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tabarani:9550Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] "To pray four units of prayer after Friday prayer, until we heard the saying of Ali, 'Pray six.' Abu Abdur Rahman said, 'So, we pray six.' Ata said, 'Abu Abdur Rahman prays two units and then four.'"  

الطبراني:٩٥٥٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ ثنا عَطَاءُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ «كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ §يُعَلِّمُنَا

أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ» حَتَّى سَمِعْنَا قَوْلَ عَلِيٍّ «صَلُّوا سِتًّا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ «فَنَحْنُ نُصَلِّي سِتًّا» قَالَ عَطَاءٌ «أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَرْبَعًا»