سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
تفرح أبواب السترةPrayer (Tafarah Abwab As Sutrah)
باب الْخَطِّ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ عَصًاChapter: Drawing A Line If One Does Not Find A Stick.
Hadith 689
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَدَّهُ حُرَيْثًا يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْعَلْ تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ شَيْئًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَلْيَنْصِبْ عَصًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ عَصًا فَلْيَخْطُطْ خَطًّا ثُمَّ لَا يَضُرُّهُ مَا مَرَّ أَمَامَهُ " .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of you prays, he should put something in front of his face, and if he can find nothing, he should set up his staff; but if he has no staff, he should draw a line; then what passes in front of him will not harm him.
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Commentary:
This narration is weak.
Therefore, the ruling regarding drawing a line from this narration is not established.
This narration is weak.
Therefore, the ruling regarding drawing a line from this narration is not established.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 943
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Lexical Explanation:
«فَلْيَنْصِبْ» is derived from «ىنَسْبٌ». This root comes in both the forms of darb and nasr. It means to fix something in the ground, to establish, to set upright, etc.
It is derived from «لَمْ يُصِبْ», meaning he did not attain correctness or soundness. There is a difference of opinion regarding drawing a line for a sutrah (barrier in prayer). One group prohibits it, while another group permits it, and they consider drawing a line sufficient for a sutrah when nothing else is available. There is also a difference of opinion regarding the manner of the sutrah: according to Imam Ahmad rahimahullah, it should be in the shape of a crescent, i.e., arched like a mihrab. Some have said that a long line should be drawn facing the qiblah. There is also the opinion that it should be drawn from right to left.
Benefit:
Ibn Salah is among those who have called this hadith “mudtarib” (having conflicting narrations). The author has critiqued this in detail in [ضعيف سنن أبى داود، حديث 134], and our esteemed researcher and Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah have also declared its chain of narration weak, because it contains severe confusion and two unknown narrators. See: [ضعيف سنن أبى داود، حديث : 134]. Therefore, drawing a line (as a sutrah) is not correct.
«فَلْيَنْصِبْ» is derived from «ىنَسْبٌ». This root comes in both the forms of darb and nasr. It means to fix something in the ground, to establish, to set upright, etc.
It is derived from «لَمْ يُصِبْ», meaning he did not attain correctness or soundness. There is a difference of opinion regarding drawing a line for a sutrah (barrier in prayer). One group prohibits it, while another group permits it, and they consider drawing a line sufficient for a sutrah when nothing else is available. There is also a difference of opinion regarding the manner of the sutrah: according to Imam Ahmad rahimahullah, it should be in the shape of a crescent, i.e., arched like a mihrab. Some have said that a long line should be drawn facing the qiblah. There is also the opinion that it should be drawn from right to left.
Benefit:
Ibn Salah is among those who have called this hadith “mudtarib” (having conflicting narrations). The author has critiqued this in detail in [ضعيف سنن أبى داود، حديث 134], and our esteemed researcher and Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah have also declared its chain of narration weak, because it contains severe confusion and two unknown narrators. See: [ضعيف سنن أبى داود، حديث : 134]. Therefore, drawing a line (as a sutrah) is not correct.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 185
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
This narration is weak, but the observance of a sutrah by the one performing prayer is established from the ahadith of Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim; some details regarding this have already been mentioned previously.
This narration is weak, but the observance of a sutrah by the one performing prayer is established from the ahadith of Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim; some details regarding this have already been mentioned previously.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 1022
