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tabarani:12567ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAzīz al-Mawṣilī > Ghassān b. al-Rabīʿ > Thābit b. Yazīd > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I stood up one night to pray with the Prophet ﷺ. I stood to his left and he gestured with his hand from behind him. He took my hand or arm and made me stand to his right.  

الطبراني:١٢٥٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَزِيزٍ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ ثنا غَسَّانُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ ثنا ثَابِتُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قُمْتُ لَيْلَةً أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي أَوْ بِعَضُدِي حَتَّى أَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
bukhari:699Musaddad > 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:٦٩٩حَدَّثَنَا 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  

bukhari:728Mūsá > Thābit b. Yazīd > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās > Qumt Laylah Uṣallī

One night I stood to the left of the Prophet ﷺ in the prayer but he caught hold of me by the hand or by the shoulder (arm) till he made me stand on his right and beckoned with his hand (for me) to go from behind (him). (Al-Kashmaihani [??] , Fath-ul-Bari).  

البخاري:٧٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ قُمْتُ لَيْلَةً أُصَلِّي

عَنْ يَسَارِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي أَوْ بِعَضُدِي حَتَّى أَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ مِنْ وَرَائِي  

nasai:842Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abū Sulaymān > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

"I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺand I stood on his left. He took hold of me with his left hand and made me stand on his right."  

النسائي:٨٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَنِي بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

ibnmajah:973Muḥammad 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:٩٧٣حَدَّثَنَا 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:2413Abū Saʿīd a freed slave of Banī Hāshim And ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-Maʿná > Thābit > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] I stood up to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and I stood on his left side. He then gestured with his hand from behind him until he grabbed my shoulder or my hand and positioned me on his right side.  

أحمد:٢٤١٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ الْمَعْنَى قَالا حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قُمْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ حَتَّى أَخَذَ بِعَضُدِي أَوْ بِيَدِي حَتَّى أَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ  

bayhaqi:5152Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī And ʾAbū ʿAbdullāh b. Burhān Waʾabū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān Waʾabū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān Waʾabū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yaḥyá b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Sukkarī > Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > al-Ḥasan b. ʿArafah > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās > Bit Dhāt Laylah ʿInd Khālatī Maymūnah b. al-Ḥārith

[Machine] Then the Prophet ﷺ stood up to pray at night. He said, "So I stood to his left to pray with him." He said, "Then he took hold of my shoulder or my head and made me stand to his right."  

البيهقي:٥١٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنُ بُرْهَانَ وَأَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ وَأَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ وَأَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ السُّكَّرِيُّ قَالُوا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ بِتُّ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ عِنْدَ خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ ؓ قَالَ

فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ أُصَلِّي بِصَلَاتِهِ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِذُؤَابٍ كَانَ لِي أَوْ بِرَأْسِي فَأَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ