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Sunan Ibn MajahEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sunan Ibn Majah 1066

Chapter: Shortening the Prayer while traveling

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1066

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ إِنَّا نَجِدُ صَلاَةَ الْحَضَرِ وَصَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَلاَ نَجِدُ صَلاَةَ السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ

إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا نَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَفْعَلُ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Umayyah bin ‘Abdullah bin Khalid that he said to ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:

“We find (mention of) the prayer of the resident and the prayer in a state of fear in the Qur’an, but we do not find any mention of the prayer of the traveler. ‘Abdullah said to him: “Allah sent Muhammad (ﷺ) to us, and we did not know anything, rather we do what we saw Muhammad (ﷺ) doing.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1066), An-Nasa’i (No. 1434), Malik (No. 336) and Ahmad (No. 5081, 5425).

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

قَوْله ( صَلَاة الْحَضَر ) هِيَ مَحَلّ الْأَوَامِر الْمُطْلَقَة وَصَلَاة الْخَوْف مَذْكُورَة فِي قَوْله تَعَالَى { إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْض فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ تَقْصُرُوا } الْآيَة ( نَفْعَل ) أَيْ وَقَدْ قَصَّرَ بِلَا خَوْف فَهُوَ دَلِيل يَثْبُت بِهِ الْحُكْم كَمَا يَثْبُت بِالْقُرْآنِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1066
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 1066
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 1066
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1066

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Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 1434

He said to 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: "We find (mention of) prayer when one is at home (i.e., not traveling) and prayer at times of fear in the Qur'an, but we do not find any mention in the Qur'an of prayer when traveling. Ibn Umar said to him: 'O son of my brother, Allah (SWT) send Muhammad (ﷺ) to us…

إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا وَإِنَّمَا نَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم يَفْعَلُ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

Authentic Muwatta Malik 336

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from a man of the family of Khalid ibn Asid that he said to Abdullah ibn Umar, "Abu Abd ar-Rahman, we find the fear prayer and the prayer when settled mentioned in the Qur'an, but we do not find any mention of the travelling prayer in it." Ibn Umar…

حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ آلِ خَالِدِ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّا نَجِدُ صَلاَةَ الْخَوْفِ وَصَلاَةَ…

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (1881)نَجِدُ صَلاةَ الْحَضَرِ ، وَصَلاةَ الْخَوْفِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ ، وَلا نَجِدُ صَلاةَ السَّفَرِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ : ابْنَ أَخِي ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَلا نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا ، فَإِنَّمَا نَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ يفعلُ
  • المستدرك على الصحيحين (891)اللَّهَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَلا نَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا ، فَإِنَّمَا نَفْعَلُ كَمَا رَأَيْنَا مُحَمَّدًا يَفْعَلُ
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