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مِقْسَمٌ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

tabarani:20351ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Zuhayr > Manṣūr > al-Ḥakam > Miqsam > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to perform nine or ten units of non-obligatory prayers, without separating them with a greeting or speech.  

الطبراني:٢٠٣٥١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعٍ أَوْ عَشْرٍ لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ بِتَسْلِيمٍ وَلَا كَلَامٍ»  


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nasai:1715al-Qāsim b. Zakariyyā b. Dīnār > ʿUbaydullāh > Isrāʾīl > Manṣūr > al-Ḥakam > Miqsam > Ibn ʿAbbās > Um Salamah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray witr with seven or five (rak'ahs), not separating between them with the taslim."  

النسائي:١٧١٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِسَبْعٍ أَوْ بِخَمْسٍ وَلاَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ بِتَسْلِيمٍ  

ibnmajah:1192Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Zuhayr > Manṣūr > al-Ḥakam > Miqsam > Um Salamah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Witr with seven or five Rak’ah, and he would not say Salam or speak in between them.”  

ابن ماجة:١١٩٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ زُهَيْرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِسَبْعٍ أَوْ بِخَمْسٍ لاَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ بِتَسْلِيمٍ وَلاَ كَلاَمٍ  

ahmad:26641ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Manṣūr > al-Ḥakam > Miqsam > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to perform the Sunnah (optional) prayer of Witr with either five or seven units, without speaking or making a final salutation between them.  

أحمد:٢٦٦٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ بِكَلَامٍ وَلَا تَسْلِيمٍ  

ahmad:26725Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sufyān > Manṣūr > al-Ḥakam > Miqsamʿan Um Salamah

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ used to perform voluntary prayers after Isha prayer, consisting of either seven or five units, without speaking or giving salutations between them."  

أحمد:٢٦٧٢٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِسَبْعٍ أَوْ خَمْسٍ لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ بِكَلَامٍ وَلَا تَسْلِيمٍ  

nasai-kubra:433ʿAmr b. Hishām > Makhlad > Sufyān > Manṣūr > al-Ḥakam > Miqsam > Ibn ʿAbbās > Um Salamah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Witr with seven or five Rak’ah, and he would not say Salam or speak in between them.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1192)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُوتِرُ بِسَبْعٍ وَخَمْسٍ لَا يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ بِتَسْلِيمٍ وَلَا بِكَلَامٍ»