سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب فِي الْمَوَاضِعِ الَّتِي لاَ تَجُوزُ فِيهَا الصَّلاَةُChapter: The Places In Which Prayer Is Not Allowed.
Hadith 490
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَزْهَرَ ، عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْمُرَادِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ ، أَنَّ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَرَّ بِبَابِلَ وَهُوَ يَسِيرُ فَجَاءَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ يُؤَذِّنُ بِصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ ، فَلَمَّا بَرَزَ مِنْهَا أَمَرَ الْمُؤَذِّنَ فَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ حَبِيبِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانِي أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ فِي الْمَقْبَرَةِ وَنَهَانِي أَنْ أُصَلِّيَ فِي أَرْضِ بَابِلَ فَإِنَّهَا مَلْعُونَةٌ " .
Narrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: Abu Salih al-Ghifari reported: Ali (once) passed by Babylon during his travels. The muadhdhin (the person who calls for prayer) came to him to call for the afternoon prayer. When he passed by that place, he commanded to announce for the prayer. After finishing the prayer he said: My affectionate friend (i. e. the Prophet) prohibited me to say prayer in the graveyard. He also forbade me to offer prayer in Babylon because it is accursed.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
490. Commentary:
This narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
Imam Khattabi rahimahullah states that I do not know of any scholar who has declared prayer in the land of Babylon to be forbidden, whereas there is an authentic hadith: “The entire surface of the earth has been made a mosque and a purifier for me.” However, Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has transmitted, in a suspended (mu‘allaq, i.e., without chain) form, a statement attributed to Ali radi Allahu anhu that he disliked performing prayer in the land of Babylon. [صحيح بخاري، الصلوة، باب : 53، باب الصلوة فى مواضع الخسف والعذاب]
In this chapter, Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has transmitted the following marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) hadith: “Do not enter upon these people who were punished except while weeping; if you are not weeping, then do not enter upon them...” From this, it is indicated that one should avoid performing prayer in such places.
This narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
Imam Khattabi rahimahullah states that I do not know of any scholar who has declared prayer in the land of Babylon to be forbidden, whereas there is an authentic hadith: “The entire surface of the earth has been made a mosque and a purifier for me.” However, Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has transmitted, in a suspended (mu‘allaq, i.e., without chain) form, a statement attributed to Ali radi Allahu anhu that he disliked performing prayer in the land of Babylon. [صحيح بخاري، الصلوة، باب : 53، باب الصلوة فى مواضع الخسف والعذاب]
In this chapter, Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has transmitted the following marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) hadith: “Do not enter upon these people who were punished except while weeping; if you are not weeping, then do not enter upon them...” From this, it is indicated that one should avoid performing prayer in such places.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 490
