The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer-05b
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The reciter: And Ishaq ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, and 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi informed us, and Khalid, who is al-Hadha', narrated to us, from Abu Qilabah, from Abu al-Muhallab, from Imran ibn al-Husayn, who said: .
The Shaykh : His statement: "with long hands" means: long ones, meaning that "basit" (extended) is elongation, or length, as in the Noble Qur'an where Allah the Exalted says:[Ar-Ra'd 13:26], meaning He restricts. And what has become customary among people today in their saying "this is basit," meaning little or small or similar, is an error in terms of the Arabic language, because "basit" is the wide or extended.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) concluded the prayer with three rak'ahs of the 'Asr prayer, then he stood up and entered the room. A man with long hands stood up and said, "Did the prayer become shorter, O Messenger of Allah?" He came out angry, then he prayed the rak'ah that he had left out, then he concluded the prayer, then he prostrated the two prostrations of forgetfulness, then he concluded the prayer.
سلم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في ثلاث ركعات من العصر ثم قام فدخل الحجرة فقام رجل بسيط اليدين فقال أقصرت الصلاة يا رسول الله فخرج مغضبا فصلى الركعة التي كان ترك ثم سلم ثم سجد سجدتي السهو ثم سلمThe Shaykh : His statement: "with long hands" means: long ones, meaning that "basit" (extended) is elongation, or length, as in the Noble Qur'an where Allah the Exalted says: