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tabarani:9552ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj > Hammām > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] "To pray before Friday prayer four units (rak'ahs) and after it four units, until Ali came and ordered us to pray two units (rak'ahs) after it and four units."  

الطبراني:٩٥٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجٌ ثنا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ «كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ §يَأْمُرُنَا

أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ قَبْلَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَرْبَعًا وَبَعْدَهَا أَرْبَعًا» حَتَّى جَاءَ عَلِيٌّ «فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ بَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَرْبَعًا»  


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tabarani:9551Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > al-Thawrī > ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī

[Machine] "To pray four units before Friday prayer, and four units after it, until Ali came and commanded us to pray two units after it, then four units."  

الطبراني:٩٥٥١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ «كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ §يَأْمُرُنَا

أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ قَبْلَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَرْبَعًا وَبَعْدَهَا أَرْبَعًا» حَتَّى جَاءَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ «فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ بَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَرْبَعًا»