Sahih Ibn Hibban 2118
✧ The obligation of Imam's observance
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ الْعَبْسِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ
أُغْمِيَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ فَقَالَ «أَصَلَّى النَّاسُ؟ » قُلْنَا لَا قَالَ «مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسُ؟ » فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ أَسِيفٌ إِذَا قَامَ مَقَامَكَ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ قَالَ عَاصِمٌ وَالْأَسِيفُ الرَّقِيقُ الرَّحِيمُ قَالَ «مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ» قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ أَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَتْ فَصَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِالنَّاسِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَدَ خِفَّةً مِنْ نَفْسِهِ فَخَرَجَ بَيْنَ بَرِيرَةَ وَنُوبَةَ إِنِّي لَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى نَعْلَيْهِ تَخُطَّانِ فِي الْحَصَا وَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى بُطُونِ قَدَمَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا «أَجْلِسَانِي إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ» فَلَمَّا رَآهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ذَهَبَ يَتَأَخَّرُ فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ اثْبُتْ مَكَانَكَ فَأَجْلَسَاهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ قَالَتْ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي بِصَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالنَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ»
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf
- ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah al-ʿAbsī
- Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī
- Zāʾidah
- ʿĀṣim
- Shaqīq
- Masrūq
- ʿĀʾishah
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ lost consciousness, then regained it and said: “Have the people prayed?” We said: “No.” He said: “Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr is a tender-hearted man. If he stands in your place, he will not be able to lead the people in prayer.” Asim said: “Al-asif means tender and compassionate.” He said: “Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer.” He said that three times, and each time I responded to him. She said: So Abu Bakr led the people in prayer. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ felt some relief and came out supported between Barirah and Nubah. I could see his sandals making lines in the pebbles, and I could see the soles of his feet. He said to them: “Seat me beside Abu Bakr.” When Abu Bakr saw him, he started to step back, but he gestured to him to stay in his place. So they seated him beside Abu Bakr. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was praying while seated, and Abu Bakr was standing, praying following the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the people were praying following the prayer of Abu Bakr.
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- الزيلعى
وعاصم بن أبي النجود ونعيم بن أبي هند حافظان ثقتان
in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 2123 - الزيلعى
إن هذه الأخبار كلها صحيحة
in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 2123 - Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
روى الثقات الحفاظ أن أبا بكر كان خلف رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي بصلاته والناس قيام يصلون بصلاة أبي بكر فهذه زيادة حافظ وصف الحال وأتى بالحديث على وجهه
machine translationThe trustworthy (thiqāt) memorizers (ḥuffāẓ) narrated that Abū Bakr was behind the Messenger of God ﷺ, praying with his prayer, while the people stood praying with the prayer of Abū Bakr. This is an addition from a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ) who described the situation and brought the hadith in its proper form.
in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 2123 - Ibn Rajab
عاصم هو ابن أبي النجود ليس بذاك الحافظ
in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 2123
Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), jurist, devout worshipper, mukhaḍramd. Abū Nuʿaym said: 62 AH. Muḥammad b. Saʿd and others said: 63 AHمَسْرُوقٍثقة فقيه عابد ، مخضرمعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ said: 82 AH, Ibn Mandah said: 99 AHشَقِيقٍثقةعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq) with some errors (awhām)d. 127 AH, or: 128 AHعَاصِمٍصدوق له أوهامعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a man of the Sunnah (ṣāḥib sunnah)d. 160 AH, or 161 AH, or 163 AHزَائِدَةَثقة ثبت ، صاحب سنةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 203 AH, or 204 AHحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّثقة عابدحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a renowned memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), though he had some errors (awhām). It is also said: he did not memorize the Qurʾānd. 239 AHعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ الْعَبْسِيُّثقة حافظ شهير ، وله أوهام . وقيل : كان لا يحفظ القرآنحدثنا
- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍأخبرنا
- d. 354 AHابن حبان
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