سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب التطوعPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Voluntary Prayers
باب الأَرْبَعُ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَبَعْدَهَاChapter: The Four Rak’ahs Before And After Dhuhr.
Hadith 1270
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَةَ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ مِنْجَابَ ، عَنْ قَرْثَعٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " أَرْبَعٌ قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ لَيْسَ فِيهِنَّ تَسْلِيمٌ تُفْتَحُ لَهُنَّ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : بَلَغَنِي عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانِ ، قَالَ : لَوْ حَدَّثْتُ عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ بِشَيْءٍ لَحَدَّثْتُ عَنْهُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : عُبَيْدَةُ ضَعِيفٌ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : ابْنُ مِنْجَابٍ هُوَ سَهْمٌ .
Narrated Abu Ayyub: The Prophet ﷺ said: The gates of heaven are opened for four rak'ahs containing no taslim (salutation) before the noon prayer. Abu Dawud said: Yahya bin Saeed al-Qattan said: If I were to narrate any tradition from Ubaidah, I would narrate this tradition. Abu Dawud said: Ubaidah is weak. Abu Dawud said: The name of the narrator Ibn Minjab is Sahm.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
1270. Commentary:
Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah has declared this hadith to be "hasan," whereas the following hadith [1295] is, according to him, "sahih." In it, it is stated that the voluntary (nafl) prayers of the day and night are to be performed in sets of two rak‘ahs. Therefore, performing the sunnah and nafl prayers in sets of two rak‘ahs is the preferred and superior way. However, it is also permissible to perform four rak‘ahs with a single taslim (salutation).
Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah has declared this hadith to be "hasan," whereas the following hadith [1295] is, according to him, "sahih." In it, it is stated that the voluntary (nafl) prayers of the day and night are to be performed in sets of two rak‘ahs. Therefore, performing the sunnah and nafl prayers in sets of two rak‘ahs is the preferred and superior way. However, it is also permissible to perform four rak‘ahs with a single taslim (salutation).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 1270
