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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الدَّاخِلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالْإِمَامُ يَخْطُبُ إِنَّمَا أُمِرَ أَنْ يَرْكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْجُلُوسِ

ibnhibban:2501Aḥmad b. ʿUmayr b. Jawṣā Bidimashq

[Machine] A man entered the mosque and the Prophet ﷺ was delivering the Friday sermon. He said to him, "Pray two quick voluntary units of prayer before you sit down."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٠١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ جَوْصَا بِدِمَشْقَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الصُّوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ الطَّائِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ «صَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَجْلِسَ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:931ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Jābir

A man entered the Mosque while the Prophet ﷺ was delivering the Khutba. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Have you prayed?" The man replied in the negative. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Pray two rakʿat."  

البخاري:٩٣١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعَ جَابِرًا قَالَ

دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ: «أَصَلَّيْتَ؟» قَالَ: لاَ۔ قَالَ: «فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ۔»  

tabarani:6704Bishr b. Mūsá > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Jābir

[Machine] A man entered the mosque and the Prophet ﷺ stood on the pulpit to deliver the sermon on Friday. The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Did you pray?" The man replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then said to him, "Then pray two units (rak'ahs)."  

الطبراني:٦٧٠٤حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قَائِمًا فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَصَلَّيْتَ؟» قَالَ لَا قَالَ «فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ»