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muslim:869 – Surayj b. Yūnus > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abjar from his father > Wāṣil b. Ḥayyān

'Ammar delivered to us the sermon. It was short and eloquent. When he (, Ammir) descended (from the pulpit) we said to him: 0 Abd al-Yaqzn, you have delivered a short and eloquent sermon. Would that you had lengthened (the sermon). He said: I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The lengthening of prayer by a man and the shortness of the sermon is the sign of his understanding (of faith). So lengthen the prayer and shorten the sermon, for there is charm (in precise) expression.  

مسلم:٨٦٩ – حَدَّثَنِي سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبْجَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَاصِلِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو وَائِلٍ خَطَبَنَا عَمَّارٌ فَأَوْجَزَ وَأَبْلَغَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا الْيَقْظَانِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتَ وَأَوْجَزْتَ فَلَوْ كُنْتَ تَنَفَّسْتَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ طُولَ صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَقِصَرَ خُطْبَتِهِ مَئِنَّةٌ مِنْ فِقْهِهِ فَأَطِيلُوا الصَّلاَةَ وَاقْصُرُوا الْخُطْبَةَ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا  

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ahmad:18317 – Quraysh b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abjar from his father > Wāṣil b. Ḥayyān

'Ammar delivered to us the sermon. It was short and eloquent. When he (, Ammir) descended (from the pulpit) we said to him: 0 Abd al-Yaqzn, you have delivered a short and eloquent sermon. Would that you had lengthened (the sermon). He said: I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The lengthening of prayer by a man and the shortness of the sermon is the sign of his understanding (of faith). So lengthen the prayer and shorten the sermon, for there is charm (in precise) expression. (Using translation from Muslim 869)  

أحمد:١٨٣١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا قُرَيْشُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبْجَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَاصِلِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ قَالَ قَالَ

أَبُو وَائِلٍخَطَبَنَا عَمَّارٌ فَأَبْلَغَ وَأَوْجَزَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا الْيَقْظَانِ لَقَدْ أَبْلَغْتَ وَأَوْجَزْتَ فَلَوْ كُنْتَ تَنَفَّسْتَ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ طُولَ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ وَقِصَرَ خُطْبَتِهِ مَئِنَّةٌ مِنْ فِقْهِهِ فَأَطِيلُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَقْصِرُوا الْخُطْبَةَ فَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِإِطَالَةِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَقَصْرِ الْخُطْبَةُ فِي الْأَعْيَادِ وَالْجُمُعَاتِ

ibnhibban:2791 – Abū Yaʿlá > Surayj b. Yūnus > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abjar from his father > Wāṣil b. Ḥayyān

[Machine] "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Indeed, the length of a man's prayer and the brevity of his sermon is indicative of his understanding (of religion). So lengthen the prayer and shorten the sermon, for indeed, eloquence is a form of magic.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢٧٩١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبْجَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَاصِلِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو وَائِلٍ خَطَبَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ فَأَوْجَزَ وَأَبْلَغَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا الْيَقْظَانِ لَقَدْ أَبَلَغْتَ وَأَوْجَزْتَ فَلَوْ كُنْتَ تَنَفَّسْتَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ طُولَ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ وَقِصَرَ خُطْبَتِهِ مَئِنَّةٌ مِنْ فِقْهِ الرَّجُلِ فَأَطِيلُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاقْصُرُوا الْخُطْبَةَ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا»  

bayhaqi:5763 – [Chain 1] Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Faḍl al-Faḥḥām > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > Abū ʿĀṣim al-Bajalī from And Lad Mālik b. Mighwal > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Saʿīd b. Ḥayyān b. Abjar al-Kinānī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Ḥāfiẓ > Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Surayj b. Yūnus > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abjar from his father > Wāṣil b. Ḥayyān al-Aḥdab > Abū Wāʾil

'Ammar delivered to us the sermon. It was short and eloquent. When he (, Ammir) descended (from the pulpit) we said to him: 0 Abd al-Yaqzn, you have delivered a short and eloquent sermon. Would that you had lengthened (the sermon). He said: I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The lengthening of prayer by a man and the shortness of the sermon is the sign of his understanding (of faith). So lengthen the prayer and shorten the sermon, for there is charm (in precise) expression. (Using translation from Muslim 869)   

البيهقي:٥٧٦٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْفَحَّامُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ الْبَجَلِيُّ مِنْ وَلَدِ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ بْنِ أَبْجَرَ الْكِنَانِيُّ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ ثنا سُرَيْجُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبْجَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَاصِلِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ الْأَحْدَبِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ

خَطَبَنَا عَمَّارٌ ؓ فَأَبْلَغَ وَأَوْجَزَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ قُلْنَا يَا أَبَا الْيَقْظَانِ لَقَدْ أَبَلَغْتَ وَأَوْجَزْتَ فَلَوْ كُنْتَ تَنَفَّسْتَ؟ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ طُولَ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ وَقِصَرَ خُطْبَتِهِ مَئِنَّةٌ مِنْ فَقْهِهِ فَأَطِيلُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَقْصِرُوا الْخُطَبَ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ لَسِحْرًا  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ سُرَيْجِ بْنِ يُونُسَ وَيُرْوَى ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَوْلِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ