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nasai-kubra:622Aḥmad b. Saʿīd al-Marwazī al-Ribāṭī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAmr > al-Zubayr / Ibn ʿAdī > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad Waʿalqamah

I saw ‘ Uthman b. ‘ Affan (perform ablution). He washed his forearms three times and washed his head thrice. He then said : I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing like that. Abu Dawud said: Another version says: "He performed ablution three times only." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 110)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٦٢٢أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ الرِّبَاطِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَدِيٍّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ وَعَلْقَمَةَ قَالَا §صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَقَامَ بَيْنَنَا فَوَضَعْنَا يَعْنِي أَيْدِينَا عَلَى رُكَبِنَا فَنَزَعَهَا فَخَالَفْنَا بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِنَا

وَقَالَ «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:430Ṣadaqah b. al-Faḍl > Sulaymān b. Ḥayyān > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Raʾayt Ibn ʿUmar Yuṣallī > Baʿīrih

"I saw Ibn ʿUmar praying while taking his camel as a Sutra in front of him and he said, "I saw the Prophet doing the same."  

البخاري:٤٣٠حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى بَعِيرِهِ

وَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ  

bukhari:1554Sulaymān b. Dāwud Abū al-Rabīʿ > Fulayḥ > Nāfiʿ > Kān

Whenever Ibn ʿUmar intended to go to Mecca he used to oil himself with a sort of oil that had no pleasant smell, then he would go to the Mosque of Al-Hulaita and offer the prayer, and then ride. When he mounted well on his Mount and the Mount stood up straight, he would proclaim the intention of assuming Ihram, and he used to say that he had seen the Prophet ﷺ doing the same.  

البخاري:١٥٥٤حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ ادَّهَنَ بِدُهْنٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ رَائِحَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي مَسْجِدَ الْحُلَيْفَةِ فَيُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَرْكَبُ وَإِذَا اسْتَوَتْ بِهِ رَاحِلَتُهُ قَائِمَةً أَحْرَمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ

هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ  

nasai:1030Aḥmad b. Saʿīd al-Ribāṭī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAmr / Ibn Abū Qays > al-Zubayr b. ʿAdī > Ibrāhīm > al-Aswad Waʿalqamah

"We prayed with Abdullah bin Mas'ud in his house. He stood between us and we placed our hands on our knees, but he took them off and made us interlace our fingers, and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do that.'"  

النسائي:١٠٣٠أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الرِّبَاطِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَمْرٌو وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي قَيْسٍ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ وَعَلْقَمَةَ قَالاَ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَقَامَ بَيْنَنَا فَوَضَعْنَا أَيْدِيَنَا عَلَى رُكَبِنَا فَنَزَعَهَا فَخَالَفَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِنَا

وَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ  

nasai:2932Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > Ayyūb b. Mūsá > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar Qaran al-Ḥaj And al-ʿUmrah Faṭāf Ṭawāf Wāḥid

"This is what I saw the Messenger of Allah doing."  

النسائي:٢٩٣٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَرَنَ الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ فَطَافَ طَوَافًا وَاحِدًا

وَقَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ  

abudawud:110Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Isrāʾīl > ʿĀmir b. Shaqīq b. Jamrah > Shaqīq b. Salamah > Raʾayt ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān Ghasal Dhirāʿayh Thalāth Thalāth And Masaḥ Raʾsah Thalāth Thum

I saw ‘ Uthman b. ‘ Affan (perform ablution). He washed his forearms three times and washed his head thrice. He then said : I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing like that. Abu Dawud said: Another version says: "He performed ablution three times only."  

أبو داود:١١٠حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ شَقِيقِ بْنِ جَمْرَةَ عَنْ شَقِيقِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ غَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا وَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ هَذَا  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَالَ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلاَثًا فَقَطْ
abudawud:484Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Faraj b. Faḍālah > Abū Saʿīd

AbuSa'id said: I saw Wathilah ibn al-Asqa' in the mosque of Damascus. He spat at the mat and then rubbed it with his foot. He was asked: Why did you do so? He said: Because I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing so.  

أبو داود:٤٨٤حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَرَجُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ وَاثِلَةَ بْنَ الأَسْقَعِ فِي مَسْجِدِ دِمَشْقَ بَصَقَ عَلَى الْبُورِيِّ ثُمَّ مَسَحَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لِمَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا قَالَ

لأَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ  

tirmidhi:887Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Mālik > Ibn ʿUmar Ṣallá Bijamʿ Fajamaʿ Bayn al-Ṣalātayn Biʾiqāmah

"Ibn Umar prayed at Jam (Muzdalifah), so he combined two prayers with the Iqamah, and he said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah doing the same as this at the place.'"  

الترمذي:٨٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ صَلَّى بِجَمْعٍ فَجَمَعَ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَتَيْنِ بِإِقَامَةٍ

وَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ مِثْلَ هَذَا فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ  

ahmad:4470Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Raʾayt Ibn ʿUmar Yuṣallī > Dābbatih al-Taṭawwuʿ Ḥayth Tawajjahat Bih Fadhakart Lah Dhalik

[Machine] I saw Abu Al-Qasim doing it.  

أحمد:٤٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ التَّطَوُّعَ حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَتْ بِهِ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ يَفْعَلُهُ  

ahmad:4870Yazīd b. Hārūn > Sufyān / Ibn Ḥusayn > al-Ḥakam

"We prayed with Abdullah bin Mas'ud in his house. He stood between us and we placed our hands on our knees, but he took them off and made us interlace our fingers, and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1030)   

أحمد:٤٨٧٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حُسَيْنٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَكُنَّا مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَمَرَّ بِمَكَانٍ فَحَادَ عَنْهُ فَسُئِلَ لِمَ فَعَلْتَ؟ فَقَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ هَذَا فَفَعَلْتُ  

ahmad:4982Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī > Sufyān > Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Saʿd

"This is what I saw the Messenger of Allah doing." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2932)  

أحمد:٤٩٨٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ هَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ

هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ  

hakim:916Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr al-Qāḍī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Rajāʾ > Ṣafwān b. Ṣāliḥ al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > Zuhayr b. Muḥammad al-Tamīmī > Zayd b. Aslam > Raʾayt Ibn ʿUmar Yuṣallī Maḥlūl Izāruh Fasaʾaltuh > Dhalik

"We prayed with Abdullah bin Mas'ud in his house. He stood between us and we placed our hands on our knees, but he took them off and made us interlace our fingers, and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1030)  

الحاكم:٩١٦أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ ثنا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ «يُصَلِّي مَحْلُولٌ إِزَارُهُ» فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرطهما

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ كَانَ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ بَعْدَ نُزُولِ سُورَةِ الْمَائِدَةِ

ibnhibban:1335Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Shuʿayb b. Ayyūb > Muṣʿab b. al-Miqdām > Dāwud al-Ṭāʾī > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh > Tawaḍḍaʾ And Masaḥ > al-Khuffayn

"We prayed with Abdullah bin Mas'ud in his house. He stood between us and we placed our hands on our knees, but he took them off and made us interlace our fingers, and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1030)  

ابن حبّان:١٣٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ الطَّائِيُّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ تَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ

وَقَالَ «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ»  

tabarani:16885Bakr b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Bakr b. Muḍar > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Bukayr b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ashaj > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf from his father

This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1372)  

الطبراني:١٦٨٨٥حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي بَكْرُ بْنُ مُضَرَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَجْلَانَ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ §صَلَّى بِهِمْ فَنَسِيَ فَقَامَ وَعَلَيْهِ جُلُوسٌ فَلَمْ يَجْلِسْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي آخِرِ الصَّلَاةِ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ

«هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُ»  

nasai-kubra:3899Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > Ayyūb b. Mūsá > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar Qaran al-Ḥaj And al-ʿUmrah Waṭāf Ṭawāf Wāḥid

Whenever Ibn ʿUmar intended to go to Mecca he used to oil himself with a sort of oil that had no pleasant smell, then he would go to the Mosque of Al-Hulaita and offer the prayer, and then ride. When he mounted well on his Mount and the Mount stood up straight, he would proclaim the intention of assuming Ihram, and he used to say that he had seen the Prophet ﷺ doing the same. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1554)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَرَنَ الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ §وَطَافَ طَوَافًا وَاحِدًا

وَقَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْعَلُهُ