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tabarani:8965ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Murrah al-Hamdānī > Ḥuddatht Nafsī

[Machine] That Allah is not below any roof until He performs His prayer.  

الطبراني:٨٩٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ قَالَ حُدَّثْتُ نَفْسِي أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ خَلْفَ كُلِّ سَارِيَةٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا أُصَلِّي إِذْ أَتَانَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ لِأُخْبِرَهُ بِأَمْرِي فَسَبَقَنِي رَجُلٌ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِالَّذِي أَصْنَعُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «§لَوْ يَعْلَمُ هَذَا

أَنَّ اللهَ ﷻ عِنْدَ أَدْنَى سَارِيَةٍ مَا جَاوَزَهَا حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ صَلَاتَهُ»