Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26391

Bundar narrated to us, Muhammad bin Bashar narrated to us, Muhammad bin Abi Adi narrated to us, he said: Ismail bin Muslim narrated to us, on the authority of Al-Hasan, on the authority of Samurah bin A grasshopper. He said, “The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, ordered us, when we were three, for one of us to come forward.” Abu Issa said, and on the authority of Ibn Masoud, Jabir, and Anas bin Malik. Abu Issa said: The hadith of Samurah is a good and strange hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. They said that when they were three, two men stood up behind the imam. It was narrated on the authority of Ibn Masoud that he prayed with Alqamah and Al-Aswad, and one of them stood behind them. His right and the other on his left. He narrated it on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. Some people spoke about Ismail bin Muslim al-Makki because of his memorization. .