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ذِكْرُ مَا كَانَ يُرَتِّلُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ قِرَاءَتَهُ فِي صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ

ibnhibban:2580al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > al-Muṭṭalib b. Abū And Dāʿah al-Sahmī > Ḥafṣah

[Machine] She said, "If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed in his sujud (prostration) and recited a surah, he would recite it with such a slow and measured pace, that it was longer than the original length of the surah itself."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ السَّهْمِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ «إِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي سُبْحَتِهِ قَاعِدًا فَيَقْرَأُ بِالسُّورَةِ فَيُرَتِّلُهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهَا»  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
muslim:733aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > al-Muṭṭalib b. Abū And Dāʿah al-Sahmī > Ḥafṣah

Never did I see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observing supererogatory prayer sitting till one year before his death when he would observe Nafl prayer in a sitting position, and he would recite the Surah (of the Qur'an) in such a slow-measured tone (that duration of its recital) became more lengthy than the one longer than this.  

مسلم:٧٣٣aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ السَّهْمِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى فِي سُبْحَتِهِ قَاعِدًا حَتَّى كَانَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِعَامٍ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي سُبْحَتِهِ قَاعِدًا وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِالسُّورَةِ فَيُرَتِّلُهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهَا  

nasai:1658Qutaybah > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > al-Muṭṭalib b. Abū And Dāʿah > Ḥafṣah

"I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ offer his voluntary prayers sitting down until one year before his death. Then he used to pray sitting down, reciting the surah so slowly that it seemed to be longer than a surah that is longer."  

النسائي:١٦٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى فِي سُبْحَتِهِ قَاعِدًا قَطُّ حَتَّى كَانَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِعَامٍ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا يَقْرَأُ بِالسُّورَةِ فَيُرَتِّلُهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهَا  

malik:8-22Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > al-Muṭṭalib b. Abū And Dāʿah al-Sahmī

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from as-Sa'ib ibn Yazid from al Muttalib ibn Abi Wadaa as-Sahmi that Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ said, "I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying nawafil sitting, until a year before his death, when he began to pray them sitting. He would recite the sura with a measured slowness so that it would seem to be longer than other suras which were actually longer than it."  

مالك:٨-٢٢حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ السَّهْمِيِّ

عَنْ حَفْصَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى فِي سُبْحَتِهِ قَاعِدًا قَطُّ حَتَّى كَانَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِعَامٍ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي سُبْحَتِهِ قَاعِدًا وَيَقْرَأُ بِالسُّورَةِ فَيُرَتِّلُهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهَا  

ahmad:26441ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > al-Muṭṭalib b. Abū And Dāʿah

that she said, "I never saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ pray his supererogatory prayers while sitting; until a year before his passing when he would his supererogatory prayers while sitting and reciting the sūrah in ˹such a slow˺ measured manner that it became longer than his ˹usual˺ longer ones."  

أحمد:٢٦٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لَمْ أَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي سُبْحَتِهِ جَالِسًا قَطُّ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِعَامٍ أَوْ بِعَامَيْنِ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي سُبْحَتِهِ جَالِسًا وَيَقْرَأُ السُّورَةَ فَيُرَتِّلُهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهَا  

ahmad:26442ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mālik b. Anas > al-Zuhrī And ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > al-Muṭṭalib b. Abū Wadāʿah > Ḥafṣah

that she said, "I never saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ pray his supererogatory prayers while sitting; until a year before his passing when he would his supererogatory prayers while sitting and reciting the sūrah in ˹such a slow˺ measured manner that it became longer than his ˹usual˺ longer ones." (Using translation from Aḥmad 26441)   

أحمد:٢٦٤٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَعَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي سُبْحَتِهِ جَالِسًا قَطُّ حَتَّى كَانَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِعَامٍ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي جَالِسًا فَيَقْرَأُ السُّورَةَ فَيُرَتِّلُهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهَا  

tabarani:19736[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muʿallá b. Asad al-ʿAmmī > Wuhayb b. Khālid > Mālik b. Anas > al-Zuhrī > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd [Chain 2] Abū Khalīfah > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Asmāʾ > Jūwayriyah b. Asmāʾ > Mālik b. Anas > al-Zuhrī > al-Sāʾib b. Yazīd > al-Muṭṭalib b. Abū And Dāʿah al-Sahmī

[Machine] Narrated by Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , she informed him saying, "I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying while sitting until a year before his death. He would pray in his tasbeeh (subh) while sitting, reciting the Surah slowly, making it longer than it actually was."  

الطبراني:١٩٧٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ الْعَمِّيُّ ثنا وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ ثنا جُوَيْرِيَةُ بْنُ أَسْمَاءَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَبِي وَدَاعَةَ السَّهْمِيِّ

عَنْ حَفْصَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ قَالَتْ «مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا قَطُّ حَتَّى كَانَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِعَامٍ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي سُبْحَتِهِ قَاعِدًا وَيَقْرَأُ بِالسُّورَةِ فَيُرَتِّلُهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهَا»