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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي السَّدْلِ فِي الصَّلاَةِChapter: As-Sadl In The Prayer.
Hadith 644
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ الطَّبَّاعِ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : " أَكْثَرُ مَا رَأَيْتُ عَطَاءً يُصَلِّي سَادِلًا " ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : وَهَذَا يُضَعِّفُ ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثَ .
Ibn Juraij said; I often saw Ata praying while letting his garment trail. Abu Dawud said: This (practice of Ata) weakens the tradition (narrated by Abu Hurairah).
Brief Explanation
1؎: The narrator’s action contrary to the hadith he narrates is not a valid reason for abandoning that hadith; the real consideration is for the narration itself (if it is authentic), not for the narrator’s action: «الحجة فيما روى، لا فيما رأى». Furthermore, ‘Ata’s fatwa is established in accordance with the hadith, as has been mentioned previously, so weakening the hadith on the basis of ‘Ata’s action is not correct, because it is possible that he forgot while performing sadl or some other excuse occurred.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
644. Commentary:
The first chain is hasan (good), and the second (the narration of honey) is sahih (authentic). (Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah). As for the third narration, although the action of the Tabi‘i is authentic in its chain, it is contrary to the aforementioned hadith, and the fact that a narrator acts contrary to his own narration is not evidence of the weakness of that narration. The truth is that in prayer, it is not permissible to place a garment on the head or shoulders without wrapping it, nor to cover the mouth.
The first chain is hasan (good), and the second (the narration of honey) is sahih (authentic). (Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah). As for the third narration, although the action of the Tabi‘i is authentic in its chain, it is contrary to the aforementioned hadith, and the fact that a narrator acts contrary to his own narration is not evidence of the weakness of that narration. The truth is that in prayer, it is not permissible to place a garment on the head or shoulders without wrapping it, nor to cover the mouth.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 644
