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ذِكْرُ الرُّخْصَةِ لِلدَّاخِلِ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالْإِمَامُ رَاكِعٌ أَنْ يَبْتَدِئَ صَلَاتَهُ مُنْفَرِدًا ثُمَّ يَلْحَقَ بِالصَّفِّ عِنْدَ الرُّكُوعِ فَيَتَّصِلَ بِهِ

ibnhibban:2194 – Muḥammad

[Machine] Abu Bakr entered the mosque and found the Prophet ﷺ in the state of Rukoo' (bowing in prayer). Abu Bakr also performed Rukoo' and then proceeded to join the prayer row. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "May Allah increase your eagerness, but don't repeat this."  

ابن حبّان:٢١٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْأَحْمَرِ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ بِالْبَصْرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَنبَسَةَ الْأَعْوَرِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ فَرَكَعَ ثُمَّ مَشَى حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِالصَّفِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «زَادَكَ اللَّهُ حِرْصًا وَلَا تَعُدْ»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī
nasai:871 – Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Ziyād al-Aʿlam > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

"May Allah increase you in keenness, but do not do this again."  

النسائي:٨٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ زِيَادٍ الأَعْلَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ فَرَكَعَ دُونَ الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَادَكَ اللَّهُ حِرْصًا وَلاَ تَعُدْ  

abudawud:683 – Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ziyād al-Aʿlam > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah Ḥaddath

Abu Bakrah said that he came to the mosque when the prophet ﷺ was bowing. So I bowed outside the row (before joining it). The prophet ﷺ said; May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again.  

أبو داود:٦٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ أَنَّ يَزِيدَ بْنَ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ زِيَادٍ الأَعْلَمِ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ حَدَّثَ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَنَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ قَالَ فَرَكَعْتُ دُونَ الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَادَكَ اللَّهُ حِرْصًا وَلاَ تَعُدْ  

ahmad:20458 – ʿAffān > Hammām > Ziyād al-Aʿlam > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah

Abu Bakrah said that he came to the mosque when the prophet ﷺ was bowing. So I bowed outside the row (before joining it). The prophet ﷺ said; May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 683)   

أحمد:٢٠٤٥٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادٌ الْأَعْلَمُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ فَرَكَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِلَ إِلَى الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَادَكَ اللهُ حِرْصًا وَلَا تَعُدْ  

ahmad:20470 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan

[Machine] Abu Bakrah entered the mosque and the Imam was bowing. Abu Bakrah also bowed before reaching the row. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "May Allah increase your eagerness, but do not count (the rows)."  

أحمد:٢٠٤٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالْإِمَامُ رَاكِعٌ فَرَكَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِلَ إِلَى الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ زَادَكَ اللهُ حِرْصًا وَلَا تَعُدْ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ عَنبَسَةُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ

ibnhibban:2195 – ʿAbdullāh b. Qaḥṭabah > Aḥmad b. al-Miqdām al-ʿIjlī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Ziyād al-Aʿlam > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah

Abu Bakrah said that he came to the mosque when the prophet ﷺ was bowing. So I bowed outside the row (before joining it). The prophet ﷺ said; May Allah increase your eagerness! But do not do it again. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 683)  

ابن حبّان:٢١٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَحْطَبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ الْعِجْلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ زِيَادٍ الْأَعْلَمِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَاكِعٌ قَالَ فَرَكَعْتُ دُونَ الصَّفِّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «زَادَكَ اللَّهُ حِرْصًا وَلَا تَعُدْ»  

bayhaqi:2585 – Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥārith > Abū Muḥammad b. Ḥayyān > Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan > Abū ʿĀmir > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Ibn Thawbān from his father > Makḥūl > Abū Bakr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Ḥārith b. Hishām

[Machine] Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Zaid bin Thabit entered the mosque, and the imam was in the state of bowing. They joined him in the bowing position, then made a third bow while still in the bowing position until they caught up with the row.  

البيهقي:٢٥٨٥ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَ أنبأ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ أنبأ أَبُو عَامِرٍ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ وَزَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ دَخَلَا الْمَسْجِدَ وَالْإِمَامُ رَاكِعٌ فَرَكَعَا ثُمَّ دَبَّا وَهُمَا رَاكِعَانِ حَتَّى لَحِقَا بِالصَّفِّ