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tirmidhi:313 – Isḥāq b. Mūsá al-Anṣārī > Maʿn > Mālik > Abū Nuʿaym Wahbb. Kaysān > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"Whoever prayed a Rak'ah in which he did not recite Umm Al-Qur'an, then he did not pray except if he was behind an Imam."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
الترمذي:٣١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَلَّى رَكْعَةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ وَرَاءَ الإِمَامِ
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