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Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari said, "I went out with Umar ibn alKhattab in Ramadan to the mosque and the people there were spread out in groups. Some men were praying by themselves, whilst others were praying in small groups. Umar said, 'By Allah! It would be better in my opinion if these people gathered behind one reciter.' So he gathered them behind Ubayy ibn Kab. Then I went out with him another night and the people were praying behind their Qur'an reciter. Umar said, 'How excellent this new way is, but what you miss while you are asleep is better than what you watch in prayer.' He meant the end of the night, and people used to watch the beginning of the night in prayer

حدثني مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن عروة بن الزبير، عن عبد الرحمن بن عبد القاري، انه قال خرجت مع عمر بن الخطاب في رمضان الى المسجد فاذا الناس اوزاع متفرقون يصلي الرجل لنفسه ويصلي الرجل فيصلي بصلاته الرهط فقال عمر والله اني لاراني لو جمعت هولاء على قاري واحد لكان امثل . فجمعهم على ابى بن كعب - قال - ثم خرجت معه ليلة اخرى والناس يصلون بصلاة قاريهم فقال عمر نعمت البدعة هذه والتي تنامون عنها افضل من التي تقومون . يعني اخر الليل وكان الناس يقومون اوله