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nasai-kubra:1245Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Liāb. ʿUmar

"I said to Ibn 'Umar: "Tell me about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; how was it?" He mentioned the takbir and he mentioned: As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah (peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah) to his right and: As-salamu 'alaykum (peace be upon you) to his left." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1321)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٢٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ؟ قَالَ «فَذَكَرَ التَّكْبِيرَ يَعْنِي وَذَكَرَ السَّلَامَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةَ اللهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
nasai:1320al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Zaʿfarānī > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān

He asked 'Abdullah bin 'Umar about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: "Allahu Akbar" every time he went down and "Allahu Akbar" every time he came up, then he said: "As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah (peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah) to his right and: As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah (peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah) to his left."  

النسائي:١٣٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَنْبَأَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كُلَّمَا وَضَعَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كُلَّمَا رَفَعَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ  

nasai:1321Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz / al-Darāwardī > ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Ibn ʿUmar

"I said to Ibn 'Umar: "Tell me about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; how was it?" He mentioned the takbir and he mentioned: As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah (peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah) to his right and: As-salamu 'alaykum (peace be upon you) to his left."  

النسائي:١٣٢١أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ

أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ التَّكْبِيرَ قَالَ يَعْنِي وَذَكَرَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ  

nasai:1322Zayd b. Akhzam > Ibn Dāwud / ʿAbdullāh b. Dāwud al-Khuraybī > ʿAlī b. Ṣāliḥ > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said: "It is as if I can see the whiteness of his cheek, saying to his right: As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah (peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah) and to his left: As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah (peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah)." (Sahih  

النسائي:١٣٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ دَاوُدَ الْخُرَيْبِيَّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيَاضِ خَدِّهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ  

abudawud:997ʿAbdah b. ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Mūsá b. Qays al-Ḥaḍramī > Salamah b. Kuhayl > ʿAlqamah b. Wāʾil from his father

I offered prayer along with the Prophet ﷺ. He would give the salutation to his right side (saying): Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings; and to his left side (saying): Peace be upon you and mercy of Allah.  

أبو داود:٩٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَ يُسَلِّمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ  

ibnmajah:916ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Abū Isḥāq > Ṣilah b. Zufar > ʿAmmār b. Yāsir

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the Salam to his right and to his left, until the whiteness of his cheek could be seen (saying): ‘As-salamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullah, as-salamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullah.’”  

ابن ماجة:٩١٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ صِلَةَ بْنِ زُفَرَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَلِّمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ خَدِّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ  

ahmad:3699Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the Salam to his right and to his left, until the whiteness of his cheek could be seen (saying): ‘As-salamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullah, as-salamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullah.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 916)   

أحمد:٣٦٩٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ خَدِّهِ  

ahmad:5402Abū Salamah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad b. al-Darāwardī a freed slave of Banī Layth > ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá b. ʿUmārah b. Abū Ḥasan al-Anṣārī Thum al-Muḥāribī > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān from his uncle Wāsiʿ b. Ḥabbān > Liāb. ʿUmar

"I said to Ibn 'Umar: "Tell me about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; how was it?" He mentioned the takbir and he mentioned: As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah (peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah) to his right and: As-salamu 'alaykum (peace be upon you) to his left." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1321)   

أحمد:٥٤٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ مَوْلَى بَنِي لَيْثٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ أَبِي حَسَنٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ثُمَّ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ؟ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ التَّكْبِيرَ كُلَّمَا وَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَكُلَّمَا رَفَعَهُ وَذَكَرَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ