سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب فِي الْمَوَاقِيتِChapter: The Times Of As-Salat.
Hadith 393
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ فُلَانِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ : هُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَمَّنِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ، فَصَلَّى بِيَ الظُّهْرَ حِينَ زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَكَانَتْ قَدْرَ الشِّرَاكِ ، وَصَلَّى بِيَ الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّهُ مِثْلَهُ ، وَصَلَّى بِيَ يَعْنِي الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ ، وَصَلَّى بِيَ الْعِشَاءَ حِينَ غَابَ الشَّفَقُ ، وَصَلَّى بِيَ الْفَجْرَ حِينَ حَرُمَ الطَّعَامُ وَالشَّرَابُ عَلَى الصَّائِمِ ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ صَلَّى بِيَ الظُّهْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّهُ مِثْلَهُ ، وَصَلَّى بِي الْعَصْرَ حِينَ كَانَ ظِلُّهُ مِثْلَيْهِ ، وَصَلَّى بِيَ الْمَغْرِبَ حِينَ أَفْطَرَ الصَّائِمُ ، وَصَلَّى بِيَ الْعِشَاءَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ ، وَصَلَّى بِيَ الْفَجْرَ فَأَسْفَرَ ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ ، فَقَالَ : يَا مُحَمَّدُ ، هَذَا وَقْتُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ ، وَالْوَقْتُ مَا بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ الْوَقْتَيْنِ " .
Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Gabriel ﷺ led me in prayer at the House (i. e. the Kabah). He prayed the noon prayer with me when the sun had passed the meridian to the extent of the thong of a sandal; he prayed the afternoon prayer with me when the shadow of everything was as long as itself; he prayed the sunset prayer with me when one who is fasting breaks the fast; he prayed the night prayer with me when the twilight had ended; and he prayed the dawn prayer with me when food and drink become forbidden to one who is keeping the fast. On the following day he prayed the noon prayer with me when his shadow was as long as himself; he prayed the afternoon prayer with me when his shadow was twice as long as himself; he prayed the sunset prayer at the time when one who is fasting breaks the fast; he prayed the night prayer with me when about the third of the night had passed; and he prayed the dawn prayer with me when there was a fair amount of light. Then turning to me he said: Muhammad, this is the time observed by the prophets before you, and the time is anywhere between two times.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
393. Commentary:
➊ Prayer is among those acts of worship regarding which Jibril (Gabriel) did not merely convey instructions verbally, but rather made the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam aware of all its details through practical training.
➋ At the time of Zuhr, the shadow was “equal to the strap.” From this, there is evidence for considering the original shadow.
➌ The time for Asr begins after one shadow-length and ends at two shadow-lengths.
➍ In this hadith, the time for Maghrib is mentioned as a single period. In light of other hadiths, there is an extension in this up to the disappearance of twilight.
➎ In jurisprudential terminology, these times are called “times of performance” (awqat ada). The remaining times are called “times of making up” (awqat qada).
➏ The meaning of “These were also the times for the Prophets before you” is that times were also fixed for them in this manner, not that five prayers were obligatory upon them. «والله أعلم» From this, the beginning and ending times of prayer are determined and specified, which means that a prayer performed within either of these two times is valid, and likewise, the time between these two is also the time for prayer. Thus, three times are established for each prayer. But which of these is the most virtuous time? That is established from other hadiths: it is the earliest time, except for the ‘Isha prayer, for which it is better to delay. This was also the practice of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
➊ Prayer is among those acts of worship regarding which Jibril (Gabriel) did not merely convey instructions verbally, but rather made the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam aware of all its details through practical training.
➋ At the time of Zuhr, the shadow was “equal to the strap.” From this, there is evidence for considering the original shadow.
➌ The time for Asr begins after one shadow-length and ends at two shadow-lengths.
➍ In this hadith, the time for Maghrib is mentioned as a single period. In light of other hadiths, there is an extension in this up to the disappearance of twilight.
➎ In jurisprudential terminology, these times are called “times of performance” (awqat ada). The remaining times are called “times of making up” (awqat qada).
➏ The meaning of “These were also the times for the Prophets before you” is that times were also fixed for them in this manner, not that five prayers were obligatory upon them. «والله أعلم» From this, the beginning and ending times of prayer are determined and specified, which means that a prayer performed within either of these two times is valid, and likewise, the time between these two is also the time for prayer. Thus, three times are established for each prayer. But which of these is the most virtuous time? That is established from other hadiths: it is the earliest time, except for the ‘Isha prayer, for which it is better to delay. This was also the practice of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 393
