْرِ أَذَانٍ وَلاَ إِقَامَةٍ فَجَعَلَ إِذَا رَكَعَ شَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ وَجَعَلَهَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَقَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ غَيْرُ جَائِزٍ فِي فَضْلِهِ وَعِلْمِهِ أَنْ لَا يَرَى الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَا إِذْ كَانَ مِنْ أُولِي الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:1874ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad

[Machine] "Then stand up and pray. So we went to stand behind him. One of us stood to his right and the other to his left. He prayed without Adhan (call to prayer) or Iqamah (second call to prayer). When he prostrated, he would spread his fingers in prayer, placing them between his knees." After he finished praying, he said, "This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying." He then said, "O people, there will be rulers who will neglect the prayer and lead it towards the east of death. Whoever among you witnesses that, let him pray the prayer on time and make his prayer with them as a voluntary act."  

ابن حبّان:١٨٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَلْقَمَةُ عَلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ لَنَا أَصَلَّى هَؤُلَاءِ؟ فَقُلْنَا لَا قَالَ

فَقُومُوا فَصَلُّوا فَذَهَبْنَا لِنَقُومَ خَلْفَهُ «فَجَعَلَ أَحَدَنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالْآخَرَ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَصَلَّى بِغَيْرِ أَذَانٍ وَلَا إِقَامَةٍ فَجَعَلَ إِذَا رَكَعَ شَبَّكَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَجَعَلَهَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ» فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي وَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَرَاءُ يُمِيتُونَ الصَّلَاةَ يَخْنُقُونَهَا إِلَى شَرَقِ الْمَوْتَى فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيُصَلِّ الصَّلَاةَ لِوَقْتِهَا وَلْيَجْعَلْ صَلَاتَهُ مَعَهُمْ سُبْحَةً»