al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 377
✧ Facing the qiblah and the sutrah for the one praying
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ، نَا [أَبُو] شِهَابٍ [الْحَنَّاطُ ]، عَنْ حَمْزَةَ النَّصِيبِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ:
« أَكْرَمُ الْمَجَالِسِ مَا اسْتُقْبِلَ بِهِ الْقِبْلَةُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū al-Rabīʿ
- Abū Shihāb al-Ḥannāṭ
- Ḥamzah al-Naṣībī
- Ibn ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ “The noblest gatherings are those that face the qiblah.”
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- ابن عدي
منكر ليس يرويه غير حمزة عن نافع
in المطالب العالية, p. 377
Other narrations of this report
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 10803al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 14703al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7707al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3740al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3741
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- abandoned (matrūk), accused of fabrication.d. 150 AHحَمْزَةَ النَّصِيبِيِّمتروك متهم بالوضع.عن
- truthful (ṣadūq), prone to error (yahim)d. 171 AH or 172 AH[أَبُو] شِهَابٍ [الْحَنَّاطُصدوق يهمنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), no one criticised him with a proofd. 234 AH, also said: 235 AHأَبُو الرَّبِيعِثقة , لم يتكلم فيه أحد بحجةحدثنا
- d. 307 AHأبو يعلى الموصلي
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