Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1080
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ خَلَفٍ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَلِيفَةَ - عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عُثْمَانَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ وَصَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ عَلِيٍّ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا بُنَىَّ إِنَّهَا بِدْعَةٌ .
Qutaibah informed us: from Khalaf—namely, Ibn Khalifah—from Abu Malik al-Ashjaʿi, from his father, Tariq ibn al-Ashyam, who said: I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he did not perform qunut. I prayed behind Abu Bakr, and he did not perform qunut; behind ʿUmar, and he did not perform qunut; behind ʿUthman, and he did not perform qunut; and behind ʿAli, and he did not perform qunut. Then he said, “My son, this is an innovation.”
Translation notes
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ،
The English witness begins with Abu Malik al-Ashjaʿi and his father, omitting Qutaibah and Khalaf/Ibn Khalifah from the Arabic chain.
Should the English witness preserve the full chain of transmission?