سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْهَدْىِ فِي الْمَشْىِ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِChapter: The Etiquette Of Walking To The Masjid.
Hadith 562
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَهُمْ ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو ثُمَامَةَ الْحَنَّاطُ ، أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ أَدْرَكَهُ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الْمَسْجِدَ ، أَدْرَكَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ ، قَالَ : فَوَجَدَنِي وَأَنَا مُشَبِّكٌ بِيَدَيَّ فَنَهَانِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ ، وَقَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا يُشَبِّكَنَّ يَدَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ فِي صَلَاةٍ " .
Narrated Kab ibn Ujrah: Abu Thumamah al-Hannat said that Kab ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
562. Commentary:
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has presented ahadith in Sahih Bukhari «كتاب الصلوة باب تشبيك الأصابع فى المسجد» and elsewhere, from which the concession for this action is established. And the aforementioned hadith is also authentic. (Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah)
The reconciliation and synthesis among them is that during the prayer or while proceeding towards the prayer specifically, this action is prohibited, and the prohibition is of a discouraging (tanzihi) nature, but not outside of that.
➋ While coming to the mosque, intertwining the fingers, cracking them, or other similar pointless actions—such as running, peeking here and there, idle talk, and laughing loudly—are in no way appropriate, because a person is, in effect, considered to be in prayer.
Imam Bukhari rahimahullah has presented ahadith in Sahih Bukhari «كتاب الصلوة باب تشبيك الأصابع فى المسجد» and elsewhere, from which the concession for this action is established. And the aforementioned hadith is also authentic. (Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah)
The reconciliation and synthesis among them is that during the prayer or while proceeding towards the prayer specifically, this action is prohibited, and the prohibition is of a discouraging (tanzihi) nature, but not outside of that.
➋ While coming to the mosque, intertwining the fingers, cracking them, or other similar pointless actions—such as running, peeking here and there, idle talk, and laughing loudly—are in no way appropriate, because a person is, in effect, considered to be in prayer.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 562
