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Bayhaqi 3288 — Evidence that he wraps himself in it if it is wide

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ، ثنا أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ، ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، ثنا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّهُ أَتَى جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَنَفَرًا قَدْ سَمَّاهُمْ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَدْنَاهُ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ مُلْتَحِفًا بِهِ وَرِدَاؤُهُ قَرِيبًا ⦗٣٣٨⦘ مِنْهُ لَوْ تَنَاوَلَهُ بَلَغَهُ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ سَأَلْنَاهُ، عَنْ صَلَاتِهِ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَقَالَ: أَفْعَلُ هَذَا لِيَرَانِيَ الْحَمْقَى أَمْثَالُكُمْ فَيُفْشُونَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ رُخْصَةً رَخَّصَهَا لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، إِنِّي خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ فَجِئْتُهُ لَيْلَةً لِبَعْضِ أَمْرِي فَوَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي وَعَلَيَّ ثَوْبٌ وَاحِدٌ فَاشْتَمَلْتُ بِهِ وَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ: " مَا السُّرَى يَا جَابِرُ؟ " فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِحَاجَتِي قَالَ: " يَا جَابِرُ مَا هَذَا الِاشْتِمَالُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ؟ " فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَانَ ثَوْبًا وَاحِدًا ضَيِّقًا، فَقَالَ: " إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ وَعَلَيْكَ ثَوْبٌ وَاحِدٌ، فَإِنْ كَانَ وَاسِعًا فَالْتَحِفْ بِهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ ضَيِّقًا فَاتَّزِرْ بِهِ " قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: فِي كِتَابِي: سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بِخَطِّ الشِّيرَازِيِّ، وَالصَّوَابُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ فُلَيْحٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ.
Sa'id bin al-Harith narrates: We came as a group to Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both). He was praying wrapped in a single garment while his upper sheet was lying close by him; had he wanted to take it, he could have reached it. When he finished the prayer with the salam, we asked him about his praying in a single garment, and he said: I do this so that fools like you see me and spread from Jabir a concession that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted him. I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on one of his journeys, and one night I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) for some personal matter of mine. I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praying, and I was wearing only a single garment, so I wrapped that garment around myself and stood beside him. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer with the salam, he said: "O Jabir! What brings you at night?" So I told him my need. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Jabir! What is this wrapping that I saw?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah! It was one garment, and a tight one too." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you pray with only one garment on you, if it is ample, wrap it around yourself, and if it is tight, tie it on as a waist-wrapper."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3288
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