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tabarani:20531ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Miqsam

[Machine] I asked him if I can offer three units of prayer after Isha and then go out for prayer, fearing that I might miss it. He replied, "It is not correct except with five or seven (units of prayer)." So, I asked him from whom did he hear this? He said, "From a trustworthy person, from Maymunah, from Aisha, from the Prophet ﷺ."  

الطبراني:٢٠٥٣١حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُهُ أَوْتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي فَقَالَ «لَا يَصْلُحُ إِلَّا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ» فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَمَّنْ؟ فَقَالَ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  


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ahmad:26848Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Saʾalt Miqsam

[Machine] I said, "Shall I perform optional prayers three times before going out for prayer, out of fear that I might miss it?" He said, "It is not sufficient except with five or seven." So I informed Mujahid and Yahya bin Al-Jazza about what he said, and they asked me, "Who is the source of this information?" So I asked him, and he said, "Maymuna and Aisha transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ ."  

أحمد:٢٦٨٤٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَكَمُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ مِقْسَمًا قَالَ

قُلْتُ أُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي؟ قَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ إِلَّا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ فَأَخْبَرْتُ مُجَاهِدًا وَيَحْيَى بْنَ الجَزَّارِ بِقَوْلِهِ فَقَالَا لِي سَلْهُعَمَّنْ؟ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

ahmad:25616Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam

[Machine] I said to a person who was dividing the night into three parts and then performing Tahajjud prayer, fearing that I might miss it. He said, "There is no Tahajjud except in sets of five or seven." So I mentioned this to Yahya ibn Al-Jazzaar and Mujahid, and they asked me, "Who did you hear this from?" I replied, "From trustworthy people, narrated by Aisha and Maymunah from the Prophet ﷺ ."  

أحمد:٢٥٦١٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَكَمُ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِمِقْسَمٍ أُوتِرُ بِثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَفُوتَنِي قَالَ لَا وَتْرَ إِلَّا بِخَمْسٍ أَوْ سَبْعٍ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِيَحْيَى بْنِ الْجَزَّارِ وْمُجَاهِدٍ فَقَالَا لِي سَلْهُ عَمَّنْ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَهُفَقَالَ عَنِ الثِّقَةِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ومَيْمُونَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ