Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 15336 — Those who ordered the teaching

It is narrated from Abu Mijlaz that he was with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). When the sun rose, he called for his mount; it was brought (saddled) for him, and he set off from Mina riding it. The narrator said: The most pleasing of us to him was the most foolish of us, a man who used to talk to him about women and make him laugh. He said: When he had prayed Asr, he stood at Arafah and raised his hands, or he said: stretched out his hands. He said: I do not know; perhaps he said: (he raised them) below his ears. And he began saying: 'Allahu akbar wa lillahil-hamd, Allahu akbar wa lillahil-hamd, Allahu akbar wa lillahil-hamd, la ilaha illallahu wahdah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamd, Allahummahdini bil-huda, wa qini bit-taqwa, waghfir li fil-akhirati wal-ula' (Allah is the Greatest and to Allah belongs all praise; Allah is the Greatest and to Allah belongs all praise; Allah is the Greatest and to Allah belongs all praise. There is none worthy of worship but Allah alone; His is the dominion and His is the praise. O Allah, guide me with guidance, protect me with piety, and forgive me in the Hereafter and in this world). Then he lowered his hands and remained silent for as long as it takes a person to recite Surah al-Fatihah; then he returned, raised his hands and said the same words. He kept doing this until he moved on (from Arafah). The narrator said: When he saw open space he went at a brisk pace, and when he saw a narrow place he held back. Whenever he came to one of those hills, he stopped at each one for as long as it takes someone to say: 'Its forelegs have stopped but its hind legs have not.' The narrator said: Then he dismounted at a place on the road and went off, and I followed him, thinking: perhaps he is going to do something of the Sunnah. He said: I am only going where you know (i.e. to relieve myself). Then he came back and performed ablution slowly and calmly, then mounted his ride and did not pray until he came to al-Muzdalifah. There he had the iqamah called and prayed Maghrib, then turned to us and said: 'Al-salatu jami'ah' (the prayer is to be joined), and he did not pray anything (voluntary) between the two prayers. I said: Was there no iqamah between them (the two prayers) except his saying 'al-salatu jami'ah'? Or he said: no adhan except that? He said: No. Then he prayed the two rak'ahs of Isha; thus he prayed five rak'ahs for Maghrib and Isha and did not pray any voluntary prayer between them. Then he called for food and said: Whoever can hear our voice, let him come to us. The narrator said: It was as if he held that this was the proper thing to do. Then they all spent the night there. Then he led us in the Fajr prayer while it was still dark, when every star in the sky that I knew I could still see, and he recited Surah 'Abasa wa tawalla and did not recite qunut, neither before the bowing nor after it. Then he remained standing and made the same kind of supplications at this place as he had made at his standing the day before. Then he set off, travelling in such a way that when he saw open space he went at a brisk pace, and when he saw a narrow place he held back.