أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ صَلَّی مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ لِأَصْحَابِهِ الْعِشَائَ فَطَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَانْصَرَفَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَأُخْبِرَ مُعَاذٌ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ مُنَافِقٌ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ ذَلِکَ الرَّجُلَ دَخَلَ عَلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَالَ مُعَاذٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَکُونَ فَتَّانًا يَا مُعَاذُ إِذَا أَمَمْتَ النَّاسَ فَاقْرَأْ بِالشَّمْسِ وَضُحَاهَا وَسَبِّحْ اسْمَ رَبِّکَ الْأَعْلَی وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَی وَاقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّکَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1003
It was narrated that Jabir said: “Muadh bin Jabal led his companions in praying ‘Isha’ and he made it lengthy. A man left, and Muadh was told about that, and he said: ‘He is a hypocrite.’ When news of that reached the man, he went to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and told him what Muadh had said. The Prophet said to him: ‘Do you want to be a cause of hardship, Muadh? When you lead the people in prayer, recite ‘By the sun and its brightness’ and ‘Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High’ and ‘By the night as it envelops’ and ‘Read! In the Name of your Lord.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020