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nasai:1190Muḥammad b. Hāshim al-Baʿlabakkī > Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb b. Shābūr > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on an errand, then I came back to him while he was facing the east or the west. I greeted him with salam and he gestured to me. Then when he finished he called me and said: "O Jabir!" So I came and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I greeted you with Salam but you did not answer." He said: 'I was praying.'  

النسائي:١١٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَعْلَبَكِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ شَابُورٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَسِيرُ مُشَرِّقًا أَوْ مُغَرِّبًا فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ فَانْصَرَفْتُ فَنَادَانِي يَا جَابِرُ فَنَادَانِي النَّاسُ يَا جَابِرُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَلَمْ تَرُدَّ عَلَىَّ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ

ibnhibban:2519al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdullāh al-Qaṭṭān > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on an errand, then I came back to him while he was facing the east or the west. I greeted him with salam and he gestured to me. Then when he finished he called me and said: "O Jabir!" So I came and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I greeted you with Salam but you did not answer." He said: 'I was praying.' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1190)   

ابن حبّان:٢٥١٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَبْعَثًا فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَسِيرُ مُشْرِقًا وَمُغْرِبًا فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ فَانْصَرَفْتُ فَنَادَانِي «يَا جَابِرُ» فَنَادَانِي النَّاسُ يَا جَابِرُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَلَمْ تَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ قَالَ «ذَاكَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي»  

nasai-kubra:1114Muḥammad b. Hāshim al-Baʿlabakkī > Muḥammad b. Shuʿayb b. Shābūr > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me on an errand, then I came back to him while he was facing the east or the west. I greeted him with salam and he gestured to me. Then when he finished he called me and said: "O Jabir!" So I came and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I greeted you with Salam but you did not answer." He said: 'I was praying.' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1190)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَعْلَبَكِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ شَابُورَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَسِيرُ مُشَرِّقًا أَوْ مُغَرِّبًا فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمْتُ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ فَانْصَرَفْتُ فَنَادَانِي النَّاسُ يَا جَابِرُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَلَمْ تَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ زَعَمُوا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ بِمِصْرَ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ