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tabarani:8722 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Hushaym > Mughīrah > Ibrāhīm > Dāwud > al-Shaʿbī

[Machine] About Al-Sha'bi, they said, "Abdullah used to not prostrate in Sajda (prayer position) and he would say, 'Indeed, it is the repentance of a prophet.'"  

الطبراني:٨٧٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ أَنَا مُغِيرَةُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَنَا دَاوُدُ

عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَا كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِي ص وَيَقُولُ «إِنَّمَا هِي تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ»  

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tabarani:8717 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > al-Aʿmash > Abū al-Ḍuḥá > Masrūq

[Machine] "Abdullah ibn Mas'ood said, 'Indeed, it was the repentance of a mentioned prophet, therefore he did not prostrate during it.'"  

الطبراني:٨٧١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «إِنَّمَا هِي تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ ذُكِرَتْ فَكَانَ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِيهَا» يَعْنِي ص  

tabarani:8720 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿĀrim Abū al-Nuʿmān [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim > Zir > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] He used to not prostrate in Sajdah and say, "Indeed, it is only the repentance of a Prophet."  

الطبراني:٨٧٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَارِمٌ أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَا ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِي ص وَيَقُولُ «إِنَّمَا هِي تَوْبَةُ نَبِيٍّ»