سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب فِي التَّشْدِيدِ فِي تَرْكِ الْجَمَاعَةِChapter: The Severity Of Not Attending The Congregational Prayer.
Hadith 550
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْأَقْمَرِ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : " حَافِظُوا عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ ، فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ بَيِّنُ النِّفَاقِ ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يُقَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ ، وَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَلَهُ مَسْجِدٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، وَلَوْ صَلَّيْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ وَتَرَكْتُمْ مَسَاجِدَكُمْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَكَفَرْتُمْ " .
Abdullah bin Masud said: Persevere in observing these five times of prayer where the announcement for them is made, because they are from the paths of right guidance. And Allah, the Might, the Majestic, has laid down for his prophet ﷺ the paths of right guidance. I have seen the time when no one stayed away from prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrite was well known. I witnessed the time when a man would be brought swaying between two men till he was set up in the row (of the prayer). Every one of us has a mosque of his in his house. If you were to pray in your houses and stay from your mosques. You would abandon the Sunnah (practice) of your prophet, and if you were Abandon the Sunnah (Practice) of your Prophet, you would become an unbeliever.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
550. Commentary:
➊ Lagging behind from the congregation has been described as one of the signs of the hypocrites, and this is even more serious than being a major sin (kabirah).
➋ The consequence of turning away from the Sunnahs of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) can ultimately lead to disbelief (kufr). «أعاذنا الله منه»
➊ Lagging behind from the congregation has been described as one of the signs of the hypocrites, and this is even more serious than being a major sin (kabirah).
➋ The consequence of turning away from the Sunnahs of the Noble Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) can ultimately lead to disbelief (kufr). «أعاذنا الله منه»
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 550
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: (1)
In the golden era of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, all the noble Companions radi Allahu anhum ajma'in were diligent in attending the congregational prayer (jama'ah). No true Muslim would even conceive of staying behind from the congregation. Even in the case of illness, if a person could reach the mosque with the support of two people, arrangements would be made for that as well, and they would not use illness as an excuse to stay behind from the congregation, even in severe sickness. Only those people would stay behind whose hypocrisy was well-known and manifest, or those who were so ill that they could not come even with the support of two people. For this reason, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did not grant permission to Abdullah bin Umm Maktum radi Allahu ta'ala anhu to stay behind from the congregation despite his being blind.
(According to Abdullah bin Mas'ud radi Allahu ta'ala anhu, being diligent in the congregation is a sign and distinguishing mark of a Muslim.)
And it is the path of guidance and the methodology of the Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. To neglect the congregation is to abandon guidance and the path of the Prophet, and to choose the path of misguidance.
(3)
For the sake of attending the congregation, every step taken towards the mosque earns a person a good deed, erases a sin, and raises him one degree. The one who stays behind from the congregation is deprived of all three of these blessings and bounties.
(4)
Staying behind from the congregation is a sign of hypocrisy, and every Muslim should strive to remain protected from this stain in every circumstance. If a blind person is not permitted to pray at home, then how can a sighted person pray at home?
In the golden era of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, all the noble Companions radi Allahu anhum ajma'in were diligent in attending the congregational prayer (jama'ah). No true Muslim would even conceive of staying behind from the congregation. Even in the case of illness, if a person could reach the mosque with the support of two people, arrangements would be made for that as well, and they would not use illness as an excuse to stay behind from the congregation, even in severe sickness. Only those people would stay behind whose hypocrisy was well-known and manifest, or those who were so ill that they could not come even with the support of two people. For this reason, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did not grant permission to Abdullah bin Umm Maktum radi Allahu ta'ala anhu to stay behind from the congregation despite his being blind.
(According to Abdullah bin Mas'ud radi Allahu ta'ala anhu, being diligent in the congregation is a sign and distinguishing mark of a Muslim.)
And it is the path of guidance and the methodology of the Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. To neglect the congregation is to abandon guidance and the path of the Prophet, and to choose the path of misguidance.
(3)
For the sake of attending the congregation, every step taken towards the mosque earns a person a good deed, erases a sin, and raises him one degree. The one who stays behind from the congregation is deprived of all three of these blessings and bounties.
(4)
Staying behind from the congregation is a sign of hypocrisy, and every Muslim should strive to remain protected from this stain in every circumstance. If a blind person is not permitted to pray at home, then how can a sighted person pray at home?
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1488
