Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 34:210

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 34:210

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Hadith 34:210

Waki’ narrated to us, from Mis’ar, from Simak al-Hanafi, who said: I heard Ibn Abbas saying: When the beginning of [Surah] al-Muzzammil was revealed, they used to stand [in prayer] for a duration similar to their standing in the month of Ramadan, until its end was revealed. And between its beginning and its end was a year.

حدثنا وكيع عن مسعر عن سماك الحنفي قال سمعت بن عباس يقول لما نزلت أول المزمل كانوا يقومون نحوا من قيامهم في شهر رمضان حتى نزل آخرها وكان بين أولها وآخرها سنة