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muslim:692aZuhayr b. Ḥarb And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Mahdī > Zuhayr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Shuʿbah > Yazīd b. Khumayr > Ḥabīb b. ʿUbayd > Jubayr b. Nufayr

I went along with Shurahbil b. al-Simt to a village which was situated at a distance of seventeen or eighteen miles, and he said only two rak'ahs of prayer. I said to him (about it) and he said: I saw 'Umar observing two rak'ahs at Dhu'l-Hulaifa and I (too) said to him (about it) and he said: I am doing the same as I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing.  

مسلم:٦٩٢aحَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ السِّمْطِ إِلَى قَرْيَةٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَوْ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِيلاً فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ صَلَّى بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ  


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suyuti:2-73bShrḥbyl b. al-Simṭ > Rʾyt ʿMr b. al-Khṭāb Bdhy al-Ḥlyfh Yuṣallī Rkʿtyn Fsʾlth
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السيوطي:٢-٧٣b

"عن شرحبيل بن السِّمطِ قال: رأيتُ عمرَ بنَ الخطاب بذي الحليفة يُصَلِّي ركعتين فسألته، فقال: إنما أفعلُ كما رأيت رسول الله ﷺ يفعل".  

[حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي