سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاةPrayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب افْتِتَاحِ الصَّلاَةِChapter: The Beginning Of The Prayer.
Hadith 740
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ الْمَعْنَى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ يَعْنِي السَّعْدِيَّ ، قَالَ : " صَلَّى إِلَى جَنْبِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ فَكَانَ إِذَا سَجَدَ السَّجْدَةَ الْأُولَى فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنْهَا رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ ، فَأَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ ، فَقُلْتُ لِوُهَيْبِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ وُهَيْبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ : تَصْنَعُ شَيْئًا لَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا يَصْنَعُهُ ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ : رَأَيْتُ أَبِي يَصْنَعُهُ ، وَقَالَ أَبِي : رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَصْنَعُهُ ، وَلَا أَعْلَمُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ : كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصْنَعُهُ " .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Nadr ibn Kathir as-Saadi said: Abdullah ibn Tawus prayed at my side in the mosque of al-Khayf. When he made the first prostration, he raised his head after it and raised his hands opposite to his face. This came as something strange for me. I, therefore, said it to Wuhayb ibn Khalid. Then Wuhayb ibn Khalid said to him: You are doing a thing that I did not see anyone do. Ibn Tawus then replied: I saw my father doing it, and my father said: I saw Ibn Abbas doing it. I do not know but he said: The Prophet ﷺ used to do it.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
740. Commentary:
In this hadith as well, the raising of the hands (raf‘ al-yadayn) during prostrations (sujud) is affirmed. Abu Bakr al-Mundhiri, Abu ‘Ali al-Tabari, and some of the Ahl al-Hadith hold this view. However, this hadith is weak due to Nadr ibn Kathir al-Sa‘di. Hafiz Abu Ahmad al-Naysaburi said: This hadith is among the rejected (munkar) narrations of Ibn Tawus. Abu Hatim said: There is criticism (objection) in it. Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah said: He (the narrator) also has rejected (munkar) narrations. Ibn Hibban says that he narrates fabrications (mawdu‘at) from trustworthy narrators; therefore, it is in no way permissible to use him as proof. However, ‘Allamah al-Shawkani said that the negation of raising the hands during prostrations is what is authentically established, unless a most authentic evidence is found. [ملخص از عون المعبود] «والله اعلم»
In this hadith as well, the raising of the hands (raf‘ al-yadayn) during prostrations (sujud) is affirmed. Abu Bakr al-Mundhiri, Abu ‘Ali al-Tabari, and some of the Ahl al-Hadith hold this view. However, this hadith is weak due to Nadr ibn Kathir al-Sa‘di. Hafiz Abu Ahmad al-Naysaburi said: This hadith is among the rejected (munkar) narrations of Ibn Tawus. Abu Hatim said: There is criticism (objection) in it. Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah said: He (the narrator) also has rejected (munkar) narrations. Ibn Hibban says that he narrates fabrications (mawdu‘at) from trustworthy narrators; therefore, it is in no way permissible to use him as proof. However, ‘Allamah al-Shawkani said that the negation of raising the hands during prostrations is what is authentically established, unless a most authentic evidence is found. [ملخص از عون المعبود] «والله اعلم»
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 740
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1147. Commentary:
➊ The narrator of this report, Abu Sahl Azdi, is weak; therefore, this hadith is unreliable, especially because it contradicts extremely authentic ahadith that are mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and other books of hadith. In those ahadith, the negation of raising the hands (raf‘ al-yadayn) between the prostrations (sujud) is explicitly stated. See: [صحیح البخاري ، الأذان ، حدیث : 735 ، و صحیح مسلم ، الصلاة ، حدیث : 390]. It is not befitting for people of knowledge to abandon such strong ahadith and base any issue on a weak hadith like this.
➋ The righteous predecessors (salaf salihin) were so sensitive and cautious in matters of religion that upon seeing anything new, they would immediately reject it or ask for its evidence.
➌ When someone is asked about any of his actions, he should not respond with anger; rather, he should present its evidence and establish the proof.
➊ The narrator of this report, Abu Sahl Azdi, is weak; therefore, this hadith is unreliable, especially because it contradicts extremely authentic ahadith that are mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and other books of hadith. In those ahadith, the negation of raising the hands (raf‘ al-yadayn) between the prostrations (sujud) is explicitly stated. See: [صحیح البخاري ، الأذان ، حدیث : 735 ، و صحیح مسلم ، الصلاة ، حدیث : 390]. It is not befitting for people of knowledge to abandon such strong ahadith and base any issue on a weak hadith like this.
➋ The righteous predecessors (salaf salihin) were so sensitive and cautious in matters of religion that upon seeing anything new, they would immediately reject it or ask for its evidence.
➌ When someone is asked about any of his actions, he should not respond with anger; rather, he should present its evidence and establish the proof.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1147
