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ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ التَّسْلِيمَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ إِذَا اقْتَصَرَ الْمَرْءُ عَلَيْهَا عِنْدَ انْفِتَالِهِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ

ibnhibban:1995al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ibn Abū al-Sarī > ʿAmr b. Abū Salamah > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to gesture one salutation with his right hand, inclined by which his face would be turned towards the Qiblah (direction of prayer).  

ابن حبّان:١٩٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً عَنْ يَمِينِهِ يَمِيلُ بِهَا وَجْهُهُ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ»  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
ibnmajah:918Abū Muṣʿab al-Madīnī Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbd al-Muhaymin b. ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī from his father from his grandfather

‘Abdul-Muhaimin bin ‘Abbas bin Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said one Taslim to the front.  

ابن ماجة:٩١٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ الْمَدِينِيُّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بْنُ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ  

ibnmajah:919Hishām b. ʿAmmār > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Muḥammad al-Ṣanʿānī > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

It was narrated from Hisham bin ‘Urwah, from his father, from ‘Aishah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say one Salam, to the front.  

ابن ماجة:٩١٩حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّنْعَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ  

hakim:841Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Aḥmad b. ʿĪsá al-Tinnīsī > ʿAmr b. Abū Salamah > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad al-Makkī > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ used to give one single salutation in prayer, tilting his face slightly towards the right side."  

الحاكم:٨٤١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى التِّنِّيسِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يُسَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ يَمِيلُ إِلَى الشِّقِّ الْأَيْمَنِ قَلِيلًا شَيْئًا»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرطهما
tabarani:5703al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿAlī b. Baḥr > ʿAbd al-Muhaymin b. ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd from his father from his grandfather

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ used to give salutations with his right hand."  

الطبراني:٥٧٠٣حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بْنُ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً عَنْ يَمِينِهِ»  

bayhaqi:2987Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Muthanná > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Ḥajabī > ʿAbd

‘Abdul-Muhaimin bin ‘Abbas bin Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said one Taslim to the front. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 918)   

البيهقي:٢٩٨٧أَمَّا حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ فَأَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الْحَجَبِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً