I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger. I ask Allah for Paradise, and I seek refuge with Allah from the Fire. (1)

195 - Chapter: On shortening the first tashahhud

1176 - Al-Haytham ibn Ayyub al-Talqani informed us, saying: Ibrahim ibn Sa'd ibn Ibrahim ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to us, from Abu 'Ubaydah ibn 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would be in the two rak'ahs as if he were on hot stones. I said: Until he stands up? He said: That is what he intended. (2)

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(1) Ayman ibn Nabil is truthful but makes errors, as mentioned by al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar in "al-Taqrib." He erred in the chain of transmission and the text of this hadith. As for the chain, the correct version is what was narrated by al-Layth ibn Sa'd, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr and Tawus, from Ibn 'Abbas, as has preceded in the previous hadith. 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Humayd followed al-Layth in this chain, as will come in abbreviated form in narration (1278). As for the text, Ayman added at its beginning: "In the name of Allah and by Allah," and added at its end: "I ask Allah for Paradise, and I seek refuge with Allah from the Fire." The imams declared him mistaken in this, as will come, including the author, who said after hadith (1281): We do not know of anyone who followed Ayman ibn Nabil in this narration, and Ayman in our view is fine, but the hadith is erroneous. End quote. Al-Mu'tamir: he is Ibn Sulayman, and the hadith is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (765).

Al-Tirmidhi also narrated it in "al-'Ilal al-Kabir" (105) in abbreviated form from 'Abdullah ibn al-Sabbah, and Ibn Majah (902) from Muhammad ibn Ziyad, both from al-Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman, with this chain. Al-Tirmidhi said: I asked Muhammad [meaning al-Bukhari] about this hadith, and he said: It is not preserved. This is how Ayman ibn Nabil says: "From Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir," and it is an error.

Muslim also narrated it in abbreviated form in "al-Tamyiz" (58) via the route of Abu Khalid Sulayman ibn Hayyan al-Ahmar, from Ayman ibn Nabil, with it, and said: This narration of the tashahhud is not established in either its chain or its text.

Al-Tirmidhi also mentioned it in his "Sunan" following hadith (290) and said: It is not preserved.

The hadith will come under number (1281) via the route of Abu 'Asim al-Nabil, from Ayman ibn Nabil, with it.

(2) Its chain is weak due to its discontinuity. Abu 'Ubaydah did not hear from his father, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. However, Ibn Rajab said in "Fath al-Bari" 7/342: Abu 'Ubaydah, even though he did not hear from his father, his hadiths from him =