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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of the Commencement of the Prayer

Sunan an-Nasa'i 894

Chapter: The Imam pausing after starting the prayer

Authentic 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 894

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْقَعْقَاعِ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

كَانَتْ لَهُ سَكْتَةٌ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاَةَ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pause briefly when he had started to pray.

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 894).

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ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 894
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 894
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 894

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (956)كَانَتْ لَهُ سَكْتَةٌ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلاةَ

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Weak Sunan Abu Dawud 780

I remember from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) two periods of silence. Sa'id said: We asked Qatadah: What are those two periods of silence? He said: (one) when he began his prayer, and (one) when he finished the recitation. Then he added: When he finished reciting (the closing verse of the Fatihah)…

إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي صَلاَتِهِ وَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدُ وَإِذَا قَالَ ‏‏{‏ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّينَ ‏}‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Samurah ibn Jundub

Weak Sunan Ibn Majah 844

“There are two pauses which I memorized from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but `Imran bin Husain denied that. We wrote to Ubayy bin Ka`b in Al-Madinah, and he wrote that Samurah had indeed memorized them.” (One of the narrators) Sa`eed said: "We said to Qatadah: 'What are these two pauses?' He said…

إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي صَلاَتِهِ وَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدُ وَإِذَا قَرَأَ ‏‏{غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّينَ}‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكَانَ يُعْجِبُهُمْ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ أَنْ…

Narrated by ’Ubayy ibn Ka‘b

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