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tabarani:1824Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb b. Sawrah al-Baghdādī > Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ saw people raising their hands in prayer and said, 'They have raised their hands as if they were the tails of horses with suns, so calm down in prayer.'"  

الطبراني:١٨٢٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ سَوْرَةَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

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


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
nasai:1184Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbthar > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and we were raising our hands during the Salah. He said: 'Why are you raising your hands while praying, like the tails of wild horses? Stay still when you are praying.'"  

النسائي:١١٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ رَافِعُو أَيْدِينَا فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُهُمْ رَافِعِينَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِي الصَّلاَةِ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمُسِ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلاَةِ  

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  

ahmad:20875Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ that he entered the mosque and saw a group of people raising their hands. He said, "They have raised them like the tails of horses in the sun. Stay calm in your prayer."  

أحمد:٢٠٨٧٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمُسَيَّبَ بْنَ رَافِعٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَأَبْصَرَ قَوْمًا قَدْ رَفَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَقَالَ قَدْ رَفَعُوهَا كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِالشُّمَّسِ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ  

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»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ الْأَعْمَشُ مِنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ

ibnhibban:1879Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf > Bishr b. Khālid al-ʿAskarī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān > al-Musayyib b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "From the Prophet ﷺ, that he entered the mosque and saw a group of people raising their hands, so he said, 'They have raised them as if they are the tails of horses facing the sun, so calm down in prayer'."  

ابن حبّان:١٨٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْمُسَيِّبَ بْنَ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَأَبْصَرَ قَوْمًا قَدْ رَفَعُوا أَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ «قَدْ رَفَعُوهَا 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:1825Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir

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:١٨٢٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَآهُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَاهُمْ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمُسِ؟ اسْكُنُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ»  

tabarani:1827ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > Isrāʾīl b. Yūnus > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ went out and entered the mosque, and he saw the people raising their hands. He said, "Why do I see the people raising their hands as if they were the tails of galloping horses in the sun? Calm down in prayer."  

الطبراني:١٨٢٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ؓ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَأَى النَّاسَ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَى النَّاسَ رَافِعِي أَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ الْخَيْلِ الشُّمُسِ؟ 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»