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tabarani:2055al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Muḥammad b. Abān al-Wāsiṭī > Ayyūb b. Jābir > Simāk > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the obligatory prayers of Witr neither too fast nor too long, and he used to delay it until nightfall.  

الطبراني:٢٠٥٥حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ صَلَاةَ وَسَطٍ لَا يُطِيلُ فِيهَا وَلَا يَخِفُّ وَكَانَ يُؤَخِّرُ الْعَتَمَةَ»  


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ahmad:21002Yaḥyá b. Ḥammād And ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray in a similar way to your prayers, and he would delay the 'Isha prayer after your prayer for a while, and he would shorten the prayer.  

أحمد:٢١٠٠٢حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الصَّلَوَاتِ نَحْوًا مِنْ صَلَاتِكُمْ وَكَانَ يُؤَخِّرُ الْعَتَمَةَ بَعْدَ صَلَاتِكُمْ شَيْئًا وَكَانَ يُخَفِّفُ الصَّلَاةَ  

ahmad:20826Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Ayyūb / Ibn Jābir > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lead us in the obligatory prayer, without prolonging it or rushing through it. He would not make it too long or too short. He would delay the Isha prayer.  

أحمد:٢٠٨٢٦حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جَابِرٍ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِنَا الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَلَا يُطِيلُ فِيهَا وَلَا يُخِفُّ وَسَطًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَكَانَ يُؤَخِّرُ الْعَتَمَةَ  

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السيوطي:١٦٥-٣١٩b

"عَنْ جَابِر قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّى بِنَا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ صَلاَةً لا نُطِيلُ فِيهَا، وَلاَ نُخَفِّفُ، وَسَطًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَكَانَ يُؤَخِّرُ العَتْمَةَ".  

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