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Qurʾān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn al-Adab al-Mufrad al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Bukhārī Muslim Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Nasāʾī Ibn Mājah Dārimī Aḥmad Mālik Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Bazzār Ibn Khuzaymah Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
nasai:922 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Muḥammad b. Saʿd al-Anṣārī > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'The Imam is appointed to be followed, so when he says the takbir, say the takbir, and when he recites, be silent.'"

النسائي:٩٢٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا الإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ فَأَنْصِتُوا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَانَ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ يَقُولُ هُوَ ثِقَةٌ يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ الأَنْصَارِيَّ

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ahmad:9438 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad Wsamiʿtuh > from ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Khālid al-Aḥmar > Ibn ʿAjlān > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The imam has been appointed to be followed. So, when he says 'Allahu Akbar,' say 'Allahu Akbar' as well, and when he recites, listen attentively."

أحمد:٩٤٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ وسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ فَأَنْصِتُوا

nasai-kubra:996 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Makhramī > Muḥammad b. Saʿd > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The imam is to be followed, so when he says 'Allahu Akbar', you should say 'Allahu Akbar' and when he recites the Quran, you should remain silent." Abu Abdur Rahman said to us, "We do not know of anyone who followed Ibn Ajlan in his saying 'and when he recites the Quran, you should remain silent'."

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمَخْرَمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا الْإِمَامُ لِيُؤْتَمَّ بِهِ فَإِذَا كَبَّرَ فَكَبِّرُوا وَإِذَا قَرَأَ فَأَنْصِتُوا» قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا تَابَعَ ابْنَ عَجْلَانَ عَلَى قَوْلِهِ وَإِذَا قَرَأَ فَأَنْصِتُوا