Sunan Ibn Majah 1061

Translation

‘While he was among ten of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ including Abu Qatadah: “I heard Abu Humaid As-Sa’idi say: ‘I am the most knowledgeable of you concerning the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ They said: ‘Why? By Allah, you did not follow him more than we did, and you did not accompany him for longer.’ He said: ‘Yes I am.’ They said: ‘Show us.’ He said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up for prayer, he would say the Takbir, then he would raise his hands parallel to his shoulders, and every part of his body would settle in place. Then he would recite, then he would raise his hands parallel to his shoulders and bow, placing his palms on his knees and supporting his weight on them. He neither lowered his head, nor raised it up, it was evenly balanced (between either extreme). Then he would say: “Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears those who praise Him); and he would raise his hands parallel with his shoulders, until every bone returned to its place. Then he would prostrate himself on the ground, keeping his arms away from his sides. Then he would raise his head and tuck his left foot under him and sit on it, and he would spread his toes when he prostrated. Then he would prostrate, then say the Takbir and sit on his left foot, until every bone returned to its place. Then he would stand up and do the same in the next Rak’ah. Then when he stood up after two Rak’ah, he would raise his hands level with his shoulders as he did at the beginning of the prayer. Then he would offer the rest of his prayer in like manner until, when he did the prostration after which the Taslim comes, he would push one of his feet back and sit with his weight on his left side, Mutawarrikan.’ They said: ‘You have spoken the truth; this is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform the prayer.’” Meaning that he would plant them in such a way that they were facing the Qiblah. Mutawarrikan: i.e., sitting with the left foot brought forward so that one's buttocks are in direct contact with the ground.

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What scholars said about it

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• M. ibn Ḥibbān al-Bustī

  سمع هذا الخبر محمد بن عمرو بن عطاء عن أبي حميد وسمع من عباس بن سهل عن أبيه قال فالطريقان جميعا محفوظان ومتناهما متباينان وقد يتوهم غير المتبحر في صناعة الحديث أن خبر أبي حميد معلول وليس كذلك

  machine translationMuḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ heard this report from Abū Ḥumayd, and he also heard it from ʿAbbās b. Sahl from his father. He said: So both routes are preserved (maḥfūẓ), and their texts differ. Someone who is not well versed in the craft of hadith may imagine that the report of Abū Ḥumayd is defective, but that is not the case. Report a problem

  in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1113
• Taḥāwī

  هذا الحديث لم يسمعه محمد بن عمرو بن عطاء من أبي حميد ولا من أحد ذكر مع أبي حميد وبينهما رجل مجهول ومحمد بن عمرو ذكر في الحديث أنه حضر أبا قتادة وسنه لا يحتمل ذلك فإن أبا قتادة قتل قبل ذلك بدهر طويل لأنه قتل مع علي وصلى عليه علي

  machine translationMuḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ did not hear this hadith from Abū Ḥumayd, nor from anyone mentioned along with Abū Ḥumayd; between them there is an unknown (majhūl) man. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr is mentioned in the hadith as having been present with Abū Qatādah, but his age does not allow for that, for Abū Qatādah was killed a long time before that, since he was killed with ʿAlī, and ʿAlī prayed over him. Report a problem

  in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1113
• Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī

  الحديث معلول بجهة أخرى وهو أن محمد بن عمرو ابن عطاء لم يسمع هذا الحديث من أبي حميد

  machine translationThe hadith is defective (maʿlūl) from another angle, namely that Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ did not hear this hadith from Abū Ḥumayd. Report a problem

  in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1113
• Taḥāwī

  محمد هذا لم يدرك أبا قتادة على الصحيح

  machine translationThis Muḥammad did not meet Abū Qatādah, according to the sound view. Report a problem

  in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 1113

Other narrations of this report

Sunan Abi Dawud 731Sunan Abi Dawud 963Sahih Ibn Hibban 1876Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 2981al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 2775al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 740

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Qatādah al-Anṣārī fāris Rasūl Allāh

   He took part in Uḥud and the battles after itd. al-Ḥasan b. ʿUthmān said: 40 AH, al-Wāqidī said: 54 AH, the people of Kufa reported that he died: 38 AH, al-Bukhārī mentioned him in al-Awsaṭ, among those who died between 50 AH and 60 AH
   أَبُو قَتَادَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فَارِسُ رَسُولِ اللهِشهد أحدا وما بعدها
   سمعت
2. 2
   Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. after 120 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍثقة
   حدثنا
3. 3
   ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar

   Truthful (ṣadūq), accused of belief in qadar (free will), and he sometimes erred (wahima)d. 153 AH
   عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍصدوق رمي بالقدر ، وربما وهم
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Abū ʿĀṣim

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 211 AH, or: 212 AH, or: 213 AH, or: 214 AH
   أَبُو عَاصِمٍثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Muḥammad b. Bashshār

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 252 AH
   مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍثقة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Ibn Mājah

   one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AH
   ابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ

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