Sunan Ibn Majah Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

Sunan Ibn Majah 833

Chapter: The recitation for the Maghrib Prayer

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 833

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بُدَيْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم

ـ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ ‏‏{قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ}‏ وَ ‏‏{قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ}‏ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite in the Maghrib: ‘Say: O you disbelievers!’[Al-Kafirun (109)] and ‘Say: He is Allah, (the) One.’”[Al-Ikhlas (112)]

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 833, 1149), At-Tirmidhi (No. 417), An-Nasa’i (No. 992) and Ahmad (No. 4533, 4674, 4965, 5433, 5440, 5483).

Classical commentary

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

قَوْله ( يَقْرَأ فِي الْمَغْرِب { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } { وَقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } ) هَذَا الْحَدِيث فِيمَا أَرَاهُ مِنْ الزَّوَائِد وَمَا تَعَرَّضَ لَهُ وَيَدُلّ عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْت قَوْل الْحَافِظ فِي شَرْح الْبُخَارِيّ وَلَمْ أَرَ حَدِيثًا مَرْفُوعًا فِيهِ التَّنْصِيص عَلَى الْقِرَاءَة فِيهَا بِشَيْءِ مِنْ قِصَار الْمُفَصَّل إِلَّا حَدِيثًا فِي اِبْن مَاجَهْ عَنْ اِبْن عُمَر نَصَّ فِيهِ عَلَى الْكَافِرُونَ وَالْإِخْلَاص وَظَاهِر إِسْنَاده الصِّحَّة إِلَّا أَنَّهُ مَعْلُول قَالَ الدارقطني أَخْطَأَ بَعْض رُوَاته.…

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	WeakShadh	The hadith	No. 833
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH	WeakDaif	The hadith	No. 833
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	WeakDaif	The hadith	No. 833
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH	WeakShadh	The hadith	No. 833

Other versions

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 417

"I watched the Prophet (S) for a month. In the two Rak'ah before Fajr he would recite: Say: "O you disbelievers!" and Say: "Allah is One"."

رَمَقْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَهْرًا فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ بِـْ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ‏)‏ وَ ‏‏(‏قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ‏)‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 992

"I watched the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)- twenty times- reciting in the two rak'ahs after maghrib 'Say: O you disbelievers' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.'"

يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَفِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ ‏‏{‏ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ‏}‏ وَ ‏‏{‏ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ‏}‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1149

“I watched the Prophet (ﷺ) for a month, and in the two Rak’ah before Fajr he used to recite: “Say: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and “Say: Allah is One.” [Al- Ikhlas (112)]

يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ ‏‏{قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ}‏ وَ ‏‏{قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ}‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

Not graded Musnad Ahmad 4533