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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُسَافِرَ مُبَاحٌ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَنَفَّلَ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ ظَهْرُهُ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ

ibnhibban:2521 – Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thawbān > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a battle, and he used to pray voluntary prayers on his mount facing the east. When he wanted to pray the obligatory prayers, he would dismount and face the Qibla."

ابن حبّان:٢٥٢١ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

«كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي غَزْوَةٍ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي تَطَوُّعًا عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ نَزَلَ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ»

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bukhari:1099 – Muʿādh b. Faḍālah > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thawbān > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray (the Nawafil) on his Mount facing east and whenever he wanted to offer the compulsory prayer, he used to dismount and face the Qibla.

البخاري:١٠٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ نَزَلَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ

ahmad:15038 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thawbān > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray voluntary prayers on his mount when he traveled to the destination. But when he wanted to pray the obligatory prayer, he would dismount and face the Qibla.

أحمد:١٥٠٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍعَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ تَطَوُّعًا حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَتْ بِهِ فِي السَّفَرِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ نَزَلَ عَنْ رَاحِلَتِهِ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ

ahmad:14533 – Ismāʿīl > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray (the Nawafil) on his Mount facing east and whenever he wanted to offer the compulsory prayer, he used to dismount and face the Qibla. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1099)

أحمد:١٤٥٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ نَزَلَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ

ahmad:14272 – Ismāʿīl / Ibn ʿUlayyah > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray (the Nawafil) on his Mount facing east and whenever he wanted to offer the compulsory prayer, he used to dismount and face the Qibla. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1099)

أحمد:١٤٢٧٢ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُلَيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ نَزَلَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَالْقِبْلَةَ

darimi:1554 – Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Thawbān > Jābir

The Prophet ﷺ used to pray (the Nawafil) on his Mount facing east and whenever he wanted to offer the compulsory prayer, he used to dismount and face the Qibla. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1099)

الدارمي:١٥٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ نَزَلَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ»

suyuti:165-86b –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٦٥-٨٦b –

" كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يُصَلِّى عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ تَطَوُّعًا حَيْثُ وَجَّهَتْ بِهِ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّىَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ نَزَلَ عَنْ رَاحِلَتِهِ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ ".

[عب] عبد الرازق