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nasai-kubra:541Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Misʿar > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

"We used to pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we would greet (others) with our hands. He said: 'What is the matter with those who greet (others) with their hands as if they were tails of wild horses? It is sufficient for any one of you to put his hand on his thigh and say: "As-salamu 'alaikum, as-salamu 'alaikum." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1185)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٤١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي خَلْفَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَنُسَلِّمُ بِأَيْدِينَا فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ هَؤُلَاءِ يُسَلِّمُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلِ شَمْسٍ إِنَّمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
muslim:431a[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Misʿar [Chain 2] Abū Kurayb > Ibn Abū Zāʾidah > Misʿar > ʿUbaydullāh Ibn al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

When we said prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we pronounced: Peace be upon you and Mercy of Allah, peace be upon you and Mercy of Allah, and made gesture with the hand on both the sides. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him said: What do you point out with your hands as if they are the tails of headstrong horses? This is enough for you that one should place one's hand on one's thigh and then pronounce salutation upon one's brother on the right side and then on the left.  

مسلم:٤٣١aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ ابْنُ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلْنَا السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْجَانِبَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلاَمَ تُومِئُونَ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ إِنَّمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ مَنْ عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَشِمَالِهِ  

nasai:1318ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > Abū Nuʿaym > Misʿar > ʿUbaydullāh Ibn al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

"I heard Jabir bin Samurah say: 'When we prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ we used to say: As-salamu 'alaykum, as-salamu 'alaykum (peace be upon you, peace be upon you)" - and Mis'ar (one of the narrators) pointed with his hand to the right and the left. He ﷺ said: 'What is the matter with these people who wave their hands as if they are the tails of wild horses? It is sufficient for one to place his hands on his thighs and to say the salam to his brother to his right and left."  

النسائي:١٣١٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْنَا السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَشَارَ مِسْعَرٌ بِيَدِهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ هَؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمُسِ أَمَا يَكْفِي أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ  

nasai:1185Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Misʿar > ʿUbaydullāh Ibn al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

"We used to pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we would greet (others) with our hands. He said: 'What is the matter with those who greet (others) with their hands as if they were tails of wild horses? It is sufficient for any one of you to put his hand on his thigh and say: "As-salamu 'alaikum, as-salamu 'alaikum."  

النسائي:١١٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَنُسَلِّمُ بِأَيْدِينَا فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ هَؤُلاَءِ يُسَلِّمُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ أَمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَهُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ  

ahmad:20972Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > Misʿar > ʿUbaydullāh Ibn al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] We used to say behind the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , when we greeted him with Salam, "Peace be upon you, peace be upon you." One of us would signal with his hand from his right side and from his left side. The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "What is the matter with those who throw their hands in prayer as if they were the tails of galloping horses? Is it not enough for one of you to place his hand on his thigh, then say the Salam from his right and his left?"  

أحمد:٢٠٩٧٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ابْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نَقُولُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَلَّمْنَا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يُشِيرُ أَحَدُنَا بِيَدِهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَالُ الَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَبِأَيْدِيهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمْسِ أَلَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُقْتَضِي لِلَّفْظَةِ الْمُخْتَصَرَةِ الَّتِي تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُنَا لَهَا بِأَنَّ الْقَوْمَ إِنَّمَا أُمِرُوا بِالسُّكُونِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ عِنْدَ الْإِشَارَةِ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ دُونَ رَفْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ عِنْدَ الرُّكُوعِ

ibnhibban:1880Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah And Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Saʿīd al-Saʿdī > ʿAlī b. Khashram > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > Misʿar > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] When we used to pray behind the Prophet ﷺ , we would say, "Peace be upon you with our right hand and our left hand." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Why do I see your hands resembling the tails of horses? It is enough for one of you to place his hand on his thigh and then greet with his right hand and his left hand."  

ابن حبّان:١٨٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ السَّعْدِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْنَا بِأَيْدِينَا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا لِي أَرَى أَيْدِيَكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ إِنَّمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ»  

tabarani:1837Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Misʿar > Ibn al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I heard Jabir ibn Samurah saying, "We used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and when we greeted him with salaam, we would say 'As-salamu 'alaykum, as-salamu 'alaykum.' He said, 'What is the matter with some people that they wave their hands as if they were tails of horses in the sun? Does it not suffice for one of you to place his hand on his thigh and then greet his brother on his right and left?'"  

الطبراني:١٨٣٧حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَنَقُولُ بِأَيْدِينَا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَ «مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يُلْقُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ أَلَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ أَوْ إِنَّمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:1109Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Misʿar > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

"We used to pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we would greet (others) with our hands. He said: 'What is the matter with those who greet (others) with their hands as if they were tails of wild horses? It is sufficient for any one of you to put his hand on his thigh and say: "As-salamu 'alaikum, as-salamu 'alaikum." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1185)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي خَلْفَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَنُسَلِّمُ بِأَيْدِينَا فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ هَؤُلَاءِ يُسَلِّمُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ أَمَّا يَكْفِي أَحَدُهُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدِهِ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ  

bayhaqi:2960Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī from Aṣl Kitābih > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Duḥaym al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī > Jaʿfar b. ʿAwn And Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Misʿar > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] When we used to pray behind the Prophet ﷺ, we would say, by motioning with his index finger, "Assalamu alaikum, assalamu alaikum". Then the Prophet ﷺ said to us, "What is wrong with some people who throw their hands in prayer as if they were the tails of horses? Is it not sufficient for any of you, or for one of you, to place his hand on his thigh, then to greet his brother from his right and left (side)?"  

البيهقي:٢٩٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي مِنْ أَصْلِ كِتَابِهِ ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ دُحَيْمٍ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ وَيَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْنَا يَعْنِي الْإِشَارَةَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ السَّبَابَةِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَ لَنَا يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَرْمُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمْسِ أَلَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ مِنْ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ  

bayhaqi:2993Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr al-Qaṭṭān > Aḥmad b. Yūsuf > ʿUbaydullāh b. Muḥammad > Misʿar > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

"I heard Jabir bin Samurah say: 'When we prayed behind the Prophet ﷺ we used to say: As-salamu 'alaykum, as-salamu 'alaykum (peace be upon you, peace be upon you)" - and Mis'ar (one of the narrators) pointed with his hand to the right and the left. He ﷺ said: 'What is the matter with these people who wave their hands as if they are the tails of wild horses? It is sufficient for one to place his hands on his thighs and to say the salam to his brother to his right and left." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1318)   

البيهقي:٢٩٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْقَطَّانُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أنبأ مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْنَا بِأَيْدِينَا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا بَالُ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمْسِ أَمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَكُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَشِمَالِهِ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مِسْعَرِ بْنِ كِدَامِ
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السيوطي:١٩١٥٦a

"مَا لِي أَرَي أَيدِيَكُم كَأَنَّها أَذْنَابُ خَيلٍ شُمْسٍ، إِنَّما يَكْفِي أَحَدُكُم أَنْ يَضَع يَدَيه عَلَى فَخذِه، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّم عَن يَمِينِه وَعَن شِمالِه".  

[حب] ابن حبّان عن جابر بن سمرة
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السيوطي:١٨٧٦٤a

"مَا بَالُ الَّذِينَ يَرْنونَ (*) بِأَيدِيهم فِي الصَّلاةِ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيلِ الشُّمْسِ، ألا يَكْفِي أَحَدُكُمْ أن يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخذِه، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّم عَلَى أَخِيهِ عَن يَمِينِهِ وَشِمَالِهِ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي وابن خزيمة، عن جابر بن سمرة
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السيوطي:١٨٧٦٥a

"مَا بَالُ هَؤُلاءِ يُسَلِّمُونَ بأَيديهِم كَأَنَّهَا (*) أذْنَابُ خَيلٍ شُمْسٍ، أَمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَهُمْ أَنْ يَضَع يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخذِه، يَقُولُ: السَّلامُ عَلَيكُمْ، السَّلامُ عَليكُمْ" .  

[ن] النسائي عنه
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السيوطي:١٥٥٨٥a

"عَلامَ تُؤمِنُونَ بأَيديكم؟ كَأنَّهَا أَذنَابُ خَيلٍ شُمْسٍ، وَإِنَّمَا يَكْفى أَحَدَكم أَن يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذهِ ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ. مَن عَلَى يمِينِهِ وَشِمالِهِ".  

[م] مسلم عن جابر بن سمرة