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Sunan Abu DawudPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers

Sunan Abu Dawud 1309

Chapter: The (Voluntary) Night Prayer

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1309

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ كَثِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الأَقْمَرِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الأَقْمَرِ، - الْمَعْنَى - عَنِ الأَغَرِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، وَأَبِي، هُرَيْرَةَ قَالاَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

إِذَا أَيْقَظَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّيَا أَوْ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا كُتِبَا فِي الذَّاكِرِينَ وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ ‏"

Narrated AbuSa'id and AbuHurayrah:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If a man awakens his wife at night, and then both pray or both offer two rak'ahs together, the (name of the )man will be recorded among those who mention the name of Allah, and the (name of the) woman will be recorded among those who mention the name of Allah. Ibn Kathir did not narrate this tradition as a statement of the Prophet (ﷺ), but he reported it as a statement of Abu Sa'id.

Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Ibn Mahdi from Sufyan and I think he mentioned the name of Sufyan. He also said: The tradition transmitted by Sufyan is a statement of the Companion (and not that of the Prophet).

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 1309).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( إِذَا أَيْقَظَ الرَّجُل أَهْله ) : أَيْ اِمْرَأَته أَوْ نِسَاءَهُ وَأَوْلَاده وَأَقَارِبه وَعَبِيده وَإِمَاءَهُ ( مِنْ اللَّيْل ) : أَيْ فِي بَعْض أَجْزَاء اللَّيْل ( فَصَلَّيَا ) : أَيْ الرَّجُل وَالْمَرْأَة أَوْ الرَّجُل وَأَهْله ( أَوْ صَلَّى ) : أَيْ كُلّ وَاحِد مِنْهُمَا ( رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا ) : قَالَ الطِّيبِيُّ : حَال مُؤَكَّدَة مِنْ فَاعِل فَصَلَّيَا عَلَى التَّثْنِيَة لَا الْإِفْرَاد لِأَنَّهُ تَرْدِيد مِنْ الرَّاوِي فَالتَّقْدِير فَصَلَّيَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ أَوْ صَلَّى فِي الْبَيْن فَإِذَا أُرِيدَ تَقْيِيده بِفَاعِلِهِ يُقَدَّر فَصَلَّى وَصَلَّتْ جَمِيعًا فَهُوَ قَرِيب مِنْ التَّنَازُع اِنْتَهَى. وَهُوَ يُفِيد أَنَّ جَمِيعًا لَيْسَ بِقَيْدٍ لِقَوْلِهِ فَصَل…

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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 AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 1309
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1309
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1309

Other versions

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 1238

Abu Sa'id and Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When a man wakens his wife* during the night and they pray (or he prays) two rak'as together, they are recorded among the men and women who make mention of God.” * The Arabic word is ahl which means “people” or “family”, and sometimes…

وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَا: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذا أَيْقَظَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّيَا أَوْ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا كُتِبَا فِي…

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Not graded Riyad as-Salihin 1183

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "May Allah show mercy to a man who gets up during the night and performs Salat, awakens his wife to pray and if she refuses, he sprinkles water on her face (to make her get up). May Allah show mercy to a woman who gets up during the night and performs Salat, awakens…

"‏رحم الله رجلا قام من الليل، فصلى وأيقظ امرأته، فإن أبت نضح في وجهها الماء، ورحم الله امرأة قامت من الليل فصلت، وأيقظت زوجها فإن أبي نضحت في وجهه الماء‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 8 other versions

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1451

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man himself wakes at night and wakens his wife and they pray two rak'ahs together, they are recorded among the men and women who make much mention of Allah.

مَنِ اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَيْقَظَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَصَلَّيَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا كُتِبَا مِنَ الذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1335

‘When a man wakes up at night and wakes his wife, and they pray two Rak’ah, they will be recorded among the men and women who remember Allah much.”

"‏ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَأَيْقَظَ امْرَأَتَهُ فَصَلَّيَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ كُتِبَا مِنَ الذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

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