Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3581
أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَبِي جَهْضَمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ قَالَ لاَ . قَالَ فَلَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي نَفْسِهِ قَالَ خَمْشًا هَذِهِ شَرٌّ مِنَ الأُولَى إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَبْدٌ أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِأَمْرِهِ فَبَلَّغَهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا اخْتَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِشَىْءٍ دُونَ النَّاسِ إِلاَّ بِثَلاَثَةٍ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوءَ وَأَنْ لاَ نَأْكُلَ الصَّدَقَةَ وَلاَ نُنْزِيَ الْحُمُرَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ .
Humayd bin Mas'adah narrated to us: Hammad narrated to us, from Abu Jahdam, from 'Abdullah bin 'Ubaidullah bin 'Abbas, who said: 'I was with Ibn 'Abbas when a man asked him, Did the Messenger of Allah recite during Zuhr and 'Asr? He said, No. The man asked, Perhaps he recited silently to himself? Ibn 'Abbas replied, May you be scratched! This question is worse than the first. The Messenger of Allah was a servant whom Allah commanded, and he conveyed His command. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah singled us out with nothing above the other people except three things: he commanded us to perform ablution fully, not to consume charity, and not to mate donkeys with horses.'