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ibnmajah:1430 – Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd b. Kāsib > al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Makhzūmī > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd > Salamah b. al-Akwaʿ

“Why do you not pray over there?” And I pointed to some corner of the mosque. He said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seeking out this place.”  

ابن ماجة:١٤٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْتِي إِلَى سُبْحَةِ الضُّحَى فَيَعْمِدُ إِلَى الأُسْطُوَانَةِ دُونَ الْمُصْحَفِ فَيُصَلِّي قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا فَأَقُولُ لَهُ أَلاَ تُصَلِّي هَا هُنَا وَأُشِيرُ إِلَى بَعْضِ نَوَاحِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَقُولُ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَحَرَّى هَذَا الْمُقَامَ  

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ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَتَحَرَّى مَوْضِعًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ بِعَيْنِهِ فَيُجْعَلُ أَكْثَرَ صَلَاتِهِ فِيهِ

ibnhibban:1763 – ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī And Ibn Khuzaymah > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥizāmī > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd

“Why do you not pray over there?” And I pointed to some corner of the mosque. He said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seeking out this place.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1430)  

ابن حبّان:١٧٦٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ وَابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِزَامِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ

«أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْتِي مَعَ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ إِلَى سُبْحَةِ الضُّحَى فَيَعْمِدُ إِلَى الْأُسْطُوَانَةِ دُونَ الْمُصْحَفِ فَيُصَلِّي قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا فَأَقُولُ لَهُ أَلَا تُصَلِّي هَا هُنَا؟ وَأُشِيرُ لَهُ إِلَى بَعْضِ نَوَاحِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَقُولُ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَحَرَّى هَذَا الْمَقَامَ»  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ الصَّلَاةِ لِلْمُصَلِّي إِلَى الْأُسْطُوَانَةِ فِي مَسَاجِدِ الْجَمَاعَاتِ

ibnhibban:2152 – ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī And Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah > al-Mughīrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Yazīd b. Abū ʿUbayd

“Why do you not pray over there?” And I pointed to some corner of the mosque. He said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seeking out this place.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1430)   

ابن حبّان:٢١٥٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْتِي مَعَ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ إِلَى سُبْحَةِ الضُّحَى فَيَعْمِدُ إِلَى الْأُسْطُوَانَةِ فَيُصَلِّي قَرِيبًا مِنْهَا فَأَقُولُ لَهُ لَا تُصَلِّ هَا هُنَا وَأُشِيرُ لَهُ إِلَى بَعْضِ نَوَاحِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَقُولُ «إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَحَرَّى هَذَا الْمَقَامَ»