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Bayhaqi 3289 — Evidence that he wraps himself in it if it is wide

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْأَدَمِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيَادِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ السِّمْسَارُ، ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، ثنا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ مُجَاهِدٍ أَبِي حَزْرَةَ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، قَالَ: أَتَيْنَا جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي مَسْجِدِهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ مُشْتَمِلًا بِهِ فَتَخَطَّيْتُ الْقَوْمَ حَتَّى جَلَسْتُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ فَقُلْتُ: يَرْحَمُكُ اللهُ أَتُصَلِّي فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ وَهَذَا إِزَارُكَ إِلَى جَنْبِكَ؟ فَقَالَ: أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَيَّ الْأَحْمَقُ مِثْلُكَ فَيَرَانِي كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فَيَصْنَعُ مِثْلَهُ، فذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا طَوِيلًا فِيهِ: قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَعْنِي يُصَلِّي وَكَانَتْ عَلَيَّ بُرْدَةٌ ذَهَبْتُ أُخَالِفُ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهَا فَلَمْ تَبْلُغْ لِي وَكَانَتْ لَهَا ذُبَابٌ: فَنَكَّسْتُهَا ثُمَّ خَالَفْتُ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهَا ثُمَّ تَوَاقَصْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَجِئْتُ حَتَّى قُمْتُ عََنْ يَسَارِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَدَارَنِي حَتَّى أَقَامَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَجَاءَ ابْنُ صَخْرٍ حَتَّى قَامَ، عَنْ يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَنَا بِيَدَيْهِ جَمِيعًا فَدَفَعَنَا حَتَّى أَقَامَنَا خَلْفَهُ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْمُقُنِي وَأَنَا لَا أَشْعُرُ ثُمَّ فَطِنْتُ بِهِ فَقَالَ: " هَكَذَا " يَعْنِي شُدَّ وَسَطَكَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " يَا جَابِرُ " قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: " إِذَا كَانَ وَاسِعًا فَخَالِفْ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ وَإِذَا كَانَ ضَيِّقًا فَاشْدُدْهُ عَلَى حَقْوَتِكَ " رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ وَغَيْرِهِ.
Ubadah bin al-Walid bin al-Samit narrates: We came to Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) in his mosque. He was praying wrapped in a single garment. I stepped over the people until I reached him and sat between him and the qiblah, and I said: "May Allah Almighty have mercy on you! Are you praying in one garment while your waist-wrapper is right here by your side?" He said: "I want fools like you to come to me and see how I do it, so that they too do the same."
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up for prayer (on a military expedition), and I was wearing a striped sheet. I began turning its ends over (to tie it at my neck), but it would not reach. I turned it upside down. Then I crossed its ends (that is, the right end to the left side and the left end to the right side). Then I bent my neck to hold it in place (to stop it from falling). Then I came and stood on the left side of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he took me by my hand, turned me around and made me stand on his right side.
Then Ibn Sakhr (may Allah be pleased with him) came and stood on his left side. He (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of both of us and made us stand behind him. We stood behind him (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kept looking at me, but I could not understand; then I understood. He (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to me, meaning: tie on the waist-wrapper. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, he said: "Jabir!" I said: "Here I am, O Messenger of Allah!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the garment is ample, put its right end over the left shoulder and its left end over the right shoulder; and if the garment is small, tie it around your waist."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 3289
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحيح۔ اخرجه الحميدي 313»