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tabarani:6823Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah al-Dimashqī > Abū al-Jumāhir > Saʿīd b. Bashīr > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah b. Jundub > Nabī Allāh ﷺ Amaranā > Nuḥāfiẓ > al-Ṣalawāt And al-Ṣṣalāh al-Wusṭá

[Machine] "The Prophet of Allah ﷺ ordered us to be mindful of the prayers and the middle prayer, and informed us that it is the Asr prayer."  

الطبراني:٦٨٢٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَمْزَةَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْجُمَاهِرِ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ

«أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُحَافِظَ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى وَأَنْبَأَنَا أَنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ»  


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ahmad:20091Bahz And ʿAffān > Abān > Qatādah > al-Ḥasan > Samurah > Nabī Allāh ﷺ > Ḥāfiẓūā > al-Ṣalawāt al-Bqrh 238 > ʿAffān al-Ṣalāh Wa-al-Ṣṣalāh al-Wusṭá al-Bqrh 238 Wasammāhā Lanā

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Guard the prayers" [2:238]. He ﷺ also described the prayer as "the middle prayer" [2:238]. And he named it for us, that it is the Asr prayer.  

أحمد:٢٠٠٩١حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ} [البقرة 238] قَالَ عَفَّانُ الصَّلَاةِ {وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [البقرة 238] وَسَمَّاهَا لَنَا أَنَّهَا هِيَ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ  

tabarani:7009ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Duḥaym > Yaḥyá b. Ḥassān > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Jaʿfar b. Samurah > Khubayb b. Sulaymān > Abīh Sulaymān > Samurah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to observe all the prayers, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ emphasized the importance of the middle prayer, and informed us that it is the Asr prayer."  

الطبراني:٧٠٠٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا دُحَيْمٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ حَدَّثَنِي خُبَيْبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نُحَافِظَ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ كُلِّهَا وَأَوْصَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى وَنَبَّأَنَا أَنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ»  

tabarani:7010Mūsá b. Hārūn > Marwān b. Jaʿfar al-Samurī > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Khubayb b. Sulaymān b. Samurah > Jaʿfar b. Saʿd b. Samurah > Khubayb b. Sulaymān b. Samurah from his father > Samurah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to observe all of the prayers and emphasized the importance of the middle prayer, and informed us that it is the Asr prayer."  

الطبراني:٧٠١٠حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ السَّمُرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُحَافِظَ عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ كُلِّهِنَّ وَأَوْصَى بِالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى وَنَبَّأَنَا أَنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ»