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ibnmajah:983Muḥriz b. Salamah al-ʿAdanī > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > Abū ʿAlī al-Hamdānī

“You are the most deserving of that, you were the Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” But he refused and said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Whoever leads the people and gets it right, the prayer will be for him and for them, but if he falls short, then that will be counted against him but not against them.”  

ابن ماجة:٩٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحْرِزُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الْعَدَنِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ فِي سَفِينَةٍ فِيهَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ فَحَانَتْ صَلاَةٌ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ فَأَمَرْنَاهُ

أَنْ يَؤُمَّنَا وَقُلْنَا لَهُ إِنَّكَ أَحَقُّنَا بِذَلِكَ أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَبَى فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ فَالصَّلاَةُ لَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلاَ عَلَيْهِمْ  


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abudawud:580Sulaymān b. Dāwud al-Mahrī > Ibn Wahb > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > Abū ʿAlī al-Hamdānī > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer.  

أبو داود:٥٨٠حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلاَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

ahmad:17795ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b.uḥarmalah > Abū ʿAlī al-Hamdānī

[Machine] So we said to him, "May Allah have mercy on you, why don't you believe in us while you are from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ?" He said, "No, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever leads the people and prays on time and properly, then he and they will have a reward, and whoever falls short in that, then it is upon him and not upon them."  

أحمد:١٧٧٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُحَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ صَحِبَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ فِي سَفَرٍ فَجَعَلَ لَا يَؤُمُّنَا قَالَ

فَقُلْنَا لَهُ رَحِمَكَ اللهُ أَلَا تَؤُمُّنَا وَأَنْتَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ؟ قَالَ لَا إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ وَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنْ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ  

ahmad:17305al-Ḥakam b. Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿAyyāsh > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah al-Aslamī > Abū ʿAlī al-Hamdānī

“You are the most deserving of that, you were the Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” But he refused and said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Whoever leads the people and gets it right, the prayer will be for him and for them, but if he falls short, then that will be counted against him but not against them.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 983)   

أحمد:١٧٣٠٥حَدَّثَنَا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ فِي سَفَرٍ وَمَعَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

فَقُلْنَا لَهُ إِنَّكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُمَّنَا فَقَالَ لَا إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ وَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنْ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ  

hakim:759Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > ʿUbayd b. Sharīk > Ibn Abū Maryam > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > Ismāʿīl b. Aḥmad al-Tājir > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-ʿAsqalānī > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > Abū ʿAlī al-Hamdānī > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir al-Juhanī > Rasūl

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 580)  

الحاكم:٧٥٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أَنْبَأَ عُبَيْدُ بْنُ شَرِيكٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ أَنْبَأَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَأَخْبَرَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ التَّاجِرُ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ ثنا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيَّ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أَمَّ قَوْمًا فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الْبُخَارِيِّ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط البخاري
hakim:772Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Salmān al-Faqīh> Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Shākir > ʿAffān > Wuhayb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs al-Ghazzī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ al-Miṣrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > Abū ʿAlī al-Hamdānī > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 580)  

الحاكم:٧٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاكِرٍ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ حَرْمَلَةَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدُوسٍ الْغَزِّيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنْ أَنْقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ فَقَدِ احْتَجَّ مُسْلِمٌ بِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ وَاحْتَجَّ الْبُخَارِيُّ بِيَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الْإِمَامَةِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ لِلْمَأْمُومِ وَالْإِمَامِ مَعًا

ibnhibban:2221Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > Abū ʿAlī al-Hamdānī > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 580)  

ابن حبّان:٢٢٢١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ أُمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ وَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ»  

bayhaqi:5331Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān> ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar b. Darastawayh > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān al-Fārisī > Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥarmalah > Abū ʿAlī al-Hamdānī Sakan al-Iskandariyyah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who leads the people in prayer, and he does so at the right time, will receive, as well as those who are led (in prayer) will get (the reward). He who delays (prayer) from the appointed time will be responsible (for this delay) and not those who are led in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 580)   

البيهقي:٥٣٣١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ دَرَسْتَوَيْهِ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ الْفَارِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ أنبأ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ سَكَنَ الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةَ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ فِي سَفَرٍ وَمَعَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ أُمَّنَا قَالَ لَسْتُ بِفَاعِلٍ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَمَّ النَّاسَ فَأَصَابَ الْوَقْتَ وَأَتَمَّ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَهُ وَلَهُمْ وَمَنْ نَقَصَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعَلَيْهِ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ