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ذِكْرُ مَا يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَصْدُ الْمَرْءِ فِي جَوَامِعِ دُعَائِهِ وَبَيَانِ أَحْوَالِهِ لَهُ

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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man, "What do you say in prayer?" The man replied, "I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah and I seek refuge in You from the Fire, O Allah, I ask You for Paradise."  

ابن حبّان:٨٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو زُنَيْجٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ «مَا تَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ » فَقَالَ أَتَشَهَّدُ ثُمَّ أَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ  


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abudawud:792ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Sulaymān > Abū Ṣāliḥ

AbuSalih reported on the authority of some Companions of the Prophet ﷺ: The Prophet ﷺ said to a person: what do you say in prayer? He replied: I first recite tashahhud (supplication recited in sitting position), and then I say: O Allah, I ask Thee for Paradise, and I seek refuge in Thee from Hell-Fire, but I do not understand your sound and the sound of Mu'adh (what you say or he says in prayer). The Prophet ﷺ said: We too go around it (paradise and Hell-fire).  

أبو داود:٧٩٢حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ أَتَشَهَّدُ وَأَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ أَمَا إِنِّي لاَ أُحْسِنُ دَنْدَنَتَكَ وَلاَ دَنْدَنَةَ مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَوْلَهَا نُدَنْدِنُ  

ibnmajah:910Yūsuf b. Mūsá al-Qaṭṭān > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to a man: ‘What do you say during your Salat?’ He said: ‘The Tashah-hud, then I ask Allah for Paradise, and I seek refuge with Him from Hell, but I do not understand what you and Mu’adh murmur (during Salat). He said: ‘Our murmuring revolves around the same things.’”  

ابن ماجة:٩١٠حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ أَتَشَهَّدُ ثُمَّ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنَ النَّارِ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أُحْسِنُ دَنْدَنَتَكَ وَلاَ دَنْدَنَةَ مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ حَوْلَهُمَا نُدَنْدِنُ  

ibnmajah:3847Yūsuf b. Mūsá al-Qaṭṭān > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

the Messenger of Allah (saas) said to a man: "What do you say during your prayer?" He said: "I recite the Tashah-hud then I ask for Allah for Paradise and see refuge with Him from Hell, but by Allah I do not understand your whispering or the whispering of Mu'adh." He said: "It is concerning them (Paradise and Hell) that we are whispering."  

ابن ماجة:٣٨٤٧حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ أَتَشَهَّدُ ثُمَّ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنَ النَّارِ أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أُحْسِنُ دَنْدَنَتَكَ وَلاَ دَنْدَنَةَ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ حَوْلَهُمَا نُدَنْدِنُ  

ahmad:15898Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ

AbuSalih reported on the authority of some Companions of the Prophet ﷺ: The Prophet ﷺ said to a person: what do you say in prayer? He replied: I first recite tashahhud (supplication recited in sitting position), and then I say: O Allah, I ask Thee for Paradise, and I seek refuge in Thee from Hell-Fire, but I do not understand your sound and the sound of Mu'adh (what you say or he says in prayer). The Prophet ﷺ said: We too go around it (paradise and Hell-fire). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 792)  

أحمد:١٥٨٩٨حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ

عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِرَجُلٍ كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ أَتَشَهَّدُ ثُمَّ أَقُولُ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أُحْسِنُ دَنْدَنَتَكَ وَلَا دَنْدَنَةَ مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَوْلَهَا نُدَنْدِنُ