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tabarani:4571 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Ḥajjāj b. Nuṣayr > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Rabīʿah b. Kaʿb al-Aslamī

[Machine] I stayed at the door of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I used to hear him recite "Al-hamdu lillahi Rabbil 'aalameen" (All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds) during the night. And I used to hear him recite "Subhan Rabbi wa bihamdihi" (Glory be to my Lord and praise to Him) during the night.

الطبراني:٤٥٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ نُصَيْرٍ ثنا هِشَامُ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكُنْتُ أَسْمَعُهُ الْهَوِيَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلَ يَقُولُ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ» وَكُنْتُ أَسْمَعُهُ الْهَوِيَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِهِ»

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nasai:1618 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh > Maʿmar And al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Rabīʿah b. Kaʿb al-Aslamī

"I used to stay overnight at the Prophet's ﷺ apartment and I used to hear him when he prayed Qiyam at night saying: 'Subhan Allahi Rabil-Alamin (Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds)' for a long time, then he said: 'Subhan Allah wa bi hamdih (Glory and praise be to Allah) for a long time."

النسائي:١٦١٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ وَالأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ عِنْدَ حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكُنْتُ أَسْمَعُهُ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الْهَوِيَّ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ الْهَوِيَّ

tirmidhi:3416 – Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl And Wahb b. Jarīr Waʾabū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī And ʿAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʿAbd al-Wārith > Hishām al-Dastawāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Rabīʿah b. Kaʿb al-Aslamī

“I used to spend the night at the door of the Prophet ﷺ, so that I may give him his water for Wudu', and I would hear him, for a long period of the night, saying: ‘Allah hears the one who praise Him (Samiʿ Allāhu liman ḥamidah).’ And I would hear him, for a long period saying: ‘All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the all that exists. (Al-ḥamdulillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn).’”

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.

الترمذي:٣٤١٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ وَوَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ وَأَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ وَعَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنِي رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الأَسْلَمِيُّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأُعْطِيهِ وَضُوءَهُ فَأَسْمَعُهُ الْهَوِيَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ وَأَسْمَعُهُ الْهَوِيَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

ahmad:16574 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Rabīʿah b. Kaʿb al-Aslamī

"I used to stay overnight at the Prophet's ﷺ apartment and I used to hear him when he prayed Qiyam at night saying: 'Subhan Allahi Rabil-Alamin (Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds)' for a long time, then he said: 'Subhan Allah wa bi hamdih (Glory and praise be to Allah) for a long time." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1618)

أحمد:١٦٥٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَنَامُ فِي حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكُنْتُ أَسْمَعُهُ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يُصَلِّي يَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الْهَوِيَّ قَالَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ الْهَوِيَّ

ahmad:16575 – ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAmr > Hishām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Rabīʿah b. Kaʿb al-Aslamī

“I used to spend the night at the door of the Prophet ﷺ, so that I may give him his water for Wudu', and I would hear him, for a long period of the night, saying: ‘Allah hears the one who praise Him (Samiʿ Allāhu liman ḥamidah).’ And I would hear him, for a long period saying: ‘All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the all that exists. (Al-ḥamdulillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn).’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3416)

أحمد:١٦٥٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أُعْطِيهِ وَضُوءَهُ فَأَسْمَعُهُ بَعْدَ هَوِيٍّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ وَأَسْمَعُهُ بَعْدَ هَوِيٍّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

ahmad:16576 – Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > Hishām al-Dastuwāʾī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Rabīʿah b. Kaʿb al-Aslamī

“I used to spend the night at the door of the Prophet ﷺ, so that I may give him his water for Wudu', and I would hear him, for a long period of the night, saying: ‘Allah hears the one who praise Him (Samiʿ Allāhu liman ḥamidah).’ And I would hear him, for a long period saying: ‘All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the all that exists. (Al-ḥamdulillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn).’” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3416)

أحمد:١٦٥٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أُعْطِيهِ وَضُوءَهُ فَأَسْمَعُهُ بَعْدَ هَوِيٍّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ وَالْهَوِيِّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ

ibnhibban:2595 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ḥibbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > Maʿmar And al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Rabīʿah b. Kaʿb al-Aslamī

"I used to stay overnight at the Prophet's ﷺ apartment and I used to hear him when he prayed Qiyam at night saying: 'Subhan Allahi Rabil-Alamin (Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds)' for a long time, then he said: 'Subhan Allah wa bi hamdih (Glory and praise be to Allah) for a long time." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1618)

ابن حبّان:٢٥٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حِبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ وَالْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ عِنْدَ حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَكُنْتُ أَسْمَعُهُ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ «سُبْحَانَ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الْهَوِيَّ» ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ الْهَوِيَّ»

tabarani:4573 – [Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdah al-Miṣṣīṣī > Abū Tawbah al-Rabīʿ b. Nāfiʿ [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Yaḥyá b. Bishr al-Ḥarīrī > Muʿāwiyah b. Sallām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Rabīʿah b. Kaʿb

“Subhan Allahi Rabbil-‘alamin (Glory is to Allah, the Lord of the worlds),” repeating that for a while, then he said: Subhan Allahi wa bihamdihi (Glory and praise is to Allah).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3879)

الطبراني:٤٥٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ ثنا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْحَرِيرِيُّ قَالَا ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ رَبِيعَةَ بْنَ كَعْبٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَبِيتُ عِنْدَ بَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ يَسْمَعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ «سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ» الْهَوِيَّ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِهِ» نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ

tabarani:4574 – Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad > Ādam > Shaybān > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Salamah > Rabīʿah b. Kaʿb al-Aslamī

[Machine] I used to stay at the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and I would hear him saying the following during the night: "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds." Then he would say, "Glory be to my Lord and praise Him."

الطبراني:٤٥٧٤ – حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا آدَمُ ثنا شَيْبَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَبِيتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكُنْتُ أَسْمَعُهُ الْهَوِيَّ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَقُولُ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ» ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِهِ» الْهَوِي