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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالِاضْطِجَاعِ بَعْدَ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ

ibnhibban:2468 – ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Bishr b. Muʿādh al-ʿAqadī > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: If any of you prays two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie at his right side. Marwan ibn al-Hakam said to him: Is it not enough that one of us walks to the mosque until he lies at his right side? According to the version of Ubaydullah, he (AbuHurayrah) replied: No. This statement (of AbuHurayrah) reached Ibn Umar. He said: AbuHurayrah exceed limits on himself. He was asked: Do you look askance at what he says? He replied: No, but he dared and we showed cowardice. This (criticism of Ibn Umar) reached AbuHurayrah. He said: What is my sin if I remembered and they forgot? (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1261)   

ابن حبّان:٢٤٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ فَلْيَضْطَجِعْ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ» فَقَالَ لَهُ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ أَمَا يَجْزِي أَحَدُنَا مَمْشَاهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يَضْطَجِعَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَكْثَرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ هَلْ تُنْكِرُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا يَقُولُ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ أَكْثَرَ وَجَبُنَّا فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ «مَا ذَنْبِي إِنْ حَفِظْتُ شَيْئًا وَنَسُوا»  

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abudawud:1261 – Musaddad And ʾAbū Kāmil Waʿubayd Allāh b. ʿUmar b. Maysarah > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: If any of you prays two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie at his right side. Marwan ibn al-Hakam said to him: Is it not enough that one of us walks to the mosque until he lies at his right side? According to the version of Ubaydullah, he (AbuHurayrah) replied: No. This statement (of AbuHurayrah) reached Ibn Umar. He said: AbuHurayrah exceed limits on himself. He was asked: Do you look askance at what he says? He replied: No, but he dared and we showed cowardice. This (criticism of Ibn Umar) reached AbuHurayrah. He said: What is my sin if I remembered and they forgot?  

أبو داود:١٢٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ وَعُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ فَلْيَضْطَجِعْ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ أَمَا يُجْزِئُ أَحَدَنَا مَمْشَاهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يَضْطَجِعَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ لاَ قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَكْثَرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ هَلْ تُنْكِرُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا يَقُولُ قَالَ لاَ وَلَكِنَّهُ اجْتَرَأَ وَجَبُنَّا قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فَمَا ذَنْبِي إِنْ كُنْتُ حَفِظْتُ وَنَسُوا  

bayhaqi:4887 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Musaddad And ʾAbū Kāmil Waʿubayd Allāh b. ʿUmar b. Maysarah > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: If any of you prays two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer, he should lie at his right side. Marwan ibn al-Hakam said to him: Is it not enough that one of us walks to the mosque until he lies at his right side? According to the version of Ubaydullah, he (AbuHurayrah) replied: No. This statement (of AbuHurayrah) reached Ibn Umar. He said: AbuHurayrah exceed limits on himself. He was asked: Do you look askance at what he says? He replied: No, but he dared and we showed cowardice. This (criticism of Ibn Umar) reached AbuHurayrah. He said: What is my sin if I remembered and they forgot? (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1261)   

البيهقي:٤٨٨٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالُوا ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ فَلْيَضْطَجِعْ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ أَمَا يُجْزِئُ أَحَدَنَا مَمْشَاهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يَضْطَجِعَ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ؟ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَكْثَرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ هَلْ تُنْكِرُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا يَقُولُ؟ قَالَ لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ اجْتَرَأَ وَجَبُنَّا قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فَمَا ذَنْبِي إِنْ كُنْتُ حَفِظْتُ وَنَسَوْا وَهَذَا يَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمُرَادُ بِهِ الْإِبَاحَةَ فَقَدْ  

رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حِكَايَةً عَنْ فَعْلِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَا خَبَرًا عَنْ قَوْلِهِ