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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب فِي وَقْتِ صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِChapter: The Time For ’Asr Prayer.
Hadith 411
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الزِّبْرِقَانَ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ، قَالَ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الظُّهْرَ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي صَلَاةً أَشَدَّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهَا ، فَنَزَلَتْ : حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلاةِ الْوُسْطَى سورة البقرة آية 238 ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ قَبْلَهَا صَلَاتَيْنِ وَبَعْدَهَا صَلَاتَيْنِ " .
Zaid bin Thabit said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to offer the Zuhr prayer in midday heat; and no prayer was harder on the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that this one. Hence the revelation came down: "Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer" (2: 238). He (the narrator) said: There are two prayers before it and two prayers after it.
Brief Explanation
1؎: Regarding which prayer is meant by the "middle prayer" (salat al-wusta), various hadiths have been narrated in this regard. The most correct opinion is that it refers to the ‘Asr prayer; the majority of scholars incline towards this view. And Allah knows best what is correct.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
411. Commentary:
This interpretation is the personal ijtihad of Zayd ibn Thabit (radi Allahu anhu), that what is meant here is the Zuhr (noon) prayer. From other authentic ahadith, it is established that it refers to the Asr (afternoon) prayer. It is possible that those ahadith were not known to him.
This interpretation is the personal ijtihad of Zayd ibn Thabit (radi Allahu anhu), that what is meant here is the Zuhr (noon) prayer. From other authentic ahadith, it is established that it refers to the Asr (afternoon) prayer. It is possible that those ahadith were not known to him.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 411
