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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَتَحَدَّثَ بِأَسْبَابِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَأَيَّامِهَا

ibnhibban:6259 – Abū Yaʿlá > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the Fajr prayer, he would sit in his place of prayer until the sun rose. They would sit and talk about the matters of the pre-Islamic era and laugh and smile."  

ابن حبّان:٦٢٥٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ جَلَسَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ وَكَانُوا يَجْلِسُونَ فَيَتَحَدَّثُونَ وَيَأْخُذُونَ فِي أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَيَضْحَكُونَ وَيَتَبَسَّمُ ﷺ»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān
nasai:1358 – Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Zuhayr And Dhakar Ākhar > Simāk b. Ḥarb

"I said to Jabir bin Samurah: 'Did you used to sit with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said: 'Yes.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had prayed fajr, he would sit in the place where he had prayed until the sun rose, and his companions would talk and remember things from the time of Jahilliyah and recite poetry, and they would laugh and he would smile.'"  

النسائي:١٣٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ وَذَكَرَ آخَرَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ كُنْتَ تُجَالِسُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ نَعَمْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ جَلَسَ فِي مُصَلاَّهُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ فَيَتَحَدَّثُ أَصْحَابُهُ يَذْكُرُونَ حَدِيثَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَيُنْشِدُونَ الشِّعْرَ وَيَضْحَكُونَ وَيَتَبَسَّمُ ﷺ  

ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ إِذَا صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ أَنْ يَتَرَقَّبَ طُلُوعَ الشَّمْسِ بِالْقُعُودِ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي صَلَّى فِيهِ

ibnhibban:2028 – Ḥāmid b. Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb > Manṣūr b. Abū Muzāḥim > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed fajr, he would sit in the place where he had prayed until the sun rose." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1357)   

ابن حبّان:٢٠٢٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا حَامِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ جَلَسَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ»