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tabarani:9559Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil al-Sirāj > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī

[Machine] "I saw Abdullah ibn Mas'ud sweeping the mosque at night, and he would not see any darkness in it except for a man standing and praying."  

الطبراني:٩٥٥٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ السِّرَاجُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَعُسُّ الْمَسْجِدَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَلَا يَرَى فِيهِ سَوَادًا إِلَّا أَخَّرَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلًا قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي»  


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tabarani:9266Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī

[Machine] Ibn Mas'ud used to (wash) clean the mosque and would not leave any dirt in it except for a praying man.  

الطبراني:٩٢٦٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيَّ قَالَ

كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ «يَعُسُّ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَا يَدَعُ فِيهِ سَوَادًا إِلَّا أَخْرَجَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مُصَلِّيًا»