Hadith #590
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَاجَةٍ فَجِئْتُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي عَل
َى رَاحِلَتِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَيُومِئُ إِيمَاءً السُّجُودُ أَخْفَضُ مِنْ الرُّكُوعِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ مَا فَعَلْتَ فِي حَاجَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي
Isnad Chain
أبو أحمد
سفيان
أبي الزبير
جابر
English Translation
Abu Ahmad narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir (رضي الله عنه), who said: "the Prophet ﷺ sent me on an errand. I came back and he was praying on his riding mount, facing east, making his prostration lower than his bowing (by nodding). I greeted him, and when he finished, he said: 'I was busy in a matter, that is why I prayed on my mount.'"
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 28, Hadith 590
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 14028
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-50418