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nasai-kubra:1936 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my uncle from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Dāwud b. al-Ḥuṣayn > ʿIkrimah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās > Mā Kānat Ṣalāh al-Khawf Illā Kaṣalāh Aḥrāsikum Haʾulāʾ al-Yawm Khalf Aʾimmatikum Haʾulāʾ Illā

"The fear prayer was no more than two prostrations like the prayer of these guards of yours today behind the Imams of yours, except that it was one group after another. One group stood, although they were all behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and one group prostrated with him, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and they all stood with him. Then he bowed and they all bowed with him, then he prostrated and those who had been standing the first time prostrated with him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and those who had prostrated with him at the end of their prayer sat, those who had been standing prostrated by themselves, then they sat and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the taslim with all of them. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1535)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٩٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ «مَا كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ الْخَوْفِ إِلَّا كَصَلَاةِ أَحْرَاسِكُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْيَوْمَ خَلْفَ أَئِمَّتِكُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا

أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عَقْبًا قَامَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ جَمِيعًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَجَدَتْ مَعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَجَدَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَامُوا مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَرَكَعُوا مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَسَجَدَ مَعَهُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا أَوَّلَ مُرَّةٍ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِينَ سَجَدُوا مَعَهُ فِي آخِرِ صَلَاتِهِمْ سَجَدَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا فَجَمَعَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
nasai:1535 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm from my uncle from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Dāwud b. al-Ḥuṣayn > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The fear prayer was no more than two prostrations like the prayer of these guards of yours today behind the Imams of yours, except that it was one group after another. One group stood, although they were all behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and one group prostrated with him, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and they all stood with him. Then he bowed and they all bowed with him, then he prostrated and those who had been standing the first time prostrated with him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and those who had prostrated with him at the end of their prayer sat, those who had been standing prostrated by themselves, then they sat and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the taslim with all of them.  

النسائي:١٥٣٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَا كَانَتْ صَلاَةُ الْخَوْفِ إِلاَّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ كَصَلاَةِ أَحْرَاسِكُمْ هَؤُلاَءِ الْيَوْمَ خَلْفَ أَئِمَّتِكُمْ هَؤُلاَءِ إِلاَّ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عُقَبًا قَامَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ جَمِيعًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَسَجَدَتْ مَعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَامُوا مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَرَكَعُوا مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَسَجَدَ مَعَهُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِينَ سَجَدُوا مَعَهُ فِي آخِرِ صَلاَتِهِمْ سَجَدَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا فَجَمَعَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ  

ahmad:2382 – Yaʿqūb from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Dāwud b. al-Ḥuṣayn a freed slave of ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > ʿIkrimah a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās > Mā Kānat Ṣalāh al-Khawf Illā Kaṣalāh Aḥrāsikum Haʾulāʾ al-Yawm Khalf Aʾimmatikum Illā

"The fear prayer was no more than two prostrations like the prayer of these guards of yours today behind the Imams of yours, except that it was one group after another. One group stood, although they were all behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and one group prostrated with him, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and they all stood with him. Then he bowed and they all bowed with him, then he prostrated and those who had been standing the first time prostrated with him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and those who had prostrated with him at the end of their prayer sat, those who had been standing prostrated by themselves, then they sat and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the taslim with all of them. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1535)   

أحمد:٢٣٨٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَا كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ الْخَوْفِ إِلَّا كَصَلَاةِ أَحْرَاسِكُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْيَوْمَ خَلْفَ أَئِمَّتِكُمْ إِلَّا أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عُقْبًا قَامَتْ طَائِفَةٌ وَهُمْ جَمِيعٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَجَدَتْ مَعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَجَدَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَامُوا مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَرَكَعُوا مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَسَجَدَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ قِيَامًا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَقَامَ الْآخَرُونَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا سَجَدُوا مَعَهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِينَ سَجَدُوا مَعَهُ فِي آخِرِ صَلاتِهِمْ سَجَدَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا فَجَمَعَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالسَّلامِ  

bayhaqi:6032 – Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Bilāl > Abū al-Azhar > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Dāwud b. al-Ḥuṣayn a freed slave of ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās > Mā Kānat Ṣalāh al-Khawf Illā Kaṣalāh Aḥrāsikum Haʾulāʾ al-Yawm Khalf Aʾimmatikum Illā > Kānat Aẓunnuh

"The fear prayer was no more than two prostrations like the prayer of these guards of yours today behind the Imams of yours, except that it was one group after another. One group stood, although they were all behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and one group prostrated with him, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and they all stood with him. Then he bowed and they all bowed with him, then he prostrated and those who had been standing the first time prostrated with him. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and those who had prostrated with him at the end of their prayer sat, those who had been standing prostrated by themselves, then they sat and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said the taslim with all of them. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1535)   

البيهقي:٦٠٣٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ بِلَالٍ ثنا أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ثنا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَا كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ الْخَوْفِ إِلَّا كَصَلَاةِ أَحْرَاسِكُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْيَوْمَ خَلْفَ أَئِمَّتِكُمْ إِلَّا أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ

عَقِبًا قَامَتْ طَائِفَةٌ وَهُمْ جَمِيعٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَجَدَتْ مَعَهُ طَائِفَةٌ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَجَدَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَامُوا مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَرَكَعُوا مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ سَجَدَ فَسَجَدَ مَعَهُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَقَامَ الْآخَرُونَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا سَجَدُوا مَعَهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِينَ سَجَدُوا مَعَهُ فِي آخِرِ صَلَاتِهِمْ سَجَدَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا قِيَامًا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا فَجَمَعَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالسَّلَامِ