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muslim:773aʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah And ʾIsḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > ʿUthmān > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil

I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he lengthened it till I entertained an evil thought. It was said to him what that thought was. He said: I thought that I should sit down and forsake him.  

مسلم:٧٧٣aوَحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَطَالَ حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ قَالَ قِيلَ وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:1135Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

ʿAbdullah said, "One night I offered the Tahajjud prayer with the Prophet ﷺ and he kept on standing till an ill-thought came to me." We said, "What was the ill-thought?" He said, "It was to sit down and leave the Prophet (standing)."  

البخاري:١١٣٥حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَيْلَةً فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ قُلْنَا وَمَا هَمَمْتَ قَالَ هَمَمْتَ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ وَأَذَرَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

ibnmajah:1418ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĀmir b. Zurārah And Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > ʿAlī b. Mushir > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

“I prayed one night with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he kept standing until I thought of doing something bad.” I said: “What was that?”He said: “I thought of sitting down and leaving him.”  

ابن ماجة:١٤١٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ قُلْتُ وَمَا ذَاكَ الأَمْرُ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَتْرُكَهُ  

ahmad:3766Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Sulaymān > Shaqīqʿan ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the standing (in prayer) was prolonged until I became inclined towards a negative act. They said: What is it? He said: I desired to sit down.  

أحمد:٣٧٦٦حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ شَقِيقٍعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَطَالَ الْقِيَامَ حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سُوءٍ قَالَ قُلْنَا وَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ  

ahmad:3646Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Sulaymān > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ one night, and he remained standing until I had an evil thought. We asked him, "What was the evil thought?" He said, "I thought about sitting down and leaving (the prayer)."  

أحمد:٣٦٤٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرٍ سُوءٍ قُلْنَا وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ  

ahmad:3937Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I prayed a night prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he continued to stand until I felt tempted to do something bad. They asked, "What did you feel tempted to do?" He said, "I felt tempted to sit down and leave the Prophet ﷺ ." Sulaiman said and Muhammad ibn Talha narrated the same.  

أحمد:٣٩٣٧حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ لَيْلَةً مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سُوءٍ قُلْنَا وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَقْعُدَ وَأَدَعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ مِثْلَهُ  

ahmad:4199ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] I prayed or stood with the Prophet ﷺ one night and he continued standing until I intended to do something wrong. They asked, "What did you intend?" He said, "I intended to sit down and leave him."  

أحمد:٤١٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ أَوْ قُمْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ قَالَ قُلْنَا مَا هَمَمْتَ؟ قَالَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِغَيْرِهِ وَيُطَوِّلَ صَلَاتَهُ

ibnhibban:2141Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he lengthened it till I entertained an evil thought. It was said to him what that thought was. He said: I thought that I should sit down and forsake him. (Using translation from Muslim 773a)  

ابن حبّان:٢١٤١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

«صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَطَالَ حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سُوءٍ» قَالَ قِيلَ وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ؟ قَالَ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ