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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب صلاة الاستسقاء
The Book Of The Prayer For Rain (Kitab al-Istisqa)
باب مَنْ قَالَ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ
Chapter: Whoever Said That It Should Be Prayed With Four Rak’ahs.
Sunan Abu Dawud 1186 — Whoever Said That It Should Be Prayed With Four
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا رَيْحَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ ، عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ ، أَنَّ قَبِيصَةَ الْهِلَالِيّ حَدَّثَهُ ، أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ كُسِفَتْ ، بِمَعْنَى حَدِيثِ مُوسَى ، قَالَ : حَتَّى بَدَتِ النُّجُومُ .
Narrated Qabisah al Hilali: The solar eclipse took place. . . The narrator then narrated the tradition like that of Musa. The narrator again said: Until the stars appear (in the heaven).
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1186. Commentary:
In the previous narrations, the number of bowings (ruku‘) has been mentioned as two, three, or four, and in most of them it is also explicitly stated that this occurred on the day when the son of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Ibrahim alayhis salam, passed away. Therefore, there is an apparent contradiction, and reconciliation does not seem possible. For this reason, the opinion of the scholars of verification (muhaqqiqin) is that preference should be given to the narration with stronger evidence, and preference is given to the narration mentioning two bowings (ruku‘), because it is narrated in the two Sahihs (Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim), and especially in Sahih al-Bukhari, whereas the narrations with more than two bowings are found in Sahih Muslim and the Sunan collections. Therefore, these narrations cannot be considered equal to those of the two Sahihs. «والله اعلم»
For details, see: [مرعاة المفاتيح/ صلوة الكسوف، حديث : 496]
In the previous narrations, the number of bowings (ruku‘) has been mentioned as two, three, or four, and in most of them it is also explicitly stated that this occurred on the day when the son of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Ibrahim alayhis salam, passed away. Therefore, there is an apparent contradiction, and reconciliation does not seem possible. For this reason, the opinion of the scholars of verification (muhaqqiqin) is that preference should be given to the narration with stronger evidence, and preference is given to the narration mentioning two bowings (ruku‘), because it is narrated in the two Sahihs (Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim), and especially in Sahih al-Bukhari, whereas the narrations with more than two bowings are found in Sahih Muslim and the Sunan collections. Therefore, these narrations cannot be considered equal to those of the two Sahihs. «والله اعلم»
For details, see: [مرعاة المفاتيح/ صلوة الكسوف، حديث : 496]
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1186
