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nasai-kubra:1077 – Ḥammād b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm from my father > Dāwud / al-Ṭāʾī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

"Some of the peole of Al-Khufah complained about Sa'd to 'Umar. They said: 'By Allah, he does not pray properly.' He said: 'I lead them in prayer as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did, and I do not deviate from that. I take my time in the first two rak'ahs and make the other two shorter.' He (Umar) said: 'That is what I thought about you.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1003)

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٧٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ الطَّائِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«وَقَعَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فِي سَعْدٍ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ» فَقَالُوا وَاللهِ مَا يُحْسِنُ الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا أَنَا فَإِنِّي أُصَلِّي صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَا أَخْرِمُ مِنْهَا أَرْكُدُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ» قَالَ «ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ»

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nasai:1003 – Ḥammād b. Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm Ibn ʿUlayyah Abū al-Ḥasan from my father > Dāwud al-Ṭāʾī > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

"Some of the peole of Al-Khufah complained about Sa'd to 'Umar. They said: 'By Allah, he does not pray properly.' He said: 'I lead them in prayer as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did, and I do not deviate from that. I take my time in the first two rak'ahs and make the other two shorter.' He (Umar) said: 'That is what I thought about you.'"

النسائي:١٠٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ دَاوُدَ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

وَقَعَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فِي سَعْدٍ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَقَالُوا وَاللَّهِ مَا يُحْسِنُ الصَّلاَةَ فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ أَخْرِمُ عَنْهَا أَرْكُدُ فِي الأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الأُخْرَيَيْنِ قَالَ ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ

Saad's manner of prayer

ahmad:1518 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] The people of Kufa complained to Umar about Saad and said, "He does not pray well." He said: Umar asked him, and he said, "I lead them in prayer as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed; I make the first two longer and shorten the last two." He said, "That is what I thought of you, O Abu Ishaq."

أحمد:١٥١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ:

شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ، فَقَالُوا: لَا يُحْسِنُ يُصَلِّي. قَالَ: فَسَأَلَهُ عُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، أَرْكُدُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ. قَالَ: ذَلِكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ، يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ.

Sa'd's manner of leading the prayer

ahmad:1557 – Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Jābir b. Samurah

[AI] The people of Kufa complained to Umar about Sad, saying, "He does not pray well." Umar mentioned that to him, and he said, "As for the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I used to lead them in prayer, making the first two longer and shortening the last two." He said, "That is what I thought of you, O Abu Ishaq."

أحمد:١٥٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ

شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ سَعْدًا إِلَى عُمَرَ، فَقَالُوا: لَا يُحْسِنُ يُصَلِّي. فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَّا صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَدْ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي بِهِمْ، أَرْكُدُ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ. فَقَالَ: ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ.

suyuti:5-17b – Jābir b. Samurah > Shakā Ahl al-Kūfah > Saʿd Lā Yuḥsin > Yuṣalli Fadhakar ʿUmar Dhalik Lah > Saʿd Ammā > Fakunt Uṣalliá Bihim Ṣalāh Rasūl Allāh
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السيوطي:٥-١٧b –

"عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ: شَكَا أَهْلُ الْكُوفَةِ أَنَّ سَعْدًا لَا يُحْسِنُ أَنْ يُصَلِّىَ فَذَكَرَ عُمَرُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَكُنْتُ أُصَلِّى بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ لَا أَخْرِمُ () عَنْهَا أَرْكُدُ ( ) في الأُولَيَيْنِ وَأَحْذِفُ ( * *) في الأُخْريَيْن، فَقَالَ عُمَر: ذَاكَ الظَّنُّ بِكَ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ".

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