Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1185
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ كُنَّا نُصَلِّي خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنُسَلِّمُ بِأَيْدِينَا فَقَالَ " مَا بَالُ هَؤُلاَءِ يُسَلِّمُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ أَمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَهُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ " .
Ahmad ibn Sulayman reported to us, saying: Yahya ibn Adam reported to us, from Mis‘ar, from ‘Ubayd Allah ibn al-Qibtiyyah, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: We used to pray behind the Prophet (ﷺ) and greet with our hands. He said: “Why do these people greet with their hands as though they were the tails of unruly horses? Is it not enough for each of them to place his hand on his thigh and say, ‘Peace be upon you, peace be upon you’?”
Translation notes
The chain text names ‘Ubayd Allah ibn al-Qibtiyyah, while the linked narrator title identifies the narrator as Muhajir ibn al-Qibtiyyah; the translation follows the Arabic wording and flags the linked identity discrepancy.
عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ،
The Arabic chain says ‘Ubayd Allah ibn al-Qibtiyyah, but the linked narrator title gives Muhajir ibn al-Qibtiyyah.
Can the narrator identity be verified against a reliable source for this chain?