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nasai:1545Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Yazīd al-Faqīr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. One row stood in front of him and another row stood behind him. He led those who were behind in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then they moved forward until they took the place of their companions, and the others came and took their place, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then he said the taslim, so the Prophet ﷺ had prayed two rak'ahs and they had prayed one.  

النسائي:١٥٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَقِيرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ فَقَامَ صَفٌّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَصَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ صَلَّى بِالَّذِينَ خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ هَؤُلاَءِ حَتَّى قَامُوا فِي مَقَامِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَقَامُوا مَقَامَ هَؤُلاَءِ وَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَكَانَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَتَانِ وَلَهُمْ رَكْعَةٌ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:1536ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > Ṣāliḥ b. Khawwāt > Sahl b. Abū Ḥathmah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. Some formed a row behind him and some formed a row facing the enemy. He led them in praying one rak'ah, then they moved away and the others came, and he led them in praying one rak'ah, then they got up and each (group) made up the other rak'ah.  

النسائي:١٥٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُصَافُّو الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلاَءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً رَكْعَةً  

ahmad:14180Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Yazīd al-Faqīr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. One row stood in front of him and another row stood behind him. He led those who were behind in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then they moved forward until they took the place of their companions, and the others came and took their place, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then he said the taslim, so the Prophet ﷺ had prayed two rak'ahs and they had prayed one. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1545)  

أحمد:١٤١٨٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَقِيرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَقَامَ صَفٌّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَصَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ فَصَلَّى بِالَّذِي خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ هَؤُلَاءِ حَتَّى قَامُوا فِي مَقَامِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ حَتَّى قَامُوا مَقَامَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَكَانَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺرَكْعَتَانِ وَلَهُمْ رَكْعَةً  

ahmad:3364ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Bakr / Ibn Abū al-Jahm > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ performed the prayer of fear, with those behind him forming a row, and another row equivalent to the enemy. He prayed with them one unit of prayer, then these (those who were behind him) went to the position of these (those equivalent to the enemy), and these (those equivalent to the enemy) came (forward), and he prayed with them one unit of prayer, then he said the tasleem. So it was two units for the Prophetﷺ and one unit for each group.  

أحمد:٣٣٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ بِذِي قَرَدٍ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُوَازِيَ الْعَدُوِّ وَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَكَانَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَلِكُلِّ طَائِفَةٍ رَكْعَةً  

ahmad:15710Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq > al-Qāsim > Ṣāliḥ b. Khawwāt

[Machine] On the authority of Sahl ibn Abi Hathmah, it was reported that Abdurrahman raised his hands to the Prophet ﷺ . And regarding Yahya, he mentioned from Sahl that he said, the Imam stands and there is a description behind him and a description in front of him. He prays the prayer with those behind him, a unit of prayer, two prostrations, then he stands until they pray another unit of prayer, then they move forward to the place of their companions. Then those (companions) come and stand in the place of those (who were behind the Imam) and he prays a unit of prayer with them, two prostrations, then he sits until they complete another unit of prayer, then he offers them the greeting (of peace).  

أحمد:١٥٧١٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتٍ

عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ أَمَّا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَأَمَّا يَحْيَى فَذَكَرَ عَنْ سَهْلٍ قَالَ يَقُومُ الْإِمَامُ وَصَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ وَصَفٌّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَيُصَلِّي بِالَّذِي خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ قَائِمًا حَتَّى يُصَلُّوا رَكْعَةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ يَتَقَدَّمُونَ إِلَى مَكَانِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ أُولَئِكَ فَيَقُومُونَ مَقَامَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَيُصَلِّي بِهِمْرَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ حَتَّى يَقْضُوا رَكْعَةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِمْ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ صَلَاةِ الْمَرْءِ فِي الْخَوْفِ، إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَهَا جَمَاعَةً رَكْعَةً وَاحِدَةً

ibnhibban:2869Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Yazīd al-Faqīr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. One row stood in front of him and another row stood behind him. He led those who were behind in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then they moved forward until they took the place of their companions, and the others came and took their place, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then he said the taslim, so the Prophet ﷺ had prayed two rak'ahs and they had prayed one. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1545)   

ابن حبّان:٢٨٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَقِيرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَقَامَ صَفٌّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَصَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ حَتَّى قَامُوا فَقَامَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ» فَكَانَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَتَانِ وَلَهُمْ رَكْعَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ  

tabarani:10272al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī And ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Bayān > Isḥāq al-Azraq > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , performed the prayer of fear (Salat al-Khawf), so he arranged them in rows, facing the enemy, row after row. He prayed one rak'ah with them, then the row that followed him stayed behind, and they stood in the position of those who were facing the enemy. Those people advanced and prayed behind him one rak'ah, then he said the salutation to them. Then those who were behind him stood up and prayed one rak'ah, then those people advanced and stood in the position of those people, and they prayed one rak'ah."  

الطبراني:١٠٢٧٢حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ وَعَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَا ثنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَيَانٍ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ الْأَزْرَقُ عَنْ شَرِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ خَلْفَهُ صَفًّا وَصَفًّا مُقَابِلَ الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ تَأَخَّرَ الصَّفُّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ فَقَامُوا مَقَامَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مُقَابِلَ الْعَدُوِّ وَتَقَدَّمَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلُّوا خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَامَ الَّذِينَ خَلْفَهُ فَصَلُّوا رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ أُولَئِكَ فَقَامُوا مَقَامَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلُّوا رَكْعَةً»  

nasai-kubra:1937ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > Ṣāliḥ b. Khawwāt > Sahl b. Abū Ḥathmah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. Some formed a row behind him and some formed a row facing the enemy. He led them in praying one rak'ah, then they moved away and the others came, and he led them in praying one rak'ah, then they got up and each (group) made up the other rak'ah. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1536)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٩٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُصَافِّي الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً رَكْعَةً»  

nasai-kubra:1946Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan al-Miqsamī > Ḥajjāj b. Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Yazīd al-Faqīr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. One row stood in front of him and another row stood behind him. He led those who were behind in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then they moved forward until they took the place of their companions, and the others came and took their place, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice, then he said the taslim, so the Prophet ﷺ had prayed two rak'ahs and they had prayed one. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1545)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٩٤٦أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمِقْسَمِيُّ عَنْ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَقِيرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَقَامَ صَفٌّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَصَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ صَلَّى بِالَّذِينَ خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ هَؤُلَاءِ حَتَّى قَامُوا فِي مَقَامِ أَصْحَابِهِمْ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَقَامُوا مَقَامَ هَؤُلَاءِ صَلَّى لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَكْعَةً وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَكَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَتَانِ وَلَهُمْ رَكْعَةٌ»