Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1536

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ خَوَّاتٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلَّى بِهِمْ صَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَفَّ صَفًّا خَلْفَهُ وَصَفًّا مُصَافُّو الْعَدُوِّ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ هَؤُلاَءِ وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَقَضَوْا رَكْعَةً رَكْعَةً ‏.‏

Translation

‘Amr ibn ‘Ali narrated to us; he said: Yahya narrated to us; he said: Shu‘bah narrated to us, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Qasim, from his father, from Salih ibn Khawwat, from Sahl ibn Abi Hathmah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led them in the fear prayer. One row stood behind him, and another row stood facing the enemy. He led them in one rak‘ah. Then that group went away and the others came, and he led them in one rak‘ah. Then they stood and each group made up one rak‘ah.