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nasai-kubra:532 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr b. Sūwayd > ʿAbdullāh Whū Ibn al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ

"I heard Abu Al-Ahwas saying to us in a gathering with Ibn Al-Musayyab when Ibn Al-Musayyab was sitting there, that he had heard Abu Dharr say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah (SWT) continues to look upon His slave while he is praying, so long as he does not turn away. If he turns his face away, He turns away from him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1195)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٣٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ وهُوَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُنَا فِي مَجْلِسِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ جَالِسٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ مُقْبِلٌ عَلَى الْعَبْدِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرْفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ»  

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nasai:1195 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ

"I heard Abu Al-Ahwas saying to us in a gathering with Ibn Al-Musayyab when Ibn Al-Musayyab was sitting there, that he had heard Abu Dharr say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah (SWT) continues to look upon His slave while he is praying, so long as he does not turn away. If he turns his face away, He turns away from him."  

النسائي:١١٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُنَا فِي مَجْلِسِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ جَالِسٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَزَالُ اللَّهُ ﷻ مُقْبِلاً عَلَى الْعَبْدِ فِي صَلاَتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ  

abudawud:909 – Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ

The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah, the Most High, continues to turn favourably towards a servant while he is engaged in prayer as long as he does not look to the side (by turning the neck), but if he does so, He turns away from him.  

أبو داود:٩٠٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُنَا فِي مَجْلِسِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَزَالُ اللَّهُ ﷻ مُقْبِلاً عَلَى الْعَبْدِ وَهُوَ فِي صَلاَتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا الْتَفَتَ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ  

ahmad:21508 – ʿAlī b. Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ a freed slave of Banī Layth

"I heard Abu Al-Ahwas saying to us in a gathering with Ibn Al-Musayyab when Ibn Al-Musayyab was sitting there, that he had heard Abu Dharr say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah (SWT) continues to look upon His slave while he is praying, so long as he does not turn away. If he turns his face away, He turns away from him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1195)  

أحمد:٢١٥٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ مَوْلَى بَنِي لَيْثٍ يُحَدِّثُنَا فِي مَجْلِسِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ جَالِسٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَزَالُ اللهُ ﷻ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ  

darimi:1463 – ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Ibn al-Musayyab > Abū Dhar

The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah, the Most High, continues to turn favourably towards a servant while he is engaged in prayer as long as he does not look to the side (by turning the neck), but if he does so, He turns away from him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 909)   

الدارمي:١٤٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ»  

hakim:862 – Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Baḥr b. Naṣr b. Sābiq al-Khawlānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Abū Muḥammad b. al-Qāsim al-ʿAtakī > al-Faḍl b. Muḥammad b. al-Musayyib > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Dhar

The Prophet ﷺ said: Allah, the Most High, continues to turn favourably towards a servant while he is engaged in prayer as long as he does not look to the side (by turning the neck), but if he does so, He turns away from him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 909)   

الحاكم:٨٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا بَحْرُ بْنُ نَصْرِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ الْخَوْلَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ الْعَتَكِيُّ ثنا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَا ثنا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَأَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ هَذَا مَوْلَى بَنِي اللَّيْثِ تَابِعِيٌّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَثَّقَهُ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَرَوَى عَنْهُ وَجَرَتْ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُنَاظَرَةٌ فِي مَعْنَاهُ» صحيح
nasai-kubra:1119 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Ibn al-Mubārak > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ

"I heard Abu Al-Ahwas saying to us in a gathering with Ibn Al-Musayyab when Ibn Al-Musayyab was sitting there, that he had heard Abu Dharr say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah (SWT) continues to look upon His slave while he is praying, so long as he does not turn away. If he turns his face away, He turns away from him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1195)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُنَا فِيُ مَجْلِسِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ جَالِسٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا يَزَالُ اللهُ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى الْعَبْدِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ مَا لَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ فَإِذَا صَرْفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ»  

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السيوطي:٢٦١٨٨a –

"لا يَزَالُ اللهُ ﷻ مُقبِلًا عَلَى العَبْدِ وهُو فِي صَلاتهِ مَا لَمْ يَلتَفِت، فإِذَا صَرَفَ وَجْهَهُ انْصَرَفَ عَنْهُ".  

[م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي والدارمي، وابن خزيمة، [حب] ابن حبّان [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن أبي ذر، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن ابن مسعود موقوفًا