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السيوطي:١٨٩٧٩a

"مَا شَأنُكُمْ! تُشِيرُونَ بِأَيدِيكُم كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيلٍ شُمْسٍ؟ إِذَا سَلَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْتَفِت إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَلَا يُومِئُ بِيَدِهِ".  

[م] مسلم [ن] النسائي [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن جابر بن سمرة

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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
muslim:431bal-Qāsim b. Zakariyyāʾ > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Furāt / al-Qazzāz > ʿUbaydullāh > Jābir b. Samurah

We said our prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and, while pronouncing salutations, we made gestures with our hands (indicating)" Peace be upon you, peace be upon you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked towards us and said: Why is it that you make gestures with your hands like the tails of headstrong horses? When any one of you pro- nounces salutation (in prayer) he should only turn his face towards his companion and should not make a gesture with his hand.  

مسلم:٤٣١bوَحَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّاءَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ فُرَاتٍ يَعْنِي الْقَزَّازَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكُنَّا إِذَا سَلَّمْنَا قُلْنَا بِأَيْدِينَا السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمْ تُشِيرُونَ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ إِذَا سَلَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْتَفِتْ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَلاَ يُومِئْ بِيَدِهِ  

nasai:1326Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Furāt al-Qazzāz > ʿUbaydullāh / Ibn al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

"I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and when we said the salam we used to gesture with our hands: 'Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah (peace be upon, peace be upon you).' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at us and said: 'What is the matter with you, pointing with your hands as if they are the tails of wild horses? When any one of you says the salam, let him turn to his companions and not gesture with his hand.'"  

النسائي:١٣٢٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ فُرَاتٍ الْقَزَّازِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكُنَّا إِذَا سَلَّمْنَا قُلْنَا بِأَيْدِينَا السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا شَأْنُكُمْ تُشِيرُونَ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ إِذَا سَلَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْتَفِتْ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَلاَ يُومِئْ بِيَدِهِ  

tabarani:1840Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Kurayb > Muṣʿab b. al-Miqdām > Isrāʾīl > Furāt al-Qazzāz > ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

"I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and when we said the salam we used to gesture with our hands: 'Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah (peace be upon, peace be upon you).' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked at us and said: 'What is the matter with you, pointing with your hands as if they are the tails of wild horses? When any one of you says the salam, let him turn to his companions and not gesture with his hand.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1326)  

الطبراني:١٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ فُرَاتٍ الْقَزَّازِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكُنَّا إِذَا سَلَّمْنَا أَشَرْنَا بِأَيْدِينَا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا شَأْنُكُمْ تُشِيرُونَ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ إِذَا سَلَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْتَفِتْ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَلَا يُومِئْ بِيَدِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:1250Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Isrāʾīl > Furāt al-Qazzāz > ʿUbaydullāh / Ibn al-Qibṭiyyah > Jābir b. Samurah

We said our prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and, while pronouncing salutations, we made gestures with our hands (indicating)" Peace be upon you, peace be upon you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ looked towards us and said: Why is it that you make gestures with your hands like the tails of headstrong horses? When any one of you pro- nounces salutation (in prayer) he should only turn his face towards his companion and should not make a gesture with his hand. (Using translation from Muslim 431b)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٢٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ فُرَاتٍ الْقَزَّازِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكُنَّا إِذَا سَلَّمْنَا قُلْنَا بِأَيْدِينَا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا شَأْنُكُمْ تُشِيرُونَ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ؟ إِذَا سَلَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَلْتَفِتْ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَلَا يُومِئُ بِيَدِهِ»