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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْخُطْبَةَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ قَصِيرَةً قَصِدَةً

ibnhibban:2802Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length. (Using translation from Muslim 866a)  

ابن حبّان:٢٨٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»  


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muslim:866aḤasan b. al-Rabīʿ And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length.  

مسلم:٨٦٦aحَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلاَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا  

muslim:866bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Ibn Numayr > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Zakariyyāʾ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to observe prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his prayer was of moderate length and his sermon too was of moderate length.  

مسلم:٨٦٦bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ حَدَّثَنِي سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الصَّلَوَاتِ فَكَانَتْ صَلاَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ زَكَرِيَّاءُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ  

nasai:1582Qutaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and his prayer was moderate in length and his Khutbah was moderate in length."  

النسائي:١٥٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلاَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا  

tirmidhi:507Qutaybah And Hannād > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

"I would pray with the Prophet, and his prayer was moderate, and his Khutbah was moderate."  

الترمذي:٥٠٧حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ وَهَنَّادٌ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلاَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ وَابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:21025Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The prayer of the Prophet ﷺ was intentional, and so was his sermon.  

أحمد:٢١٠٢٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَصْدًاوَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا  

ahmad:21026Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The prayer of the Prophet ﷺ was intentional and his sermon was intentional.  

أحمد:٢١٠٢٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا  

ahmad:20885ʿAbdullāh > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm Abū ʿAlī al-Mawṣilī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and his prayer was moderate in length and his Khutbah was moderate in length." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1582)   

أحمد:٢٠٨٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا  

darimi:1598Muḥammad b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and his prayer was moderate in length and his Khutbah was moderate in length." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1582)   

الدارمي:١٥٩٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»  

tabarani:1949Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Sharīk > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "The prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was purposeful, and his sermon was purposeful."  

الطبراني:١٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»  

tabarani:1984[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah [Chain 2] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir

"I used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and his prayer was moderate in length and his Khutbah was moderate in length." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1582)  

الطبراني:١٩٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ ثنا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

«كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»  

tabarani:2005[Chain 1] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah [Chain 2] ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Sahl b. ʿUthmān > Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyā from my father > Simāk > Jābir

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length. (Using translation from Muslim 866a)  

الطبراني:٢٠٠٥حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

«كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»  

tabarani:2021Simāk b. Ḥarb

[Machine] I asked Jabir ibn Samurah, "How was the prayer of the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "His sermon was concise, and his prayer was concise."  

الطبراني:٢٠٢١وَعَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «كَانَتْ خُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَصَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا»  

nasai-kubra:1800Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length. (Using translation from Muslim 866a)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٨٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ «صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»