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tabarani:12466 – ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Muḥammad b. Bakkār al-ʿAyshī > ʿĀṣim b. Hilāl > Ayyūb > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I stayed at my aunt Maymuna's house, then the Prophet ﷺ stood up to pray at night, so I got up from his left side, then he took my hand and made me stand on his right side, and he stroked my chest and said, "O Allah, grant him wisdom."  

الطبراني:١٢٤٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ الْعَيْشِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

بِتُّ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَمَسَحَ صَدْرِي وَقَالَ «اللهُمَّ آتِهِ الْحِكْمَةَ»  

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bukhari:699 – Musaddad > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Jubayr from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

Once I passed the night in the house of my aunt Maimuna. The Prophet ﷺ stood for the night prayer and I joined him and stood on his left side but he drew me to his right by holding me by the head.  

البخاري:٦٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بِتُّ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقُمْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَهُ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

nasai:806 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Jubayr from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I stayed overnight with my maternal aunt Maimunah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up to pray at night. I stood on his left, so he did this to me: He took me by the head and made me stand on his right."  

النسائي:٨٠٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بِتُّ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ بِي هَكَذَا فَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

ibnmajah:973 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū al-Shawārib > ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Ziyād > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

“I stayed overnight with my maternal aunt Maimunah, and the Prophet ﷺ got up during the night to perform prayer. So I got up and stood on his left. He took me by the hand and made me stand on his right.”  

ابن ماجة:٩٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بِتُّ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

ahmad:3389 – Ismāʿīl > Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Jubayr from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I stayed overnight with my maternal aunt Maimunah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up to pray at night. I stood on his left, so he did this to me: He took me by the head and made me stand on his right." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 806)  

أحمد:٣٣٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بِتُّ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقُمْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَهُ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ لِي هَكَذَا فَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَقِفُ فِيهِ الْمَأْمُومُ إِذَا كَانَ وَحْدَهُ مِنَ الْإِمَامِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ

ibnhibban:2196 – Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Abū al-Ashʿath > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿīd b. Jubayr from his father

“I stayed overnight with my maternal aunt Maimunah, and the Prophet ﷺ got up during the night to perform prayer. So I got up and stood on his left. He took me by the hand and made me stand on his right.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 973)   

ابن حبّان:٢١٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَشْعَثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ

ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «بِتُّ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فَقُمْتُ أُصَلِّي فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ»