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Sunan Abu DawudPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

Sunan Abu Dawud 864

Chapter: Regarding The Statement Of The Prophet (saws) "Every Prayer That One Does Not Perfect It Will Be Made Complete By The Voluntary Ones"

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 864

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ الضَّبِّيِّ، قَالَ خَافَ مِنْ زِيَادٍ أَوِ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ فَأَتَى الْمَدِينَةَ فَلَقِيَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ فَنَسَبَنِي فَانْتَسَبْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ يَا فَتَى أَلاَ أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ يُونُسُ أَحْسِبُهُ ذَكَرَهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحَاسَبُ النَّاسُ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمُ الصَّلاَةُ قَالَ يَقُولُ رَبُّنَا جَلَّ وَعَزَّ لِمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ انْظُرُوا فِي صَلاَةِ عَبْدِي أَتَمَّهَا أَمْ نَقَصَهَا فَإِنْ كَانَتْ تَامَّةً كُتِبَتْ لَهُ تَامَّةً وَإِنْ كَانَ انْتَقَصَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا قَالَ انْظُرُوا هَلْ لِعَبْدِي مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ تَطَوُّعٌ قَالَ أَتِمُّوا لِعَبْدِي فَرِيضَتَهُ مِنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ ثُمَّ تُؤْخَذُ الأَعْمَالُ عَلَى ذَاكُمْ ‏"

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

Anas ibn Hakim ad-Dabbi said that he feared Ziyad or Ibn Ziyad; so he came to Medina and met AbuHurayrah. He attributed his lineage to me and I became a member of his lineage.

AbuHurayrah said (to me): O youth, should I not narrate a tradition to you? I said: Why not, may Allah have mercy on you?

(Yunus (a narrator) said: I think he narrated it (the tradition) from the Prophet (ﷺ):) The first thing about which the people will be called to account out of their actions on the Day of Judgment is prayer. Our Lord, the Exalted, will say to the angels - though He knows better: Look into the prayer of My servant and see whether he has offered it perfectly or imperfectly. If it is perfect, that will be recorded perfect.

If it is defective, He will say: See there are some optional prayers offered by My servant. If there are optional prayer to his credit, He will say: Compensate the obligatory prayer by the optional prayer for My servant. Then all the actions will be considered similarly.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 864, 865) and Ahmad (No. 9130).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( فَنَسَبَنِي ) : نَسَبَ صِيغَة الْمَاضِي مِنْ التَّفْصِيل أَيْ أَظْهَرَ , وَذَكَرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَة نَسَبه مَعِي وَجَعَلَنِي فِي نَسَبه وَبِالْفَارِسِيَّةِ بس إظهار نسب كردبا من ومرا دررشته ونسب خود داخل كرد. قَالَ فِي أَسَاس الْبَلَاغَة وَمِنْ الْمَجَاز قَوْلهمْ : جَلَسْت إِلَيْهِ فَنَسَبَنِي فَانْتَسَبْت لَهُ. اِنْتَهَى. وَلَيْسَ الْمُرَاد أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَنْ نَسَبِي لِأَنَّهُ يُقَال لِلرَّجُلِ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنْ نَسَبه اِسْتَنْسِبْ لَنَا أَيْ اِنْتَسِبْ لَنَا حَتَّى نَعْرِفك. قَالَهُ أَبُو زَيْد كَذَا فِي اللِّسَان ( فَانْتَسَبْت لَهُ ) : صِيغَة الْمُتَكَلِّم مِنْ الِافْتِعَال , وَمِنْ خَوَاصّه الْمُطَاوَعَة وَمَعْنَاهُ فَاتَّصَلْت مَعَهُ فِي النَّسَب وَاَللَّه أَعْلَم. قَالَ الْعِرَاقِيّ…

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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. 864
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 864
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 864

Other versions

Weak Sunan Abu Dawud 865

The above-mentioned tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect.

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ بَنِي سَلِيطٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِنَحْوِهِ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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  • التمهيد لابن عبد البر (4467)أَوَّلُ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمِ الصَّلاةُ ، فَيَقُولُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لِمَلائِكَتِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ : انْظُرُوا فِي صَلاةِ عَبْدِي أَتَمَّهَا أَمْ نَقِصَهَا ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ تَامَّةً كُتِبَتْ لَهُ تَامَّةٌ ، وَإِنْ كَانَ انْتَقَصَ مِنْهَا شَي
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (3678)انْظُرُوا فِي صَلاةِ عَبْدِي أَتَمَّهَا ، أَمْ نَقَصَهَا ؟ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ تَامَّةً ، كُتِبَتْ لَهُ تَامَّةً ، وَإِنْ كَانَتِ انْتَقَصَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ، قَالَ : انْظُرُوا هَلْ لِعَبْدِي مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ تَطَوُّعٌ ، قَالَ : أَتِمُّوا لِعَبْدِي فَرِيضَتَهُ مِنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ ، ثُمَّ تُ
  • المستدرك على الصحيحين (911)انْظُرُوا فِي صَلاةِ عَبْدِي أَتَمَّهَا أَمْ نَقَصَهَا ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ تَامَّةً كُتِبَتْ لَهُ تَامَّةً ، وَإِنْ كَانَ انْتَقَصَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ، قَالَ : انْظُرُوا هَلْ لِعَبْدِي مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ تَطَوُّعٌ ، قَالَ : أَتِمُّوا لِعَبْدِي فَرِيضَتَهُ مِنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ ، ثُمَّ تُؤْخَذُ

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