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Sunan Abu Dawud 806

Chapter: The Amount Of Recitation In Zuhr and 'Asr

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 806

Narrator:Jābir ibn Samurah

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

إِذَا دَحَضَتِ الشَّمْسُ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ وَقَرَأَ بِنَحْوِ مِنْ ‏‏{‏ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى ‏}‏ وَالْعَصْرَ كَذَلِكَ وَالصَّلَوَاتِ كَذَلِكَ إِلاَّ الصُّبْحَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُطِيلُهَا ‏.‏

Jabir b. samurah said:

When the sun declined, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered the noon prayer and recited surahs lie "By the night when it covers over" (92) and (recited similar surahs) in the afternoon prayer, and in the other prayers except the dawn prayer which he used to prolong.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 806).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( إِذَا دَحَضَتْ الشَّمْس ) : أَيْ إِذَا زَالَتْ عَنْ كَبِد السَّمَاء ( وَالْعَصْر كَذَلِكَ ) : أَيْ يَقْرَأ فِي الْعَصْر بِنَحْوٍ مِنْ سُورَة وَاللَّيْل إِذَا يَغْشَى ( وَالصَّلَوَات كَذَلِكَ ) : أَيْ كَذَلِكَ يَقْرَأ فِي سَائِر الصَّلَوَات مِثْل سُورَة وَاللَّيْل إِذَا يَغْشَى ( إِلَّا الصُّبْح فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُطِيلهَا ) : وَفِي رِوَايَة مُسْلِم : " كَانَ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأ فِي الظُّهْر بِاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى وَفِي الْعَصْر نَحْو ذَلِكَ وَفِي الصُّبْح أَطْوَل مِنْ ذَلِكَ " وَالْحِكْمَة فِي إِطَالَة الصُّبْح أَنَّهَا تُفْعَل فِي وَقْت الْغَفْلَة بِالنَّوْمِ فِي آخِر اللَّيْل فَيَكُون فِي التَّطْوِيل اِنْتِظَار لِلْمُتَأَخِّرِ. قَالَ النَّوَوِيّ حَاكِيًا ع…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 806
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 806
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Muslim (459) The hadith No. 806
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 806

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  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (1860)إِذَا دَحَضَتِ الشَّمْسُ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ وَقَرَأَ بِنَحْوٍ مِنَ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَغْشَى ، وَالْعَصْرِ كَذَلِكَ ، وَالصَّلَوَاتُ كَذَلِكَ ، إِلا الصُّبْحَ فَإِنَّهُ يُطِيلُهَا

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