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tabarani:9311 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > Jāʾ a man > ʿAbdullāh > Yā Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman Qraʾ Khalf al-Imām

[Machine] "O Abu Abdur Rahman, do I read behind the imam?" He said, "Listen to the Quran, for in the prayer there is occupation, and that imam will suffice for you."

الطبراني:٩٣١١ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أقْرَأُ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ؟ قَالَ «أَنْصِتْ لِلْقُرْآنِ فَإِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شُغْلًا وَسَيَكْفِيكَ ذَلِكَ الْإِمَامُ»

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tabarani:10435 – Mūsá b. Hārūn > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Maqābirī

[Machine] "He said about reading behind the imam, listen to the recitation as you have been commanded; for in prayer, there is fulfillment and that imam will suffice you."

الطبراني:١٠٤٣٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمَقَابِرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ ثنا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْمُعْتَمِرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ ثُمَّ لَقِيتُ مَنْصُورَ بْنَ الْمُعْتَمِرِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ فَحَدَّثَنَا عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ أَنْصِتْ لِلْقِرَاءَةِ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ؛ فَإِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شُغْلًا وَسَيَكْفِيكَ ذَاكَ الْإِمَامُ