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ذِكْرُ كَتْبَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الصَّلَاةَ لِلْخَارِجِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ يُرِيدُ أَدَاءَ فَرْضِهِ مَا دَامَ يَمْشِي فِي طَرِيقِهِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ

ibnhibban:2036 – Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Abū ʿĀmir > Dāwud b. Qays > Saʿd b. Isḥāq > Abū Thumāmah al-Ḥannāṭ > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah Adrakah / Yurīd al-Masjid > Fawajadanī > Mushabbik Yaday Iḥdāhumā Bi-al-Ukhrá > Fafataq Yaday Wanahānī > Dhalik

AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Ka'b ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 562)   

ابن حبّان:٢٠٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ سَعْدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو ثُمَامَةَ الْحَنَّاطُ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ أَدْرَكَهُ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الْمَسْجِدَ قَالَ

فَوَجَدَنِي وَأَنَا مُشَبِّكٌ يَدَيَّ إِحْدَاهُمَا بِالْأُخْرَى قَالَ فَفَتَقَ يَدَيَّ وَنَهَانِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا يُشَبِّكَنَّ يَدَهُ فَإِنَّهُ فِي صَلَاةٍ»  

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abudawud:562 – Muḥammad b. Sulaymān al-Anbārī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Dāwud b. Qays > Saʿd b. Isḥāq > Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Thumāmah al-Ḥannāṭ > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah Adrakah / Yurīd al-Masjid Adrak Aḥaduhumā Ṣāḥibah > Fawajadanī > Mushabbik Biyada Fanahānī > Dhalik

AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Ka'b ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer.  

أبو داود:٥٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَنْبَارِيُّ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو ثُمَامَةَ الْحَنَّاطُ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ أَدْرَكَهُ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الْمَسْجِدَ أَدْرَكَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ قَالَ فَوَجَدَنِي وَأَنَا مُشَبِّكٌ بِيَدَىَّ فَنَهَانِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ

وَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلاَ يُشَبِّكَنَّ يَدَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ فِي صَلاَةٍ  

tirmidhi:386 – Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > a man > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

Messenger of Allah (S) said: "When one of you performs Wudu and does so well, then he leaves intending to go to the Masjid, then let him not intertwine his fingers, for indeed he is in Salat."  

الترمذي:٣٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلاَ يُشَبِّكَنَّ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ فَإِنَّهُ فِي صَلاَةٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ وَرَوَى شَرِيكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَحَدِيثُ شَرِيكٍ غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ
ahmad:18103 – Ismāʿīl b. ʿUmar > Dāwud b. Qays > Saʿd b. Isḥāq b. Fulān b. Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah > Abū Thumāmah al-Ḥannāṭ > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Ka'b ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 562)   

أحمد:١٨١٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ فُلَانِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا ثُمَامَةَ الْحَنَّاطَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ

قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَلَا يُشَبِّكْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

suyuti:1565a –

AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Ka'b ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 562)   

السيوطي:١٥٦٥a –

"إذَا توضَّأ أحدُكمْ فأحْسن وُضُوءَه ثمَّ خرج عامِدًا إلى المسْجِد، فلا يُشبِّكنَّ أصابِعَه ، فإِنَّه في صَلاةِ" .  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن كعب بن عُجْرة