Hadith 307

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ ، أَنْبَأَنَا وَرْقَاءُ . وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا وَرْقَاءُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الثَّعْلَبِيِّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ مَعَ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ، وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي الْبَقِيعِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْهِلَالِ ، فَأَقْبَلَ رَاكِبٌ ، فَتَلَقَّاهُ عُمَرُ ، فَقَالَ : مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ : مِنَ المَغْرَبِ ، قَالَ : أَهْلَلْتَ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ عُمَرُ : اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ، إِنَّمَا يَكْفِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ الرَّجُلُ ، ثُمَّ قَامَ عُمَرُ ، فَتَوَضَّأَ ، فَمَسَحَ عَلَى خُفَّيْهِ ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَنَعَ ، قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ : وَعَلَيْهِ جُبَّةٌ ضَيِّقَةُ الْكُمَّيْنِ ، فَأَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا وَمَسَحَ " .
Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila says that I was once with Sayyiduna Bara bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him), at that time Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was looking at the moon in Jannat al-Baqi when a rider came and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) encountered him. He asked him, "Are you coming from somewhere?" He replied, "From the west." He asked, "Did you see the moon?" He said, "Yes! I have seen the moon of Shawwal." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said Allahu Akbar and declared, "The testimony of one man is sufficient for the Muslims." Then he himself stood up, performed ablution from a vessel containing water, wiped over his leather socks, and led the Maghrib prayer. He said, "I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) doing the same. At that time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing a Syrian cloak with tight sleeves, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took his hands out from under the cloak and wiped over (the socks)."
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند الخلفاء الراشدين / 307
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