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Sunan Ibn MajahEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sunan Ibn Majah 1425

Chapter: The first thing for which a person will be called to account will be his Prayers

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1425

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ الضَّبِّيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ أَهْلَ مِصْرِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنِّي، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏

"‏ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ الْمُسْلِمُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، الصَّلاَةُ الْمَكْتُوبَةُ فَإِنْ أَتَمَّهَا، وَإِلاَّ قِيلَ: انْظُرُوا هَلْ لَهُ مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ؟ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ تَطَوُّعٌ أُكْمِلَتِ الْفَرِيضَةُ مِنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ. ثُمَّ يُفْعَلُ بِسَائِرِ الأَعْمَالِ الْمَفْرُوضَةِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ ‏"

It was narrated that Anas bin Hakim Dabbi said:

“Abu Hurairah said to me: ‘When you go to your country, tell them that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “The first thing for which the Muslim will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection will be the prescribed prayers. If they are complete, all well and good, otherwise it will be said: ‘Look and see whether he has any voluntary prayers.’ If he has any voluntary prayers, his prescribed prayers will be completed from his voluntary prayers. Then the same will be done with regard to all his obligatory deeds.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1425) and Ahmad (No. 7561).

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

قَوْله ( أَوَّل مَا يُحَاسَب بِهِ الْعَبْد الْمُسْلِم ) لَعَلَّهُ لِلِاحْتِرَازِ عَنْ الْكَافِر فَإِنَّهُ يُحَاسَب أَوَّلًا بِالْإِيمَانِ نَعَمْ هَذِهِ الْأَوَّلِيَّة فِي حُقُوق اللَّه تَعَالَى فَلَا يُشْكَل بِمَا جَاءَ أَنَّهُ يَبْدَأ بِالدُّعَاءِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي الْمَظَالِم وَحُقُوق النَّاس قَوْله ( أُكْمِلَتْ الْفَرِيضَة مِنْ تَطَوُّعه ) ظَاهِره أَنَّ مَنْ فَاتَتْهُ الصَّلَاة الْمَكْتُوبَة وَصَلَّى نَافِلَة يُحْسَب عَنْهُ النَّافِلَة مَوْضِع الْمَكْتُوبَة وَقِيلَ بَلْ مَا نَقَصَ مِنْ خُشُوع الْفَرِيضَة وَأَدَائِهَا يُجْبَر بِالنَّافِلَةِ وَرُدَّ بِأَنَّ قَوْله ثُمَّ يُفْعَل بِسَائِرِ الْأَعْمَال مِثْل ذَلِكَ لَا يُنَاسِبهُ إِذْ لَيْسَ فِي الزَّكَاة إِلَّا فَرْض أَوْ فَضْل كَمَا تُكْمِل…

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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. 1425
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1425
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1425
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1425

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