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Sunan Ibn MajahEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sunan Ibn Majah 1377

Chapter: What was narrated concerning voluntary Prayers offered at home

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1377

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَخْزَمَ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ لاَ تَتَّخِذُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ قُبُورًا ‏"

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Do not make your houses into graves.’”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1377).

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

قَوْله ( لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بُيُوتكُمْ قُبُورًا ) أَيْ كَالْقَبْرِ فِي الْخُلُوّ عَنْ الصَّلَاة أَوْ لَا تَكُونُوا كَالْأَمْوَاتِ فِيهَا غَيْر ذَاكِرِينَ فَتَكُون الْبُيُوت لَكُمْ كَالْقُبُورِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1377
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1377
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1377
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1377

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Observe part of the [Nawafil (voluntary)] Salat (prayers) in your homes. Do not turn your homes into graves." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ اجلعوا من صلاتكم في بيوتكم، ولا تتخذوها قبورًا‏"‏‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

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Do not turn your houses like graves, and do not take my grave a place for celebration, and invoke (Allah's) blessings upon me, for your invoking of Allah's blessings upon me will reach me wherever you may be

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