This tradition has also been transmitted by Saeed through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. Ibn Bashshar narrated the tradition like that of Yahya bin Saeed. His version has: He uttered the salutation in a way that we could hear it.
Hadith ReferenceSunan Abi Dawud / Prayer (Abwab Qiyam ul Lail) / Hadith: 1345
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح | زبیر علی زئی:صحيح, انظر الحديث السابق (1342، 1343، 1344) قتادة صرح بالسماع عند البيھقي (2/499، 500)
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