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nasai:1022Qutaybah > al-Layth b. Saʿd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Yaʿlá b. Mamlak

He asked Umm Salamah about the recitation and prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and she said: "Why do you want to know about his prayer?" Then she described his recitation and as being so measured and clear that each letter could be distinguished.  

النسائي:١٠٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مَمْلَكٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ

عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَصَلاَتِهِ قَالَتْ مَا لَكُمْ وَصَلاَتَهُ ثُمَّ نَعَتَتْ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَنْعَتُ قِرَاءَتَهُ مُفَسَّرَةً حَرْفًا حَرْفًا  


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abudawud:1466Yazīd b. Khālid b. Mawhab al-Ramlī > al-Layth > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Yaʿlá b. Mamlak

Ya'la ibn Mumallak said that he asked Umm Salamah about the recitation and prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: What have you to do with his prayer? He would pray, then sleep as long as he had prayed, till morning. She then described his recitation and did so with an exposition word by word.  

أبو داود:١٤٦٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مَمْلَكٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ

عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَصَلاَتِهِ فَقَالَتْ وَمَا لَكُمْ وَصَلاَتَهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي وَيَنَامُ قَدْرَ مَا صَلَّى ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي قَدْرَ مَا نَامَ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ قَدْرَ مَا صَلَّى حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَنَعَتَتْ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَنْعَتُ قِرَاءَتَهُ حَرْفًا حَرْفًا  

ahmad:26564Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Layth b. Saʿd > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Yaʿlá b. Mamlak > Saʾalt Um Salamah

[Machine] About the night prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his recitation, she (Aisha) said, "What is wrong with you concerning his prayer and his recitation? He used to pray as much as he slept, and he used to sleep as much as he prayed. And when he recited, his recitation was distinct, word by word."  

أحمد:٢٦٥٦٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مَمْلَكٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ

عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِاللَّيْلِ وَقِرَاءَتِهِ قَالَتْ مَا لَكُمْ وَلِصَلَاتِهِ وَلِقِرَاءَتِهِ؟ قَدْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي قَدْرَ مَا يَنَامُ وَيَنَامُ قَدْرَ مَا يُصَلِّي وَإِذَا هِيَ تَنْعَتُ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَإِذَا قِرَاءَةٌ مُفَسَّرَةٌ حَرْفًا حَرْفًا  

tabarani:20043Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > Abū Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Ibn Lahīʿah > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > Yaʿlá b. Mamlak > Um Salamah

[Machine] "She described the recitation of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and lo and behold, she described it as an interpretive recitation, letter by letter."  

الطبراني:٢٠٠٤٣حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مَمْلَكٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

«أَنَّهَا نَعَتَتْ قِرَاءَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَنْعَتُ قِرَاءَةً مُفَسَّرَةً حَرْفًا حَرْفًا»  

nasai-kubra:1096Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth b. Saʿd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Yaʿlá b. Mamlak

He asked Umm Salamah about the recitation and prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and she said: "Why do you want to know about his prayer?" Then she described his recitation and as being so measured and clear that each letter could be distinguished. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1022)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مَمْلَكٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَلَاتِهِ قَالَتْ مَا لَكُمْ وَصَلَاتَهُ ثُمَّ نَعَتَتْ لَهُ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ «تَنْعَتُ قِرَاءَةً مُفَسَّرَةً حَرْفًا حَرْفًا»  

nasai-kubra:8003Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth b. Saʿd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > Yaʿlá b. Mamlak

He asked Umm Salamah about the recitation and prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and she said: "Why do you want to know about his prayer?" Then she described his recitation and as being so measured and clear that each letter could be distinguished. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1022)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٠٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ مَمْلَكٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَلَاتِهِ فَقَالَتْ «مَا لَكُمْ وَصَلَاتَهُ ثُمَّ نَعَتَتْ لَهُ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَنْعَتُ قِرَاءَةً مُفَسَّرَةً حَرْفًا حَرْفًا»