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tabarani:1949Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Sharīk > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] "The prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was purposeful, and his sermon was purposeful."  

الطبراني:١٩٤٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»  


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muslim:866aḤasan b. al-Rabīʿ And ʾAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length.  

مسلم:٨٦٦aحَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلاَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا  

nasai:1582Qutaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I used to pray with the Prophet ﷺ and his prayer was moderate in length and his Khutbah was moderate in length."  

النسائي:١٥٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ صَلاَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا  

abudawud:1101Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

The prayer offered by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was moderate, and the sermon given by him was (also) moderate. He would recite a few verses from the Qur'an and exhort the people.  

أبو داود:١١٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سِمَاكٌ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ صَلاَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا يَقْرَأُ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ وَيُذَكِّرُ النَّاسَ  

ahmad:21025Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The prayer of the Prophet ﷺ was intentional, and so was his sermon.  

أحمد:٢١٠٢٥حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَصْدًاوَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا  

ahmad:21026Wakīʿ > al-Aʿmash > al-Musayyab b. Rāfiʿ > Tamīm b. Ṭarafah > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The prayer of the Prophet ﷺ was intentional and his sermon was intentional.  

أحمد:٢١٠٢٦حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ الْمُسَيَّبِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْخُطْبَةَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ قَصِيرَةً قَصِدَةً

ibnhibban:2802Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length. (Using translation from Muslim 866a)  

ابن حبّان:٢٨٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»  

tabarani:1928Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Simāk b. Ḥarb

[Machine] Jabir ibn Samurah said, "The prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his sermon were concise."  

الطبراني:١٩٢٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ ثنا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ

جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ «كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»  

tabarani:2021Simāk b. Ḥarb

[Machine] I asked Jabir ibn Samurah, "How was the prayer of the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "His sermon was concise, and his prayer was concise."  

الطبراني:٢٠٢١وَعَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «كَانَتْ خُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وَصَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا»  

nasai-kubra:1800Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

I used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and both his prayer and sermon were of moderate length. (Using translation from Muslim 866a)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٨٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَتْ «صَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا»