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السيوطي:١٩١٥٠a

"مَا لي أرَاكُم رَافعي أَيديَكُم كَأنَّها أَذْنَابُ خَيل شُمْس اسْكُنُوا في الصَّلَاةِ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ن] النسائي [حب] ابن حبّان عن جابر بن سمرة

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
abudawud:1000ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm al-Ṭāʾī > Jābir b. Samurah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while the people were raising their hands. The narrator Zubair said: I think( they were raising the hands) during prayer. He (the prophet) said: What is the matter, I see you raising your hands as if they are the tails of restive horses! Maintain tranquility during prayer.  

أبو داود:١٠٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالنَّاسُ رَافِعُو أَيْدِيهِمْ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ أُرَاهُ قَالَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلاَةِ  

ibnhibban:1878Abū ʿArūbah al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Mawdūd Biḥarrān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Bajalī > Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyib b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while the people were raising their hands. The narrator Zubair said: I think( they were raising the hands) during prayer. He (the prophet) said: What is the matter, I see you raising your hands as if they are the tails of restive horses! Maintain tranquility during prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1000)   

ابن حبّان:١٨٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَوْدُودٍ بِحَرَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبَجَلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِذَا النَّاسُ رَافِعُو أَيْدِيهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ؟ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:1822Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Qabīṣah b. ʿUqbah > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque and saw them raising their hands. He said, "Why are they raising their hands as if they were the tails of galloping horses under the sun? Be calm in prayer."  

الطبراني:١٨٢٢حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَآهُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ قَالَ «مَا لَهُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ؟ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:1826Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī from my father > Zuhayr > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon us while the people were raising their hands. The narrator Zubair said: I think( they were raising the hands) during prayer. He (the prophet) said: What is the matter, I see you raising your hands as if they are the tails of restive horses! Maintain tranquility during prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1000)   

الطبراني:١٨٢٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا زُهَيْرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ أُرَاهُ قَالَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُمْ رَافِعُوا أَيْدِيهِمْ وَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيكُمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:1828Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yaḥyá > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ saw a group of people raising their hands and said, "It is as if they are the tails of horses in the sun. Stay calm in prayer."  

الطبراني:١٨٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى قَوْمًا قَدْ رَفَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَقَالَ «كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمُسٍ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»