Musnad Ahmad 13720

Translation

✧ I have not seen an imam whose prayer more closely resembled that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than this imam of yours. He said: And Umar, meaning Ibn Abd al-Aziz, would not prolong the recitation.

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What scholars said about it

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• Ibn Rajab

  هذا حديث صحيح

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  in مسند أحمد, p. 13870

Narrators

1. 1
   Anas b. Mālik

   a well-known Companiond. 90 AH, or 91 AH, or 92 AH, or 93 AH
   أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍصحابي مشهور
   قال
2. 2
   ʿĀmir b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 121 AH, or: 122 AH, or: 124 AH, or: 125 AH
   عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة عابد
   عن
3. 3
   Muḥammad b. Musāḥiq
   مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسَاحِقٍ
   عن
4. 4
   Fulayḥ

   truthful (ṣadūq), makes many errors (kathīr al-khaṭaʾ)d. 168 AH
   فُلَيْحٌصدوق ، كثير الخطأ
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Surayj

   trustworthy (thiqah), makes occasional mistakes (yahimu qalīlan)d. 217 AH or 229 AH
   سُرَيْجٌثقة يهم قليلا
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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