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muslim:392aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

Abu Huraira led prayer for them and recited takbir when he bent and raised himself (in ruku' and sujud) and after completing (the prayer) he said: By Allah I say prayer which has the best resemblance with the prayer of the Prophet ﷺ amongst you.  

مسلم:٣٩٢aوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي لَهُمْ فَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلاَةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  


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bukhari:785ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

When Abu Huraira led us in prayer he used to say Takbir on each bowing and rising. On the completion of the prayer he used to say, "My prayer is more similar to the prayer of Messenger of Allah ﷺ than that of anyone of you."  

البخاري:٧٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ إِنِّي لأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلاَةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

nasai:1155Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah

That Abu Hurairah used to lead them in prayer, and he said the takbir when he went down and came up. When he had finished he said: 'By Allah (SWT), I am the one among you whose prayer most closely resembles that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'"  

النسائي:١١٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلاَةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

malik:3-20Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama ibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf that Abu Hurayra used to lead them in prayer and would say "Allah is greater" whenever he lowered himself and raised himself. When he had finished he would say, "By Allah, I am the person whose prayer most resembles the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."  

مالك:٣-٢٠وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي لَهُمْ فَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَشْبَهُكُمْ بِصَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:7220ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah

That Abu Hurairah used to lead them in prayer, and he said the takbir when he went down and came up. When he had finished he said: 'By Allah (SWT), I am the one among you whose prayer most closely resembles that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1155)   

أحمد:٧٢٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ وَيَقُولُ إِنِّي أَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:10519Yazīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

That Abu Hurairah used to lead them in prayer, and he said the takbir when he went down and came up. When he had finished he said: 'By Allah (SWT), I am the one among you whose prayer most closely resembles that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1155)   

أحمد:١٠٥١٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا رَفَعَ وَوَضَعَ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ أَنَا أَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ عَالِمًا مِنَ النَّاسَ أَنَّ عَلَى الْمُصَلِّي التَّكْبِيرَ فِي كُلِّ خَفْضٍ وَرَفْعٍ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ

ibnhibban:1766ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah

That Abu Hurairah used to lead them in prayer, and he said the takbir when he went down and came up. When he had finished he said: 'By Allah (SWT), I am the one among you whose prayer most closely resembles that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1155)   

ابن حبّان:١٧٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ «كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ كَانَ يُكَبِّرُ فِي كُلِّ خَفْضٍ وَرَفْعٍ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ»  

nasai-kubra:745Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah

Abu Huraira led prayer for them and recited takbir when he bent and raised himself (in ruku' and sujud) and after completing (the prayer) he said: By Allah I say prayer which has the best resemblance with the prayer of the Prophet ﷺ amongst you. (Using translation from Muslim 392a)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ «وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ»  

bayhaqi:2491[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ Fī Ākharīn > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb Nbʾ al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān Nbʾ al-Shāfiʿī Nbʾ Mālik [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Naḍr al-Faqīh > Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Imām > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] Abu Huraira used to pray with them, and he would say the takbeer (saying "Allahu Akbar" at the beginning of the prayer) whenever he lowered or raised his hands. And when he finished praying, he would say: "By Allah, I resemble your prayer to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." And in a narration of Yahya, when he finished praying...  

البيهقي:٢٤٩١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ مَالِكٌ (ح) وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْإِمَامُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فَيُكَبِّرُ كُلَّمَا خَفَضَ وَرَفَعَ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَشْبَهُكُمْ صَلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَفِي حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى
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السيوطي:٦٥١-٧b

"عَنْ أَبِى سَلَمَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِذَا صَلَّى لَنَا كَبَّرَ كُلَّمَا رَفَعَ وَوَضَعَ وَإِذَا انْصَرفَ قَالَ: أَنا أَشْبَهكُمْ صلَاةً بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ".  

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