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Sunan Ibn MajahEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sunan Ibn Majah 1008

Chapter: The Prayer direction

Weak 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1008

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ

لَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِنْ طَوَافِ الْبَيْتِ أَتَى مَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا مَقَامُ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ ‏‏{وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى }‏ ‏.‏
قَالَ الْوَلِيدُ فَقُلْتُ لِمَالِكٍ أَهَكَذَا قَرَأَ ‏{وَاتَّخِذُوا}‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Jabir said:

“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished Tawaf around the House (the Ka’bah), he came to Maqam of Ibrahim (the Station of Ibrahim). ‘Umar said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, this is the Station of our father Ibrahim about which Allah said: “And take you (people) the Maqam of Ibrahim as a place of prayer.’” [2:125]

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1008).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( هَذَا مَقَام أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيم الَّذِي إِلَخْ ) هَذَا يَدُلّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ بَعْد نُزُول الْآيَة وَالْحَدِيث الْآتِي عَلَى أَنَّ الْآيَة نَزَلَتْ بَعْد الْقَوْل فَيُحْمَل عَلَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَرَّتَيْنِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1008
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1008
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakDaif Munkar The hadith No. 1008

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