إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ
Iz qaala li abeehi wa qawmihee maazaa ta'budoon
[And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?

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82%51%59%Al-JalalaynIbn AbbasIbn Kathir
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when he said while still in this continuous state of his to his father and his folk in reproach ‘What do — what is it that — you worship?

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Sunan an-Nasa'i #5673It was narrated from Abu Burdah bin Abi Musa, :
That his father used to say: "I do not see any difference between drinking Khamr and worshipping this column instead of Allah the Mighty and Sublime."
Sunan an-Nasa'i #1027It was narrated from Salim that:Sahih
His father said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he started to pray, raise his hands until they were parallel to his shoulders, (and he did that) when he bowed and when he raised his head from bowing."
Sahih al-Bukhari #619Narrated `Aun bin Abi Juhaifa:Sahih
My father said, "I saw Bilal turning his face from side to side while pronouncing the Adhan for the prayer."
Sahih Muslim #5967Anas b. Malik reported that the people asked Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) until he was hard pressed. He went out one day and he occupied the pulpit and said:Sahih
Ask me and I shall leave no question of yours unanswered for you, and when the people heard about it they were overawed, as if (something tragic) was going to happen. Anas said: I began to look towards the right and the left and (found) that every person was weeping wrapping his head with the cloth. Then a person in the mosque broke the ice and they used to dispute with him by attributing his fatherhood to another man than his own father. He said: Allah's Apostle, who is my father? He said: Your father is Hudhafa. Then 'Umar b. Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) dared say something and said: We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord, with Islam as our code of life and with Muhammad as our Messenger, seeking refuge with Allah from the evil of Turmoil. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Never did I see the good and evil as today. Paradise and Hell were given a visible shape before me (in this worldly life) and I saw both of them near this well.
Jami` at-Tirmidhi #788Asim bin Laqit bin Sabrah narrated:Da'if
From his father who said: "I said. 'O Messenger of Allah! Inform me about Wudu.' So he said: "Perform Wudu well, and go between the fingers, and perform Istinshaq extensively except when fasting."

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