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tabarani:7015Mūsá 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 that when prayer is upon us and we are three or more, one of us should stand as our leader (imam), and if we are two, then one of us should lead while the other follows."  

الطبراني:٧٠١٥حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ السَّمُرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَنَا إِذَا أَدْرَكَتْنَا الصَّلَاةُ وَنَحْنُ ثَلَاثَةٌ أَوْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَقُومَ لَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَيَكُونَ لَنَا إِمَامًا وَإِنْ كُنَّا اثْنَيْنِ أَنْ نُصَفَّ مَعًا»  


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tabarani:7016ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Duḥaym > Yaḥyá b. Ḥassān > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > Jaʿfar b. Saʿd b. Samurah > Khubayb b. Sulaymān > Abīh Sulaymān > Samurah b. Jundub

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us that if the prayer caught up with us and we were three or more, then one of us should come forward and lead the prayer, and if we were two, then we should divide it between us all."  

الطبراني:٧٠١٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا دُحَيْمٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ حَدَّثَنِي خُبَيْبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

«أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَدْرَكَتْنَا الصَّلَاةُ وَنَحْنُ ثَلَاثَةٌ أَوْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ نُقَدِّمَ لَنَا رَجُلًا مِنَّا فَيَكُونَ إِمَامًا وَإِنْ كُنَّا اثْنَيْنِ أَنْ نَصُفَّ جَمِيعًا»