Al-Sunnah by Abu Bakr ibn al-Khallal
Volume 1 · Page 252
Translation · EN
AI translation217 - Muhammad ibn 'Ali informed me, saying: Abu Bakr al-Athram narrated to us, saying: I said to Abu 'Abd Allah [Ahmad ibn Hanbal]: [Regarding] the statement of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: 'Verily, I see you from behind my back.' He said: 'He used to see behind him just as he saw in front of him.' I said to him: 'A person said to me: "He is like others in this; he only used to see them the way an Imam looks at those on his right and on his left."' He rejected that vehemently.
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Arabic (Source)
٢١٧ - أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْأَثْرَمُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: قَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنِّي أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ظَهْرِي» ، فَقَالَ: " كَانَ يَرَى مِنْ خَلْفِهِ كَمَا يَرَى مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ إِنْسَانًا قَالَ لِي: هُوَ فِي هَذَا مِثْلُ غَيْرِهِ، إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَرَاهُمْ كَمَا يَنْظُرُ الْإِمَامُ إِلَى مَنْ عَنِ يَمِينِهِ، وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ، فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ إِنْكَارًا شَدِيدًا "