Sahih Muslim — Prayer - Travellers

Abu Ishaq reported:I saw a man asking Aswad b. Yazid who taught the Qur'an in the mosque: How do you recite the verse (fahal min muddakir) whether (the word muddakir) Is with (d) or (dh)? He (Aswad) said: It was with (d). I heard Abdullah b. Mas'ud saying that he had heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting (muddakir) with (d)

حدثنا احمد بن عبد الله بن يونس، حدثنا زهير، حدثنا ابو اسحاق، قال رايت رجلا سال الاسود بن يزيد وهو يعلم القران في المسجد فقال كيف تقرا هذه الاية فهل من مدكر ادالا ام ذالا قال بل دالا سمعت عبد الله بن مسعود يقول سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول " مدكر " . دالا

Ishaq is reported to have said on the authority of Aswad who quoted on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite these words as (fahal min muddakir)

وحدثنا محمد بن المثنى، وابن، بشار قال ابن المثنى حدثنا محمد بن جعفر، حدثنا شعبة، عن ابي اسحاق، عن الاسود، عن عبد الله، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم انه كان يقرا هذا الحرف " فهل من مدكر

Alqama reported. We went to Syria and Abu Darda' came to us and said:Is there anyone among you who recites according to the recitation of Abdullah? I said: Yes, it is I. He again said: How did you hear 'Abdullah reciting this verse: (wa'l-lail-i-idha yaghsha = when the night covers)? He ('Alqama) said: I heard him reciting it (like this) (wa'l-lail-i-idha yaghsha) wa-dhakar wal untha = when the night covers and the males and the females). Upon this he said: By Allah, I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting in this way, but they (the Muslims of Syria) desire us to recite: (wa ma khalaqa), but I do not yield to their desire

وحدثنا ابو بكر بن ابي شيبة، وابو كريب - واللفظ لابي بكر - قالا حدثنا ابو معاوية عن الاعمش، عن ابراهيم، عن علقمة، قال قدمنا الشام فاتانا ابو الدرداء فقال افيكم احد يقرا على قراءة عبد الله فقلت نعم انا . قال فكيف سمعت عبد الله يقرا هذه الاية { والليل اذا يغشى} قال سمعته يقرا { والليل اذا يغشى * والذكر والانثى} . قال وانا والله هكذا سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقروها ولكن هولاء يريدون ان اقرا وما خلق . فلا اتابعهم

Ibrahim reported:'Alqama came to Syria and entered the mosque and prayed there and then went to a (place where people were sitting in a) circle and he sat therein. Then a person came there and I perceived that the people were annoyed and perturbed (on this arrival). and he sat on my side and then said: Do you remember how 'Abdullah used to recite (the Qur'an)? And then the rest of the hadith was narrated

وحدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد، حدثنا جرير، عن مغيرة، عن ابراهيم، قال اتى علقمة الشام فدخل مسجدا فصلى فيه ثم قام الى حلقة فجلس فيها - قال - فجاء رجل فعرفت فيه تحوش القوم وهييتهم . قال فجلس الى جنبي ثم قال اتحفظ كما كان عبد الله يقرا فذكر بمثله

Alqama reported:I met Abu Darda', and he said to me: To which country do you belong? I said: I am one of the people of Iraq. He again said: To which city? I replied: City of Kufa. He again said: Do you recite according to the recitation of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud? I said: Yes. He said: Recite this verse (By the night when it covers) So I recited it: (By the night when it covers, and the day when it shines, and the creating of the male and the female). He laughed and said: I have heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) reciting like this

حدثنا علي بن حجر السعدي، حدثنا اسماعيل بن ابراهيم، عن داود بن ابي، هند عن الشعبي، عن علقمة، قال لقيت ابا الدرداء فقال لي ممن انت قلت من اهل العراق . قال من ايهم قلت من اهل الكوفة . قال هل تقرا على قراءة عبد الله بن مسعود قال قلت نعم . قال فاقرا { والليل اذا يغشى} قال فقرات { والليل اذا يغشى * والنهار اذا تجلى * والذكر والانثى} . قال فضحك ثم قال هكذا سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقروها

This hadith has been narrated by another chain of transmitters

وحدثنا محمد بن المثنى، حدثني عبد الاعلى، حدثنا داود، عن عامر، عن علقمة، قال اتيت الشام فلقيت ابا الدرداء فذكر بمثل حديث ابن علية

Abu Huraira is reported to have said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited to observe prayer after the 'Asr prayer till the sun is set, and after the dawn till the sun rises

حدثنا يحيى بن يحيى، قال قرات على مالك عن محمد بن يحيى بن حبان، عن الاعرج، عن ابي هريرة، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عن الصلاة بعد العصر حتى تغرب الشمس وعن الصلاة بعد الصبح حتى تطلع الشمس

Ibn 'Abbas reported:I heard it from so many Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and one among them is 'Umar b. Khattab, and he is most dear to me among them that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited observing of prayer after the dawn prayer till the sun rose and after the 'Asr till the sun set

وحدثنا داود بن رشيد، واسماعيل بن سالم، جميعا عن هشيم، - قال داود حدثنا هشيم، - اخبرنا منصور، عن قتادة، قال اخبرنا ابو العالية، عن ابن عباس، قال سمعت غير، واحد، من اصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم منهم عمر بن الخطاب وكان احبهم الى ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عن الصلاة بعد الفجر حتى تطلع الشمس وبعد العصر حتى تغرب الشمس

This hadith has been narrated by Qatada with the same chain of transmitters with a minor alteration of words

وحدثنيه زهير بن حرب، حدثنا يحيى بن سعيد، عن شعبة، ح وحدثني ابو غسان، المسمعي حدثنا عبد الاعلى، حدثنا سعيد، ح وحدثنا اسحاق بن ابراهيم، اخبرنا معاذ، بن هشام حدثني ابي كلهم، عن قتادة، بهذا الاسناد غير ان في، حديث سعيد وهشام بعد الصبح حتى تشرق الشمس

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:No prayer is valid after the 'Asr prayer till the sun sets and no prayer is valid after the dawn prayer till the sun rises

وحدثني حرملة بن يحيى، اخبرنا ابن وهب، اخبرني يونس، ان ابن شهاب، اخبره قال اخبرني عطاء بن يزيد الليثي، انه سمع ابا سعيد الخدري، يقول قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا صلاة بعد صلاة العصر حتى تغرب الشمس ولا صلاة بعد صلاة الفجر حتى تطلع الشمس

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Let not any one of you intend to observe prayer at the time of the rising of the sun or of the setting sun

حدثنا يحيى بن يحيى، قال قرات على مالك عن نافع، عن ابن عمر، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " لا يتحرى احدكم فيصلي عند طلوع الشمس ولا عند غروبها

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Do not intend to observe prayer at the time of the rising of the sun nor at its setting, for it rises between the horns of Satan

وحدثنا ابو بكر بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا وكيع، ح وحدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن، نمير حدثنا ابي ومحمد بن بشر، قالا جميعا حدثنا هشام، عن ابيه، عن ابن عمر، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا تحروا بصلاتكم طلوع الشمس ولا غروبها فانها تطلع بقرنى شيطان

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When the rim of the sun starts appearing defer prayer till it completely appears, and when the rim of the sun disappears defer prayer till it completely disappears

وحدثنا ابو بكر بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا وكيع، ح وحدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن، نمير حدثنا ابي وابن، بشر قالوا جميعا حدثنا هشام، عن ابيه، عن ابن عمر، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اذا بدا حاجب الشمس فاخروا الصلاة حتى تبرز واذا غاب حاجب الشمس فاخروا الصلاة حتى تغيب

Abu Basra Ghifari reported:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in the 'Asr prayer at (the place known as) Mukhammas, and then said: This prayer was presented to those gone before you, but they lost it, and he who guards it has two rewards in store for him. And no prayer is valid after till the onlooker appears (by onlooker is meant the evening star)

وحدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد، حدثنا ليث، عن خير بن نعيم الحضرمي، عن ابن هبيرة، عن ابي تميم الجيشاني، عن ابي بصرة الغفاري، قال صلى بنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم العصر بالمخمص فقال " ان هذه الصلاة عرضت على من كان قبلكم فضيعوها فمن حافظ عليها كان له اجره مرتين ولا صلاة بعدها حتى يطلع الشاهد " . والشاهد النجم

This hadith has been narrated by Abu Basra Ghifari through another chain of transmitters

وحدثني زهير بن حرب، حدثنا يعقوب بن ابراهيم، حدثنا ابي، عن ابن اسحاق، قال حدثني يزيد بن ابي حبيب، عن خير بن نعيم الحضرمي، عن عبد الله بن هبيرة السبايي، - وكان ثقة - عن ابي تميم الجيشاني، عن ابي بصرة الغفاري، قال صلى بنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم العصر . بمثله

Uqba b. 'Amir said:There were three times at which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade us to pray, or bury our dead: When the sun begins to rise till it is fully up, when the sun is at its height at midday till it passes over the meridian, and when the sun draws near to setting till it sets

وحدثنا يحيى بن يحيى، حدثنا عبد الله بن وهب، عن موسى بن على، عن ابيه، قال سمعت عقبة بن عامر الجهني، يقول ثلاث ساعات كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ينهانا ان نصلي فيهن او ان نقبر فيهن موتانا حين تطلع الشمس بازغة حتى ترتفع وحين يقوم قايم الظهيرة حتى تميل الشمس وحين تضيف الشمس للغروب حتى تغرب

Amr b. 'Abasa Sulami reported:In the state of the Ignorance (before embracing Islam), I used to think that the people were in error and they were not on anything (which may be called the right path) and worshipped the idols. Meanwhile, I heard of a man in Mecca who was giving news (on the basis of his prophetic knowledge) ; so I sat on my ride and went to him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was at that time hiding as his people had made life hard for him. I adopted a friendly attitude (towards the Meccans and thus managed) to enter Mecca and go to him (the Holy Prophet) and I said to him: Who are you? He said: I am a Prophet (of Allah). I again said: Who is a Prophet? He said: (I am a Prophet in the sense that) I have been sent by Allah. I said: What is that which you have been sent with? He said: I have been sent to join ties of relationship (with kindness and affection), to break the Idols, and to proclaim the oneness of Allah (in a manner that) nothing is to be associated with Him. I said: Who is with you in this (in these beliefs and practices)? He said: A free man and a slave. He (the narrator) said: Abu Bakr and Bilal were there with him among those who had embraced Islam by that time. I said: I intend to follow you. He said: During these days you would not be able to do so. Don't you see the (hard) condition under which I and (my) people are living? You better go back to your people and when you hear that I have been granted victory, you come to me. So I went to my family. I was in my home when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Medina. I was among my people and used to seek news and ask people when he arrived in Medina. Then a group of people belonging to Yathrib (Medina) came. I said (to them): How is that person getting on who has come to Medina? They said: The people are hastening to him, while his people (the polytheists of Mecca) planned to kill him, but they could not do so. I (on hearing it) came to Medina and went to him and said: Messenger of Allah, do you recognise me? He said: Yes, you are the same man who met me at Mecca. I said: It is so. I again said: Prophet of Allah, tell me that which Allah has taught you and which I do not know, tell me about the prayer. He said: Observe the dawn prayer, then stop praying when the sun is rising till it is fully up, for when it rises it comes up between the horns of Satan, and the unbelievers prostrate themselves to it at that time. Then pray, for the prayer is witnessed and attended (by angels) till the shadow becomes about the length of a lance; then cease prayer, for at that time Hell is heated up. Then when the shadow moves forward, pray, for the prayer is witnessed and attended by angels, till you pray the afternoon prayer, then cease prayer till the sun sets, for it sets between the horns of devil, and at that time the unbelievers prostrate themselves before it. I said: Apostle of Allah, tell me about ablution also. He said: None of you who uses water for ablution and rinses his mouth, snuffs up water and blows it, but the sins of his face, and his mouth and his nostrils fall out. When he washes his face, as Allah has commanded him, the sins of his face fall out from the end of his beard with water. Then (when) he washes his forearms up to the elbows, the sins of his arms fall out along with water from his finger-tips. And when he wipes his head, the sins of his head fall out from the points of his hair along with water. And (when) he washes his feet up to the ankles, the sins of his feet fall out from his toes along with water. And if he stands to pray and praises Allah, lauds Him and glorifies Him with what becomes Him and shows wholehearted devotion to Allah, his sins would depart leaving him (as innocent) as he was on the day his mother bore him. 'Amr b. 'Abasa narrated this hadith to Abu Umama, a Companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and Abu Umama said to him: 'Amr b. 'Abasa, think what you are saying that such (a great reward) is given to a man at one place (only in the act of ablution and prayer). Upon this 'Amr said: Abu Umama, I have grown old and my bones have become weak and I am at the door of death; what impetus is there for me to attribute a lie to Allah and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)? Had I heard it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) once, twice, or three times (even seven times), I would have never narrated it, but I have heard it from him on occasions more than these

A'isha reported that 'Umar misconstrued the fact that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had prohibited the observance of prayer at the time of the rising sun and at the time of its setting

حدثنا محمد بن حاتم، حدثنا بهز، حدثنا وهيب، حدثنا عبد الله بن طاوس، عن ابيه، عن عايشة، انها قالت وهم عمر انما نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ان يتحرى طلوع الشمس وغروبها

A'isha said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not abandon observing two rak'ahs after 'Asr, but she reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Do not get used to observe prayer at the time of the rising sun and at the time of its setting and (exhorted the Muslims) to pray at their times

وحدثنا حسن الحلواني، حدثنا عبد الرزاق، اخبرنا معمر، عن ابن طاوس، عن ابيه، عن عايشة، انها قالت لم يدع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الركعتين بعد العصر . قال فقالت عايشة قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا تتحروا طلوع الشمس ولا غروبها فتصلوا عند ذلك

Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas, reported that 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas, 'Abd al-Rahman b. Azhar, al-Miswar b. Makhrama sent him to 'A'isha, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), telling him to give her their greetings, and ask her about the two rak'ahs after the afternoon prayer, (for)" we have heard that you observe them whereas it has been conveyed to us that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited their observance." Ibn 'Abbas said:I along with 'Umar b. al-Khattab dissuaded people to do so (to observe two rak'ahs of prayer). Kuraib said: I went to her ('A'isha) and conveyed to her the message with which I was sent. She said: (Better) ask Umm Salama. So I went to them (those who had sent him to Hadrat 'A'isha) and informed them about what she had said. They sent me back to Umm Salama with that with which I was sent to 'A'isha. Umm Salama said: I beard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibiting them, and then afterwards I saw him observing them. And when he observed them (two rak'ahs) he had already observed the 'Asr prayer. Then he (the Holy Prophet) came, while there were with me ladies of Banu Haram, a tribe of the Ansar and he (the Holy Prophet) observed them (the two rak'ahs). I sent a slave-girl to him asking her to stand by his side and say to him that Umm Salama says: Messenger of Allah, I heard you prohibiting these two rak'ahs, whereas I saw you observing them; and if he (the Holy Prophet) points with his hand (to wait), then do wait. The slave-girl did like that. He (the Holy Prophet) pointed out with his hand and she got aside and waited, and when he had finished (the prayer) he said: Daughter of Abu Umayya. you have asked about the two rak'ahs after the 'Asr prayer. Some people of 'Abu al-Qais came to me for embracing Islam and hindered me from observing the two rak'ahs which come after the noon prayer. So those are the two I have been praying

حدثني حرملة بن يحيى التجيبي، حدثنا عبد الله بن وهب، اخبرني عمرو، - وهو ابن الحارث - عن بكير، عن كريب، مولى ابن عباس ان عبد الله بن عباس، وعبد الرحمن، بن ازهر والمسور بن مخرمة ارسلوه الى عايشة زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا اقرا عليها السلام منا جميعا وسلها عن الركعتين بعد العصر وقل انا اخبرنا انك تصلينهما وقد بلغنا ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عنهما . قال ابن عباس وكنت اصرف مع عمر بن الخطاب الناس عنها . قال كريب فدخلت عليها وبلغتها ما ارسلوني به . فقالت سل ام سلمة . فخرجت اليهم فاخبرتهم بقولها فردوني الى ام سلمة بمثل ما ارسلوني به الى عايشة . فقالت ام سلمة سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ينهى عنهما ثم رايته يصليهما اما حين صلاهما فانه صلى العصر ثم دخل وعندي نسوة من بني حرام من الانصار فصلاهما فارسلت اليه الجارية فقلت قومي بجنبه فقولي له تقول ام سلمة يا رسول الله اني اسمعك تنهى عن هاتين الركعتين واراك تصليهما فان اشار بيده فاستاخري عنه - قال - ففعلت الجارية فاشار بيده فاستاخرت عنه فلما انصرف قال " يا بنت ابي امية سالت عن الركعتين بعد العصر انه اتاني ناس من عبد القيس بالاسلام من قومهم فشغلوني عن الركعتين اللتين بعد الظهر فهما هاتان