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nasai-kubra:874Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet was in front of Abu Bakr and he prayed sitting down, and Abu Bakr was leading the people in prayer, and the people were behind Abu Bakr." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 797)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَنْ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ قَالَتْ «وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَصَلَّى قَاعِدًا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ وَالنَّاسُ خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ»  


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nasai:797Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿĀʾishah

"The Prophet was in front of Abu Bakr and he prayed sitting down, and Abu Bakr was leading the people in prayer, and the people were behind Abu Bakr."  

النسائي:٧٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَ يَدَىْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَصَلَّى قَاعِدًا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ وَالنَّاسُ خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ  

ahmad:26113Sulaymān b. Dāwud / Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Mūsá b. Abū ʿĀʾishah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer during his illness in which he eventually died. So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in front of Abu Bakr, leading the people in prayer while sitting, and Abu Bakr was leading the people in prayer and the people were behind him.  

أحمد:٢٦١١٣حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي أَبَا دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيَّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ قَاعِدًا وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ وَالنَّاسُ خَلْفَهُ