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tabarani:16445[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī > Sufyān [Chain 2] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When you perform ablution and then go intentionally to the mosque, do not interlock your fingers, for you are in prayer."  

الطبراني:١٦٤٤٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَة قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا تُشَبِّكَنَّ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِكَ فَإِنَّكَ فِي صَلَاةٍ»  


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tirmidhi:386Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > a man > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

Messenger of Allah (S) said: "When one of you performs Wudu and does so well, then he leaves intending to go to the Masjid, then let him not intertwine his fingers, for indeed he is in Salat."  

الترمذي:٣٨٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلاَ يُشَبِّكَنَّ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ فَإِنَّهُ فِي صَلاَةٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ مِثْلَ حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ وَرَوَى شَرِيكٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ وَحَدِيثُ شَرِيكٍ غَيْرُ مَحْفُوظٍ
ahmad:18114Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Baʿḍ Banī Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah > Kaʿb

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "When you perform ablution and perfect your ablution, then you go to the mosque and you are in prayer, do not intertwine your fingers."  

أحمد:١٨١١٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ بَنِي كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ عَنْ كَعْبٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَأَحْسَنْتَ وُضُوءَكَ ثُمَّ عَمَدْتَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَنْتَ فِي صَلَاةٍ فَلَا تُشَبِّكْبَيْنَ أَصَابِعِكَ  

ahmad:18115Qurrān b. Tammām Abū Tammām al-Asadī > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When you perform ablution and perfect your ablution, then you go purposely to the mosque, do not intertwine your fingers together." He said, "I see people doing that." He said, "Verily, you are in prayer."  

أحمد:١٨١١٥حَدَّثَنَا قُرَّانُ بْنُ تَمَّامٍ أَبُو تَمَّامٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَأَحْسَنْتَ وُضُوءَكَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا تُشَبِّكَنَّ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِكَ قَالَ قُرَّانُ أُرَاهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ فِي صَلَاةٍ  

darimi:1445Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān > al-Maqburī > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When you perform ablution and head towards the mosque, do not interlock your fingers, for you are in a state of prayer."  

الدارمي:١٤٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَعَمَدْتَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا تُشَبِّكَنَّ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِكَ فَإِنَّكَ فِي صَلَاةٍ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ مَا رَوَاهُ إِلَّا سَعِيدٌ الْمَقْبُرِيُّ، وَقَدِ اخْتُلِفَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ فِيمَا زَعَمَ

ibnhibban:2150Abū ʿArūbah > Muḥammad b. Maʿdān al-Ḥarrānī > Sulaymān b. ʿUbaydullāh > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > Zayd b. Abū Unaysah > al-Ḥakam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Laylá > Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "O Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah, when you perform ablution (wudu) and perfect the ablution, then you go out to the mosque, do not interlock your fingers, as you are in prayer."  

ابن حبّان:٢١٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتَ فَأَحْسَنْتَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ خَرَجْتَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا تُشَبِّكْ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِكَ فَإِنَّكَ فِي صَلَاةٍ»  

bayhaqi:5881Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad b. al-Walīd b. Aḥmad al-Zawzanī > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Shāfiʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rawḥ al-Madāyinī > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Dāwud b. Qays > Saʿd b. Isḥāq > Abū Thumāmah al-Ḥannāṭ > Adrakanī Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah > Bi-al-Balāṭ Mutawajjih > al-Masjid Mushabbik Bayn Aṣābiʿī

AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Ka'b ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 562)   

البيهقي:٥٨٨١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَامِدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْزَوْزَنِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الشَّافِعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَوْحٍ الْمَدَايِنِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا دَاوُدُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي ثُمَامَةَ الْحَنَّاطِ قَالَ أَدْرَكَنِي كَعْبُ بْنُ عُجْرَةَ وَأَنَا بِالْبَلَاطِ مُتَوَجِّهًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ مُشَبِّكًا بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِي فَقَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا يُشَبِّكَنَّ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ  

suyuti:1565a

AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Ka'b ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 562)   

السيوطي:١٥٦٥a

"إذَا توضَّأ أحدُكمْ فأحْسن وُضُوءَه ثمَّ خرج عامِدًا إلى المسْجِد، فلا يُشبِّكنَّ أصابِعَه ، فإِنَّه في صَلاةِ" .  

[حم] أحمد [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ق] البيهقى في السنن عن كعب بن عُجْرة
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السيوطي:٢٧٤١٨a

"يَا كَعْبُ: إِذَا تَوَضَّأتَ فَأحْسَنْتَ الْوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا تُشَبِّكَنَّ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِكِ؛ فَإِنَّكَ فِى صَلَاةٍ".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن عن كعب بن عجرة