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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ مُعَاذًا كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِالْقَوْمِ فَرْضَهُ لَا نَفْلَهُ

ibnhibban:2403Ḥājib b. Arkīn Bidimashq > al-Ḥasan b. ʿArafah > Hushaym > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Muaadh used to pray the last night prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , then he would leave and pray that prayer with his people."  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَرْكِينَ بِدِمَشْقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَاذَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

«أَنَّ مُعَاذًا كَانَ يُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ»  


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muslim:465cYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Hushaym > Manṣūr > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Mu'adh b. Jabal said the night prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and then returned to his people and then led them in this prayer.  

مسلم:٤٦٥cحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ الآخِرَةَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الصَّلاَةَ  

abudawud:599ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar b. Maysarah > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Mu’adh b. Jabal would pray along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺin the night prayer, then go and lead his people and lead them in the same prayer.  

أبو داود:٥٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمَهُ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الصَّلاَةَ  

ahmad:14241Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Mu’adh b. Jabal would pray along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺin the night prayer, then go and lead his people and lead them in the same prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 599)  

أحمد:١٤٢٤١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ كَانَ يُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِاللهِ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمَهُ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:2404ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Muadh used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then he would return and lead his people in prayer, performing that prayer along with them."  

ابن حبّان:٢٤٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

«كَانَ مُعَاذٌ يُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَؤُمُّ قَوْمَهُ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ»  

bayhaqi:5107Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb al-Qāḍī > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn ʿAjlān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Miqsam > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

Mu’adh b. Jabal would pray along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺin the night prayer, then go and lead his people and lead them in the same prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 599)   

البيهقي:٥١٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُقْرِئِ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْقَاضِي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كَانَ مُعَاذٌ يُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي قَوْمَهُ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ