Mu’adh b. Jabal used to pray along with the Prophet ﷺ; then he returned and led us in prayer. Sometimes he (the narrator) said: then he returned and led his people in prayer. One night the Prophet ﷺ delayed the prayer. Sometimes he (the narrator) mentioned the word “the night prayer”. Then Mu’adh prayed along with the Prophet ﷺ, then returned to his people and led them in prayer, and recited Surat al-Baqarah. A man turned aside and prayed alone. The people said to him: Have you become a hypocrite, so and so? He replied: I did not become a hypocrite. He then came to the Prophet ﷺ and said (to him): Messenger of Allah, Mu’adh prays along with you and then returns and leads us in prayers. We look after camels used for watering and work for by day. He came to us leading us in prayer, and he recited Surah al-Baqarah (in prayer). He (the Prophet) said: Mu’adh, are you a trouble maker? Recite such and such ; recite such and such (surahs) The narrator Abu al-Zubair said (recite) “Glorify the name of the most high lord” (surah lxxxvii) and “By the night when it covers over” (surah xcii). We mentioned this to ‘Amr. He said I think he mentioned it (the names of some surahs).  

كَانَ مُعَاذٌ يُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَؤُمُّنَا قَالَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيُصَلِّي بِقَوْمِهِ فَأَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً الصَّلاَةَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً الْعِشَاءَ فَصَلَّى مُعَاذٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَؤُمُّ قَوْمَهُ فَقَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ فَاعْتَزَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَصَلَّى فَقِيلَ نَافَقْتَ يَا فُلاَنُ فَقَالَ مَا نَافَقْتُ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ مُعَاذًا يُصَلِّي مَعَكَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَؤُمُّنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ أَصْحَابُ نَوَاضِحَ وَنَعْمَلُ بِأَيْدِينَا وَإِنَّهُ جَاءَ يَؤُمُّنَا فَقَرَأَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَقَالَ يَا مُعَاذُ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ اقْرَأْ بِكَذَا اقْرَأْ بِكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ بِ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } { وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى } فَذَكَرْنَا لِعَمْرٍو فَقَالَ أُرَاهُ قَدْ ذَكَرَهُ  

Mu’adh b. Jabal used to pray along with the Prophet ﷺ; then he returned and led us in prayer. Sometimes he (the narrator) said: then he returned and led his people in prayer. One night the Prophet ﷺ delayed the prayer. Sometimes he (the narrator) mentioned the word “the night prayer”. Then Mu’adh prayed along with the Prophet ﷺ, then returned to his people and led them in prayer, and recited Surat al-Baqarah. A man turned aside and prayed alone. The people said to him: Have you become a hypocrite, so and so? He replied: I did not become a hypocrite. He then came to the Prophet ﷺ and said (to him): Messenger of Allah, Mu’adh prays along with you and then returns and leads us in prayers. We look after camels used for watering and work for by day. He came to us leading us in prayer, and he recited Surah al-Baqarah (in prayer). He (the Prophet) said: Mu’adh, are you a trouble maker? Recite such and such ; recite such and such (surahs) The narrator Abu al-Zubair said (recite) “Glorify the name of the most high lord” (surah lxxxvii) and “By the night when it covers over” (surah xcii). We mentioned this to ‘Amr. He said I think he mentioned it (the names of some surahs). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 790)  

عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعَهُ مِنْ جَابِرٍ كَانَ مُعَاذٌ يُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَؤُمُّنَا وَقَالَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيُصَلِّي بِقَوْمِهِ فَأَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً وَقَالَ مَرَّةً الصَّلَاةَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً الْعِشَاءَ فَصَلَّى مُعَاذٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَؤمُّ قَوْمَهُ فَقَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ فَاعْتَزَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَصَلَّى فَقِيلَ نَافَقْتَ يَا فُلَانُ قَالَ مَا نَافَقْتُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ مُعَاذًا يُصَلِّي مَعَكَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَؤُمُّنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ أَصْحَابُ نَوَاضِحَ وَنَعْمَلُ بِأَيْدِينَا وَإِنَّهُ جَاءَ يَؤُمُّنَا فَقَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فَقَالَ يَا مُعَاذُ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ؟ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ؟ اقْرَأْ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى فَذَكَرْنَا لِعَمْرٍو فَقَالَ أُرَاهُ قَدْ ذَكَرَهُ  

[Machine] Mu'adh used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ then he would go back to his people and pray with them. The Prophet ﷺ delayed the prayer one night, so Mu'adh led his people in prayer and recited Surah Al-Baqarah. When a man from his people saw this, he went to a side of the mosque and prayed alone. They said, "You have become a hypocrite." He said, "No, I will surely inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." So, he went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Mu'adh prays with you and then comes back and leads us in prayer. And you delayed the prayer last night." So, the Prophet ﷺ came and led us in prayer. He recited Surah Al-Baqarah. I was delayed, so I prayed alone, O Messenger of Allah. Indeed, we are clear and we work with our own hands. The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Mu'adh, are you reciting Surah Al-Baqarah to them? Recite Surah Al-Lail and Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High. And the heaven, We have built it with craftsmanship."  

كَانَ مُعَاذٌ يُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فَأَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَرَجَعَ مُعَاذٌ فَأَمَّهُمْ فَقَرَأَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ انْحَرَفَ إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَصَلَّى وَحْدَهُ فَقَالُوا نَافَقْتَ قَالَ لَا وَلَآتِيَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَأُخْبِرَنَّهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ مُعَاذًا يُصَلِّي مَعَكَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيَؤُمُّنَا وَإِنَّكَ أَخَّرْتَ الصَّلَاةَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَجَاءَ فَأَمَّنَا فَقَرَأَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَإِنِّي تَأَخَّرْتُ عَنْهُ فَصَلَّيْتُ وَحْدِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّا نَحْنُ أَصْحَابُ نَوَاضِحَ وَإِنَّا نَعْمَلُ بِأَيْدِينَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا مُعَاذُ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ؟ اقْرَأْ بِهِمْ سُورَةَ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الْبُرُوجِ»  

[Machine] Mu'adh used to pray the Isha or the Atamah prayer with the Prophet ﷺ , then he would go back and lead his people from the tribes of Banu Salimah in prayer. One night, the Prophet ﷺ delayed the Isha prayer, so Mu'adh prayed it with him and then went back to lead his people. He recited Surah Al-Baqarah, and a man behind him moved and prayed alone. They asked him if he thought Mu'adh was a hypocrite, to which he replied no, but that he was going to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, you delayed the Isha prayer, and Mu'adh prayed it with you, then he went back and led us. So he recited Surah Al-Baqarah, and when I saw that, I delayed and prayed. We are the people of clear explanations, we do things with our own hands." The Prophet ﷺ approached Mu'adh and said, "Are you misleading, O Mu'adh? Are you misleading?" He recited Surah such and such, and Surah such and such (verse numbers are mentioned). Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us, narrating from Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, narrating from Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad Al-Qabbani, narrating from Muhammad ibn Abbad, narrating from Sufyan, narrating from Amr, narrating from Jabir, who said, "Mu'adh used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ , then he would come and lead his people in prayer. He prayed with the Prophet ﷺ one night for the Isha prayer, then he came and led his people. He recited Surah Al-Baqarah, and a man moved and left. He greeted and prayed alone, then left. He mentioned the rest of the hadith, but no one said, "Peace be upon him" in this hadith except Muhammad ibn Abbad.  

كَانَ مُعَاذٌ يُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ أَوِ الْعَتَمَةَ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ فَيُصَلِّيهَا لِقَوْمِهِ مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ قَالَ فَأَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَصَلَّى مُعَاذٌ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَأَمَّ قَوْمَهُ فَقَرَأَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَتَنَحَّى رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ فَصَلَّى وَحْدَهُ فَقَالُوا لَهُ أَنَافَقْتَ؟ فَقَالَ لَا وَلَكِنِّي آتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ أَخَّرْتَ الْعِشَاءَ وَإِنَّ مُعَاذًا صَلَّى مَعَكَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَأَمَّنَا فَافْتَتَحَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ تَأَخَّرْتُ وَصَلَّيْتُ وَإِنَّمَا نَحْنُ أَصْحَابُ نَوَاضِحَ نَعْمَلُ بِأَيْدِينَا فَأَقْبَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ؟ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ؟ اقْرَأْ بِسُورَةِ كَذَا وَسُورَةِ كَذَا 5101 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَبَّانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ جَابِرٍ ؓ قَالَ كَانَ مُعَاذٌ يُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي فَيَؤُمُّ قَوْمَهُ فَصَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ أَتَى قَوْمَهُ فَافْتَتَحَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَانْحَرَفَ رَجُلٌ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَحْدَهُ وَانْصَرَفَ وَذَكَرَ بَاقِيَ الْحَدِيثِ بِمَعْنَاهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ أَحَدٌ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ