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nasai:1360 – Abū Ḥafṣ ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad

"Abdullah said: 'No one among you should allow the Shaitan to give him wrong ideas by making him believe that he can only leave after praying by moving to his right, because I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ usually departing to the left.'"  

النسائي:١٣٦٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لاَ يَجْعَلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا يَرَى أَنَّ حَتْمًا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَنْصَرِفَ إِلاَّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ انْصِرَافِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ  

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bukhari:852 – Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > al-Aswad

You should not give away a part of your prayer to Satan by thinking that it is necessary to depart (after finishing the prayer) from one's right side only; I have seen the Prophet ﷺ often leave from the left side.  

البخاري:٨٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لاَ يَجْعَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ شَيْئًا مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ يَرَى أَنَّ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَنْصَرِفَ إِلاَّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَثِيرًا يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ  

muslim:707a – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Muʿāwiyah And Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

None of you should give a share to Satan out of your self. He should not deem that it is necessary for him to turn but to the right only (after prayer). I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turning to the left.  

مسلم:٧٠٧a – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَوَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

لاَ يَجْعَلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا لاَ يَرَى إِلاَّ أَنَّ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَنْصَرِفَ إِلاَّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَكْثَرُ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ  

abudawud:1042 – Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > al-Aswad b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh > Lā Yajʿal Aḥadukum Naṣīb Lilshhayṭān from Ṣalātih > Lā Yanṣarif Ilā

I came to medina afterwards and saw that the houses of the prophet ﷺ were (built) in the left.  

أبو داود:١٠٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

لاَ يَجْعَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ نَصِيبًا لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ أَنْ لاَ يَنْصَرِفَ إِلاَّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ قَالَ عُمَارَةُ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ بَعْدُ فَرَأَيْتُ مَنَازِلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ  

ibnmajah:930 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ [Chain 2] Abū Bakr b. Khalāad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad

“ ‘Abdullah (bin Mas’ud) said: ‘None of you should apportion within himself a part (of his prayer) thinking that it is a right of Allah upon him that he must only turn to his right to leave after finishing the prayer. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and most of the time he turned to his left.’”  

ابن ماجة:٩٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لاَ يَجْعَلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِي نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا يَرَى أَنَّ حَقًّا لِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَنْصَرِفَ إِلاَّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرُ انْصِرَافِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ  

ahmad:4084 – Yaḥyá > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh And ʾAbū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah And Ibn Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh al-Maʿná

“ ‘Abdullah (bin Mas’ud) said: ‘None of you should apportion within himself a part (of his prayer) thinking that it is a right of Allah upon him that he must only turn to his right to leave after finishing the prayer. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and most of the time he turned to his left.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 930)   

أحمد:٤٠٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَارَةُ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ وَابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمَعْنَى قَالَ

لَا يَجْعَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْنَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا لَا يَرَى إِلَّا أَنَّ حَتْمًا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرُ انْصِرَافِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ  

ahmad:3631 – Abū Muʿāwiyah And Ibn Numayr > al-Aʿmash And Yaḥyá > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad al-Maʿná > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad

“ ‘Abdullah (bin Mas’ud) said: ‘None of you should apportion within himself a part (of his prayer) thinking that it is a right of Allah upon him that he must only turn to his right to leave after finishing the prayer. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and most of the time he turned to his left.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 930)   

أحمد:٣٦٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ وَيَحْيَى عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَارَةُ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَسْوَدُ الْمَعْنَى عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ الْأَسْوَدِ

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ لَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا لَا يَرَى إِلَّا أَنَّ حَقًا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لَا يَنْصَرِفَ إِلَّا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَاللهِ ﷺ وَإِنَّ أَكْثَرَ انْصِرَافِهِ لَعَلَى يَسَارِهِ  

ahmad:4426 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh > Lā Yajʿalan Aḥadukum Lilshhayṭān Juzʾ Yará > Ḥaq ʿAlayh al-Iānṣirāf

“ ‘Abdullah (bin Mas’ud) said: ‘None of you should apportion within himself a part (of his prayer) thinking that it is a right of Allah upon him that he must only turn to his right to leave after finishing the prayer. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and most of the time he turned to his left.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 930)   

أحمد:٤٤٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ عُمَيْرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا يَجْعَلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ جُزْءًا يَرَى أَنَّ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ الِانْصِرَافُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرُ انْصِرَافِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ  

darimi:1390 – Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh > Lā Yajʿal Aḥadukum Lilshhayṭān Naṣīb from Ṣalātih Yará > Ḥaq ʿAlayh > Lā Yanṣarif Illā

You should not give away a part of your prayer to Satan by thinking that it is necessary to depart (after finishing the prayer) from one's right side only; I have seen the Prophet ﷺ often leave from the left side. (Using translation from Bukhārī 852)  

الدارمي:١٣٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

لَا يَجْعَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ نَصِيبًا مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ يَرَى أَنَّ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لَا يَنْصَرِفَ إِلَّا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ لَقَدْ «رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَثِيرًا يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَكُونَ انْصِرَافُهُ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ

ibnhibban:1997 – ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ḥdthnā Muḥammad b. Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > al-Aswad b. Yazīd

“ ‘Abdullah (bin Mas’ud) said: ‘None of you should apportion within himself a part (of his prayer) thinking that it is a right of Allah upon him that he must only turn to his right to leave after finishing the prayer. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and most of the time he turned to his left.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 930)   

ابن حبّان:١٩٩٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حدثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَا يَجْعَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ جُزْءًا مِنْ نَفْسِهِ يَرَى أَنَّ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ إِلَّا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ «فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَكْثَرُ انْصِرَافِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ»  

tabarani:10161 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > a man > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] "Let none of you make himself a part of Satan and fail to see it fit for him to deviate from his right side. Indeed, I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ most often turn away from his left side."  

الطبراني:١٠١٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

لَا يَجْعَلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا وَلَا يَرَى حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ  

tabarani:10162 – Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

None of you should give a share to Satan out of your self. He should not deem that it is necessary for him to turn but to the right only (after prayer). I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turning to the left. (Using translation from Muslim 707a)  

الطبراني:١٠١٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

لَا يَجْعَلْ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا لَا يَرَى إِلَّا أَنَّ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لَا يَنْصَرِفَ إِلَّا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ  

tabarani:10163 – Abū Khalīfah al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Ibrāhīm b. Bashhār al-Ramādī > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > al-Aswad > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "Do not let anyone of you become a part of Satan in such a way that he does not see except that it is obligatory upon him to turn away from his right. Indeed, I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ turning away more often from his left."  

الطبراني:١٠١٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ الرَّمَادِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

لَا يَجْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا لَا يَرَى إِلَّا أَنَّ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ  

nasai-kubra:1285 – Abū Ḥafṣ ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > al-Aʿmash > ʿUmārah > al-Aswad

“ ‘Abdullah (bin Mas’ud) said: ‘None of you should apportion within himself a part (of his prayer) thinking that it is a right of Allah upon him that he must only turn to his right to leave after finishing the prayer. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and most of the time he turned to his left.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 930)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٢٨٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَا يَجْعَلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا يَرَى أَنَّ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لَا يَنْصَرِفُ إِلَّا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ انْصِرَافِهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ»  

suyuti:430-13b –
Translation not available.

  

السيوطي:٤٣٠-١٣b –

"لَا يَجْعَلَنَّ أحَدُكُمْ للشَّيْطَانِ من نفسه جُزْءًا لَا يَرَى إلَّا أَنَّ عَلَيْهِ حَقًا أَنْ يَنْصَرفَ عَنْ يَمينِه (أَكْثَر ما) (*) رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ أَكْثَر مَا يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة