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Sunan Ibn MajahEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sunan Ibn Majah 1159

Chapter: One who misses the two Rak’ah after the Zuhr

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1159

Narrator:Umm Salamah

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ أَرْسَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَانْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ فَسَأَلَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ فِي بَيْتِي لِلظُّهْرِ وَكَانَ قَدْ بَعَثَ سَاعِيًا وَكَثُرَ عِنْدَهُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَهَمَّهُ شَأْنُهُمْ إِذْ ضُرِبَ الْبَابُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ يَقْسِمُ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى الْعَصْرِ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ مَنْزِلِي فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏

"‏ أَشْغَلَنِي أَمْرُ السَّاعِي أَنْ أُصَلِّيَهُمَا بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَصَلَّيْتُهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ‏"

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin Harith said:

“Mu’awiyah sent word to Umm Salamah, and I went with his envoy who put the question to Umm Salamah. She said: ‘While the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was performing ablution for the Zuhr in my house and he had sent a Sa’i,* the Muhajirun gathered around him in large numbers, and he was busy dealing with them. When a knock on the door came, he went out and performed the Zuhr, then he sat and distributed what had been brought to him.’ She said: ‘He continued doing that until the ‘Asr. Then he came into my house and performed two Rak’ah. Then he said: “The matter of the Sa’i kept me from praying them after Zuhr, so I prayed them after ‘Asr.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1159).

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

قَوْله ( قَدْ أَهَمَّهُ شَأْنهمْ ) أَيْ شَأْن الْمُهَاجِرِينَ ( فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ) يَدُلّ عَلَى جَوَاز الصَّلَاة بَعْد الْعَصْر بِسَبَبٍ كَالْقَضَاءِ وَقَدْ قَالَ بِهِ قَوْم وَحَمَلَهُ آخَرُونَ عَلَى الْخُصُوص لِأَحَادِيث كَرَاهَة الصَّلَاة بَعْد الْعَصْر وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده يَزِيد بْن أَبِي زِيَادَة مُخْتَلَف فِيهِ فَيَكُون الْإِسْنَاد حَسَنًا إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُدَلِّس وَقَدْ عَنْعَنَهُ وَرَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيّ وَمُسْلِم وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ بِغَيْرِ هَذَا اللَّفْظ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakMunkar The hadith No. 1159
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1159
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1159
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakMunkar The hadith No. 1159

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  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (19399)شَغَلَنِي أَمْرُ السَّاعِي ، أَنْ أُصَلِّيَهُمَا بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ فَصَلَّيْتُهُمَا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 835a

He (the Holy Prophet) observed them before the 'Asr prayer, but then he was hindered to do so, or he forgot them and then he observed them after the 'Asr, and then he continued observing them. (It was his habit) that when he (the Holy Prophet) observed prayer, he then continued observing it…

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 835d

We bear testimony to the fact that 'A'isha said: Never was there a day that he (the Holy Prophet) was with me and he did not observe two rak'ahs of prayer in my house, i. e. two rak'ahs after the Asr.

مَا كَانَ يَوْمُهُ الَّذِي كَانَ يَكُونُ عِنْدِي إِلاَّ صَلاَّهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي بَيْتِي ‏.‏ تَعْنِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ ‏.‏

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