أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَارِبِ بْنِ دِثَارٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ بِنَاضِحَيْنِ عَلَی مُعَاذٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ فَافْتَتَحَ بِسُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَصَلَّی الرَّجُلُ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِکَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَفَتَّانٌ يَا مُعَاذُ أَفَتَّانٌ يَا مُعَاذُ أَلَّا قَرَأْتَ بِسَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّکَ الْأَعْلَی وَالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَنَحْوِهِمَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 989
It was narrated that Jabir said: “A man from among the Ansar passed by Muadh leading two camels, when he (Muadh) was praying Maghrib, and he was starting to recite Al-Baqarah. So that man prayed then went away. News of that reached the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and he said: ‘Do you want to cause hardship to the people, Muadh; do you want to cause hardship to the people, Muadh? Why don’t you recite:‘Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High’ and ‘By the sun and its brightness’ and the like?” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020