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nasai:162 – Bishr b. Hilāl > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If a man feels drowsy when he is praying, let him stop, lest he supplicate against himself without realizing.'"  

النسائي:١٦٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا نَعَسَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ لَعَلَّهُ يَدْعُو عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَهُوَ لاَ يَدْرِي  

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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ أُمِرَ بِهِ النَّاعِسُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّوْمُ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:2584 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Bishr b. Hilāl al-Ṣawwāf > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If a man feels drowsy when he is praying, let him stop, lest he supplicate against himself without realizing.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 162)   

ابن حبّان:٢٥٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ الصَّوَّافُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا نَعَسَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ لَعَلَّهُ يَكُونُ يَدْعُو فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَيَدْعُو عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَهُوَ لَا يَدْرِي»  

nasai-kubra:153 – Bishr b. Hilāl > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ayyūb > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If a man feels drowsy when he is praying, let him stop, lest he supplicate against himself without realizing.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 162)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا نَعَسَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَلْيَنْصَرِفْ لَعَلَّهُ يَدْعُو عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَهُوَ لَا يَدْرِي»  

suyuti:2713a –

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'If a man feels drowsy when he is praying, let him stop, lest he supplicate against himself without realizing.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 162)   

السيوطي:٢٧١٣a –

"إذَا نَعَسَ الرَّجلُ وهُوَ يُصلِّى فلينصرفْ، فلعَّله يَدْعو علَى نفْسه وهو لا يدْرِى".  

[ن] النسائي [حب] ابن حبّان عن عائشة