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tabarani:9494Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAmr b. Shuraḥbīl > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The length of the prayer and the brevity of the sermon are indications of a person's understanding of jurisprudence.  

الطبراني:٩٤٩٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«طُولُ الصَّلَاةِ وَقِصَرُ الْخُطْبَةِ مَئِنَّةٌ مِنْ فِقْهِ الرَّجُلِ»  


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tabarani:9493Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAmr b. Shuraḥbīl > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "The length of the prayer and the brevity of the sermon are indications of a person's understanding of jurisprudence."  

الطبراني:٩٤٩٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

«طُولُ الصَّلَاةِ وَقِصَرُ الْخُطْبَةِ مَئِنَّةٌ مِنْ فِقْهِ الرَّجُلِ»  

bayhaqi:5764Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Abū Bakr al-Faḥḥām > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-Razzāq Nbā Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿUmar b. Shuraḥbīl

[Machine] Abdullah said, "Indeed, the length of the prayer and the shortness of the sermon are indications of a person's understanding (fIQh)."  

البيهقي:٥٧٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْفَحَّامُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنبا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِنَّ طُولَ الصَّلَاةِ وَقِصَرَ الْخُطْبَةِ مَئِنَّةٌ مِنْ فِقْهِ الرَّجُلِ يَقُولُ عَلَامَةٌ