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nasai:893 – Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Maysarah b. Ḥabīb > al-Minhāl b. ʿAmr > Abū ʿUbaydah > ʿAbdullāh > Raʾá a man Yuṣallī Qad Ṣaf Bayn Qadamayh

He saw a man praying with his feet together. He said: "He is not following the Sunnah. If he were to shift his weight from one to the other I would like that better."

النسائي:٨٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَيْسَرَةُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمِنْهَالَ بْنَ عَمْرٍو يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَجُلاً يُصَلِّي قَدْ صَفَّ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَخْطَأَ السُّنَّةَ وَلَوْ رَاوَحَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَانَ أَعْجَبَ إِلَىَّ

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nasai:892 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān b. Saʿīd al-Thawrī > Maysarah > al-Minhāl b. ʿAmr > Abū ʿUbaydah

Abdullah saw a man who was praying with his feet together. He said: "He is going against the Sunnah; if he shifted his weight from one to the other that would be better."

النسائي:٨٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ رَأَى رَجُلاً يُصَلِّي قَدْ صَفَّ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ خَالَفَ السُّنَّةَ وَلَوْ رَاوَحَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَانَ أَفْضَلَ

tabarani:9346 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > a man > al-Minhāl b. ʿAmr > Abū ʿUbaydah > Mar Ibn Masʿūd Birajul Ṣāf Bayn Qadamayh

[Machine] As for this, it would be a mistake to choose either one, as being in-between them would be more preferable to me.

الطبراني:٩٣٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ قَالَ مَرَّ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ بِرَجُلٍ صَافَّ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ

«أَمَّا هَذَا فَقَدْ أَخْطَأَ السُّنَّةَ لَوْ رَاوَحَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ»

nasai-kubra:968 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Maysarah > al-Minhāl b. ʿAmr > Abū ʿUbaydah

Abdullah saw a man who was praying with his feet together. He said: "He is going against the Sunnah; if he shifted his weight from one to the other that would be better." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 892)

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ رَأَى رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي قَدْ صَفَّ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ «خَالَفْتَ السَّنَةَ لَوْ رَاوَحْتَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَانَ أَفْضَلُ»

suyuti:430-449b –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٤٣٠-٤٤٩b –

"مرَّ ابْن مَسْعُودٍ بَرجُلٍ صَافٍّ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ: أمَّا هَذَا فَقَدْ أَخْطأَ السُّنَّةَ، لَوْ رَاوَحَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ".

[عب] عبد الرازق عن أبي عبيدة

suyuti:430-157b – Biá ʿUbaydh > Mar Ibn Masʿūd Birjul Ṣāf Bayn Qadamayh
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٤٣٠-١٥٧b –

"عَنْ أبِى عُبَيْدةَ قَال: مَرَّ ابنُ مَسْعُودٍ بِرجُلٍ صَافٍّ بَيْنَ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ: أَمَّا هَذَا فَقَدْ أخْطأ السُّنَةَ لَو رَاوَحَ بَيْنَهُمَا كَانَ أحبَّ إلىَّ".

[عب] عبد الرازق