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Bayhaqi 2211 — Gesturing for bowing and prostration

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ، ثنا أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ قَالَ: " بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِحَاجَةٍ، فَجِئْتُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ، وَالسُّجُودُ أَخْفَضُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ " فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ: " إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on some errand. When I returned, he was praying on his mount facing the east, and he would bend lower in prostration than in bowing. I greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not return my greeting. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished the prayer, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was praying."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 2211
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
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