English translation
[1040] 178 - (465) It wasnarrated from Sufyân, from'Amr, that Jâbir said: "Mu'âdhused to offer prayers with theProphet ﷺ, then he would goand lead his people in prayer.One night he offered Ishâ' withthe Prophet ﷺ, then he went tohis people to lead them in prayer.He started to recite Sûrat Al-Baqarah, and one man turnedaside, said the Salâm, then heprayed by himself and went away.They said to him: 'Are you ahypocrite, O so-and-so?' He said:'No, by Allâh, and I will go to theMessenger of Allâh ﷺ and tellhim.' He went to the Messengerof Allâh ﷺ and said: 'OMessenger of Allâh, we areowners of camels used forwatering. We work by day andMu'âdh offered Ishâ' with you,then he came and started to
recite Sūrat Al-Baqarah.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ turned to Mu'ādh and said: 'O Mu'ādh, are you trying cause Fitnah?'[1] Recite such-and-such, recite such-and-such."
Sufyān said: "I said to 'Amr: 'Abū Az-Zubair narrated to us, from Jābir, that he said: Recite: "By the sun and its brightness",[2] "By the forenoon",[3] "By the night as it envelops"[4] and "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High."[5] 'Amr said: "Something like that."
Arabic text
178 - (465) حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: كَانَ مُعَاذٌ، يُصَلِّي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي فَيَؤُمُّ قَوْمَهُ، فَصَلَّى لَيْلَةً مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعِشَاءَ ثُمَّ أَتَى قَوْمَهُ فَأَمَّهُمْ فَافْتَتَحَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَانْحَرَفَ رَجُلٌ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى وَحْدَهُ وَانْصَرَفَ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: أَنَافَقْتَ؟ يَا فُلَانُ، قَالَ: لَا. وَاللهِ وَلَآتِيَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَأُخْبِرَنَّهُ. فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا أَصْحَابُ نَوَاضِحَ نَعْمَلُ بِالنَّهَارِ وَإِنَّ مُعَاذًا صَلَّى مَعَكَ الْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ أَتَى فَافْتَتَحَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ: «يَا مُعَاذُ أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ؟ اقْرَأْ بِكَذَا وَاقْرَأْ بِكَذَا» قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: فَقُلْتُ لِعَمْرٍو، إِنَّ أَبَا الزُّبَيْرِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: اقْرَأْ وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَالضُّحَى، وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى، وَسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو نَحْوَ هَذَا
