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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:2687Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > ʿIkrimah b. ʿAmmār > Ḍamḍam b. Jaws al-Hiffānī

[Machine] Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allahﷺ led us in one of the night prayer rak'ahs and he did not pray with us except for two rak'ahs. So, a man named Dhu al-Yadayn from Khuzayah said, "O Messenger of Allah, did you shorten the prayer or did you forget?" The Messenger of Allahﷺ said, "None of that was the case." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, you only prayed two rak'ahs with us." The Messenger of Allahﷺ said, "What does Dhu al-Yadayn say?" Then he turned to the people and they said, "O Messenger of Allah, you only prayed two rak'ahs with us." So, the Prophetﷺ stood up, faced the qibla, and prayed the remaining two rak'ahs. Then he performed tashahhud, prostrated twice while sitting.  

ابن حبّان:٢٦٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْضَمُ بْنُ جَوْسٍ الْهِفَّانِيُّ قَالَ

لِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِحْدَى صَلَاتَيِ الْعَشِيِّ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ بِنَا إِلَّا رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقُصِرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ أَمْ نَسِيتَ؟ فَقَالَ «كُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا صَلَّيْتَ بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا يَقُولُ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ؟ » وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمْ تُصَلِّ بِنَا إِلَّا رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَصَلَّى الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْبَاقِيَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ  


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malik:3-63Mālik > Dāwud b. al-Ḥuṣayn > Abū Sufyān a freed slave of Ibn Abū Aḥmad > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn that Abu Sufyan, the mawla of Ibn Abi Ahmad, said that he heard Abu Hurayra say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed asr and said the taslim after two rakas. Dhu'l-Yadayn stood up and said, 'Has the prayer been shortened, Messenger of Allah, or have you forgotten?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and completed what remained of the prayer, and then, remaining sitting after saying the taslim, he made two prostrations."  

مالك:٣-٦٣وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَبِي أَحْمَدَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ

يَقُولُ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةَ الْعَصْرِ فَسَلَّمَ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقَامَ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَقَصُرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَمْ نَسِيتَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَقَالَ قَدْ كَانَ بَعْضُ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَصَدَقَ ذُو الْيَدَيْنِ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَتَمَّ مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ