سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب صلاة السفرPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Rules of Law about the Prayer during Journey
باب الْمُسَافِرِ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ يَشُكُّ فِي الْوَقْتِChapter: A Traveler Praying While He Is Unsure Of The Time.
Hadith 1205
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي حَمْزَةُ الْعَائِذِيُّ ، رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي ضَبَّةَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ ، يَقُولُ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا لَمْ يَرْتَحِلْ حَتَّى يُصَلِّيَ الظُّهْرَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ : وَإِنْ كَانَ بِنِصْفِ النَّهَارِ ؟ قَالَ : وَإِنْ كَانَ بِنِصْفِ النَّهَارِ " .
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ halted at a certain place (while on a journey), he would not leave that place till he offered the noon prayer. A man said to him: Even if in the middle of the day? He replied: Even if in the middle of the day.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1205. Commentary:
This applies in the case when the departure had not taken place before midday (zawal); if they had set out on the journey before midday, then they would delay the Zuhr prayer and combine it with the Asr prayer. Furthermore, this hadith does not mean that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to perform the Zuhr prayer before midday (zawal); rather, it means that as soon as midday (zawal) occurred, he would immediately perform the Zuhr prayer and then commence the journey, because before midday (zawal), the time for Zuhr does not even begin.
This applies in the case when the departure had not taken place before midday (zawal); if they had set out on the journey before midday, then they would delay the Zuhr prayer and combine it with the Asr prayer. Furthermore, this hadith does not mean that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to perform the Zuhr prayer before midday (zawal); rather, it means that as soon as midday (zawal) occurred, he would immediately perform the Zuhr prayer and then commence the journey, because before midday (zawal), the time for Zuhr does not even begin.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1205
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
499. Commentary: The meaning is that as soon as the sun would decline (from its zenith), he would perform the Zuhr (noon) prayer. In common parlance, this too is referred to as the time when the sun is still overhead.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 499
