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tabarani:4919Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > al-Rukayn b. al-Rabīʿ b. ʿUmaylah al-Fazārī > al-Qāsim b. Ḥassān > Zayd b. Thābit > Saʾaltuh > Ṣalāh al-Khawf

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah stood up and prayed with them. Then a row stood behind him and a row opposing the enemy, and he prayed with them one rak'ah. Then those (in the back row) went to the place of those (in the front row), and those (in the front row) came forward and he prayed with them one rak'ah, then he turned away."  

الطبراني:٤٩١٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الرُّكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ عُمَيْلَةَ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ؟ فَقَالَ

«قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ فَقَامَ صَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ وَصَفٌّ مُوَازٍ الْعَدُوَّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَفِّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ»  


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nasai:1530ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Ashʿath b. Sulaym > al-Aswad b. Hilāl > Thaʿlabah b. Zahdam

"We were with Sa'eed bin Al-'Asi in Tabaristan, and Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman was with us. He said: 'Which of you offered the fear prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' Hudhaifah said: 'I did.' So Hudhaifah stood and the people formed two rows behind him, one row behind him and one row facing the enemy. He led those who were behind him in praying one rak'ah, then they went and took the place of the others, and the others came and he led them in praying one rak'ah, and they did not make it up."  

النسائي:١٥٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ زَهْدَمٍ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِي بِطَبَرِسْتَانَ فَقَالَ

أَيُّكُمْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ أَنَا فَقَامَ حُذَيْفَةُ فَصَفَّ النَّاسُ خَلْفَهُ صَفَّيْنِ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُوَازِيَ الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِالَّذِي خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ هَؤُلاَءِ إِلَى مَكَانِ هَؤُلاَءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً وَلَمْ يَقْضُوا  

nasai:1533Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū al-Jahm > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed at Dhi Qarad and the people formed two rows behind him, one row behind him and one row facing the enemy. He led those who were behind him in praying one rak'ah, then they went and took the place of the others, and the others came and he led them in praying one rak'ah, and they did not make it up.  

النسائي:١٥٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِذِي قَرَدٍ وَصَفَّ النَّاسُ خَلْفَهُ صَفَّيْنِ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُوَازِيَ الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِالَّذِينَ خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ هَؤُلاَءِ إِلَى مَكَانِ هَؤُلاَءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً وَلَمْ يَقْضُوا  

nasai:1536ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > Ṣāliḥ b. Khawwāt > Sahl b. Abū Ḥathmah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. Some formed a row behind him and some formed a row facing the enemy. He led them in praying one rak'ah, then they moved away and the others came, and he led them in praying one rak'ah, then they got up and each (group) made up the other rak'ah.  

النسائي:١٥٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُصَافُّو الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلاَءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً رَكْعَةً  

ahmad:3364ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Bakr / Ibn Abū al-Jahm > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ performed the prayer of fear, with those behind him forming a row, and another row equivalent to the enemy. He prayed with them one unit of prayer, then these (those who were behind him) went to the position of these (those equivalent to the enemy), and these (those equivalent to the enemy) came (forward), and he prayed with them one unit of prayer, then he said the tasleem. So it was two units for the Prophetﷺ and one unit for each group.  

أحمد:٣٣٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ بِذِي قَرَدٍ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُوَازِيَ الْعَدُوِّ وَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ فَكَانَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَلِكُلِّ طَائِفَةٍ رَكْعَةً  

hakim:1245Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Usayd b. ʿĀṣim > al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥafṣ > Sufyān > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Qaṭīʿī > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > al-Ashʿath b. Sulaym > al-Aswad b. Hilāl > Thaʿlabah b. Zahdam

"We were with Sa'eed bin Al-'Asi in Tabaristan, and Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman was with us. He said: 'Which of you offered the fear prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?' Hudhaifah said: 'I did.' So Hudhaifah stood and the people formed two rows behind him, one row behind him and one row facing the enemy. He led those who were behind him in praying one rak'ah, then they went and took the place of the others, and the others came and he led them in praying one rak'ah, and they did not make it up." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1530)   

الحاكم:١٢٤٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا أَبِي ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ زَهْدَمٍ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ بِطَبَرِسْتَانَ فَقَالَ

«أَيُّكُمْ صَلَّى مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ؟» فَقَامَ حُذَيْفَةُ «فَصَفَّ النَّاسَ خَلْفَهُ صَفًّا وَصَفًّا مُوَازِيَ الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِالَّذِينَ خَلْفَهُ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ هَؤُلَاءِ مَكَانَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً وَلَمْ يَقْضُوا»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ هَكَذَا

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ وَصَفْنَاهُمْ لَمْ يَقْضُوَا الرَّكْعَةَ الَّتِي رَكَعَ ﷺ بِإِخْوَانِهِمْ، بَلِ اقْتَصَرُوا عَلَى رَكْعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ لَهُمْ

ibnhibban:2871ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū al-Jahm > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed at Dhi Qarad and the people formed two rows behind him, one row behind him and one row facing the enemy. He led those who were behind him in praying one rak'ah, then they went and took the place of the others, and the others came and he led them in praying one rak'ah, and they did not make it up. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1533)   

ابن حبّان:٢٨٧١أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي الْجَهْمِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَلَّى بِذِي قَرَدٍ فَصَفَّ النَّاسُ خَلْفَهُ صَفَّيْنِ صَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ وَصَفٌّ مُوَازِي الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِالصَّفِّ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ رَجَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً وَلَمْ يَقْضُوا»  

nasai-kubra:1937ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > Ṣāliḥ b. Khawwāt > Sahl b. Abū Ḥathmah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in offering the fear prayer. Some formed a row behind him and some formed a row facing the enemy. He led them in praying one rak'ah, then they moved away and the others came, and he led them in praying one rak'ah, then they got up and each (group) made up the other rak'ah. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1536)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٩٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُصَافِّي الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً رَكْعَةً»  

bayhaqi:6050Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Qabīṣah b. ʿUqbah > Sufyān > al-Rukayn > al-Qāsim b. Ḥassān > Atayt Fulān b. And Dīʿah Fasaʾaltuh > Ṣalāh al-Khawf > Āyt Zayd b. Thābit Fāsʾalh Faʾatayt Zayd Fasaʾaltuh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the prayer of fear, so he arranged the rows behind him and the rows parallel to the enemy. He prayed with them one unit of prayer, then these people went to the place of those people, and those people came to the place of these people, so he prayed with them one unit of prayer, then he gave the salaam.  

البيهقي:٦٠٥٠مَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الرُّكَيْنِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ فُلَانَ بْنَ وَدِيعَةَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ فَقَالَ ايتِ زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ فَاسْأَلْهُ فَأَتَيْتُ زَيْدًا فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُوَازِي الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ  

suyuti:360-2bSahl b. Abiá Ḥathmah
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السيوطي:٣٦٠-٢b

"عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِى حَثْمَةَ قَالَ: يَقُومُ الإِمَامُ فِى صَلاَةِ الْخَوْفِ، وَيَقَومُ صَفٌّ خَلْفَهُ، وَصَفٌّ مُوَازِى الْعَدُوِّ، فَيُصَلِّى بِهَؤُلاَءِ رَكْعَةً، فَإِذَا صَلَّى بهِمْ رَكْعَةً قَامُوا مَكَانَهُمْ وَالإِمَامُ قَائِمٌ، فَقَضَوْا رَكعَةً، ثُمَّ ذَهَبُوا إِلَى مَصَافِّ أُولَئِكَ، وَجَاءَ أُوَلَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكعَةً، ثُمَّ قَامُوا مَكَانَهُمْ فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً".  

[عب] عبد الرازق
suyuti:339-22bZayd b. Thābit > Suʾil > Ṣalāh al-Khawf
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السيوطي:٣٣٩-٢٢b

"عَنْ زَيْد بن ثَابِت أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْخَوْفِ فَقَالَ: قامَ رَسولُ الله ﷺ ، فَصَلَّى بِهِم، فَقَامَ صَفٌ خَلْفَهُ، وَصَفٌّ مُوَازِى الْعَدُوِّ، فَصَلَّى بِهِم رَكْعَة، ثمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى مَصَافِّ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَجَاءَ هَؤُلَاءِ فَصَلَّى بِهم رَكْعَةً، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ".  

[عب] عبد الرازق [ش] ابن أبى شيبة