the mosque and found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in prostration, so he joined him in prostration. When the Prophet ended the prayer with the taslīm, Muʿādh made up the units he had missed. A man said to him, “What did you just do? You went into prostration but did not count (1) that rakʿah!” Muʿādh replied, “I never see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in any state without wishing to be with him in it.” This was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and it pleased him; he said, “This is a sunnah for you.” (2)

Ibn ʿUyaynah narrated—from Zakariyyā—from al-Shaʿbī—who said: ʿAbd Allah recited, “Indeed, Muʿādh was an ummah, devout to Allah, upright.” Farwah ibn Nawfal said to him, “Surely that refers to Abraham,” so he repeated the verse and then explained, “An ummah is a teacher of goodness, and devout (qānit) means obedient; Muʿādh, may Allah be pleased with him, was like that.” (3)

Hayyān transmitted a similar report from al-Shaʿbī. Someone said to him, “Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, you have forgotten the verse.” He replied, “No, but we used to liken Muʿādh to Abraham.”

Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated—from Manṣūr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān—from al-Shaʿbī: “Farwah ibn Nawfal al-Ashjaʿī told me the same.”

Firās, Mujālid, and others also narrated it from al-Shaʿbī—from Masrūq—from ʿAbd Allah.

ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr narrated—from Abū al-Aḥwaṣ: While ʿAbd Allah was speaking to them he said, “Indeed, Muʿādh was an ummah, devout to Allah, upright, and he was not among the idolaters.” (4)

And from Muḥammad ibn Sahl ibn Abī Ḥathmah (5)—from his father—who said: “Those who issued legal verdicts during