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tabarani:9841[Chain 1] Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , prayed five units of Dhuhr prayer. They said to him, "O Prophet of Allah, should we increase in the prayer?" So he gave the Salam (ending prayer) and then performed two prostrations of forgetfulness.  

الطبراني:٩٨٤١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَا ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ خَمْسَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَقَالُوا لَهُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ الْوَهْمِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
bukhari:1226Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

Once Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered five rakʿat in the Zuhr prayer, and somebody asked him whether there was some increase in the prayer. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What is that?" He said, "You have offered five rakʿat." So Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed two prostrations of Sahu after Taslim.  

البخاري:١٢٢٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالَ صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ مَا سَلَّمَ  

bukhari:715Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ prayed two rakʿat of Zuhr prayer (instead of four) and he was told that he had prayed two rakʿat only. Then he prayed two more rakʿat and finished them with the Taslim followed by two prostrations.  

البخاري:٧١٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَقِيلَ صَلَّيْتَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

muslim:572hʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh al-ʿAnbarī from my father > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

The Apostle of Allah ﷺ said five rak'ahs of the noon prayer and when he completed the prayer, It was said to him: Has there been (commanded) an addition In prayer? He said: What is it? They said: You have said five rak'ahs, so he performed two prostrations.  

مسلم:٥٧٢hحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ قِيلَ لَهُ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالُوا صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

nasai:1254Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

"The Prophet ﷺ prayed Zuhr with five rak'ahs, and it was said to him: 'Has something been added to the prayer?' He said: 'Why are you asking?' They said: 'You prayed five.' So he turned around and prostrated twice."  

النسائي:١٢٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالُوا صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا فَثَنَى رِجْلَهُ وَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

abudawud:1019Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar And Muslim b. Ibrāhīm al-Maʿná > Ḥafṣ > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed five rak’ahs in the noon prayer. He was asked whether the prayer had been extended. He asked what they meant by that. The people said : you prayed five rak’ahs. Then he made two prostrations after having given the salutation.  

أبو داود:١٠١٩حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَمُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَعْنَى قَالَ حَفْصٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالَ صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ مَا سَلَّمَ  

tirmidhi:392Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"The Prophet (S) prayed five (Rakah) for Zuhr, so it was said to him: 'Has the prayer been added to, or have you merely forgotten?' So he (S) performed two prostrations after he had said the Salam."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣٩٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ مَا سَلَّمَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ibnmajah:1205Muḥammad b. Bashhār And ʾAbū Bakr b. Khalāad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

“(Once) the Prophet ﷺ prayed Zuhr with five Rak’ah, and it was said to him: ‘Has something been added to the prayer?’ He said: ‘What is that?’ They told him, and he turned back towards the Qiblah and performed two prostrations.”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٠٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَكَمُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ؟ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَثَنَى رِجْلَهُ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:3566ʿAmr b. al-Haytham > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

"The Prophet ﷺ prayed Zuhr with five rak'ahs, and it was said to him: 'Has something been added to the prayer?' He said: 'Why are you asking?' They said: 'You prayed five.' So he turned around and prostrated twice." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1254)   

أحمد:٣٥٦٦حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا فَقِيلَ زِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ قِيلَ صَلَّيْتَ خَمْسًا فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:4418Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Jābir > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Aswad > Abīhiʿan ʿAbdullāh

"The Prophet (S) prayed five (Rakah) for Zuhr, so it was said to him: 'Has the prayer been added to, or have you merely forgotten?' So he (S) performed two prostrations after he had said the Salam." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 392)   

أحمد:٤٤١٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا فَقَالُوا أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ