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Sunan Abu DawudPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey

Sunan Abu Dawud 1231

Chapter: When Should The Traveler Stop Shortening The Prayer

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1231

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ

أَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَكَّةَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ يَقْصُرُ الصَّلاَةَ ‏

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stayed fifteen days in Mecca in the year of Conquest. Shortening the prayer.

Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by 'Abdah b. Sulaiman, Ahmad b. Khalid al-Wahbi, and Salamah b. Fadli on the authority of Ibn Ishaq ; but they did not mention the name of Ibn 'Abbas.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 1231) and Ibn Majah (No. 1076).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( عَنْ عُبَيْد اللَّه بْن عَبْد اللَّه ) : قَالَ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ وَأَمَّا حَدِيث مُحَمَّد بْن إِسْحَاق عَنْ الزُّهْرِيّ عَنْ عُبَيْد اللَّه مُتَّصِلًا فَقَدْ رَوَاهُ كَذَلِكَ بَعْض أَصْحَاب اِبْن إِسْحَاق عَنْهُ , وَرَوَاهُ عَبْدَة بْن سُلَيْمَان وَسَلَمَة بْن الْفَضْل عَنْ اِبْن إِسْحَاق لَمْ يَذْكُر اِبْن عَبَّاس , وَرَوَاهُ عَبْد اللَّه بْن إِدْرِيس عَنْ اِبْن إِسْحَاق عَنْ الزُّهْرِيّ قَوْله اِنْتَهَى. وَقَالَ الْمُنْذِرِيُّ وَأَخْرَجَهُ اِبْن مَاجَهْ , وَأَخْرَجَهُ النَّسَائِيُّ بِنَحْوِهِ , وَفِي إِسْنَاده مُحَمَّد بْن إِسْحَاق. وَاخْتُلِفَ عَلَى اِبْن إِسْحَاق فِيهِ فَرُوِيَ عَنْهُ مُسْنَدًا وَمُرْسَلًا , وَرُوِيَ عَنْهُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ مِنْ قَوْله اِنْتَهَى.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif Munkar ضعيف منكر The hadith No. 1231
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1231
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH WeakDaif Munkar The hadith No. 1231

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Also reported by… (4)
  • الاستذكار (178)أَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ يَقْصُرُ الصَّلَاةَ
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (5037)أَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ يَقْصُرُ الصَّلاةَ
  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (10594)أَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ يَقْصُرُ الصَّلاةَ
  • تاريخ بغداد للخطيب البغدادي (3417)أَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ

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