سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاةPrayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " كُلُّ صَلاَةٍ لاَ يُتِمُّهَا صَاحِبُهَا تَتِمُّ مِنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ "Chapter: Regarding The Statement Of The Prophet (saws) "Every Prayer That One Does Not Perfect It Will Be Made Complete By The Voluntary Ones".
Hadith 864
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ الضَّبِّيِّ ، قَالَ : خَافَ مِنْ زِيَادٍ ، أَوْ ابْنِ زِيَادٍ، فَأَتَى الْمَدِينَةَ فَلَقِيَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : فَنَسَبَنِي ، فَانْتَسَبْتُ لَهُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا فَتَى ، أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا ؟ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : بَلَى رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ ، قَالَ يُونُسُ : وَأَحْسَبُهُ ذَكَرَهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا يُحَاسَبُ النَّاسُ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ ، قَالَ : يَقُولُ رَبُّنَا جَلَّ وَعَزَّ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ : انْظُرُوا فِي صَلَاةِ عَبْدِي أَتَمَّهَا أَمْ نَقَصَهَا ، فَإِنْ كَانَتْ تَامَّةً كُتِبَتْ لَهُ تَامَّةً وَإِنْ كَانَ انْتَقَصَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ، قَالَ : انْظُرُوا هَلْ لِعَبْدِي مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ تَطَوُّعٌ ، قَالَ : أَتِمُّوا لِعَبْدِي فَرِيضَتَهُ مِنْ تَطَوُّعِهِ ، ثُمَّ تُؤْخَذُ الْأَعْمَالُ عَلَى ذَاكُمْ " .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: Anas ibn Hakim ad-Dabbi said that he feared Ziyad or Ibn Ziyad; so he came to Madina and met Abu Hurairah. He attributed his lineage to me and I became a member of his lineage. Abu Hurairah said (to me): O youth, should I not narrate a tradition to you? I said: Why not, may Allah have mercy on you? (Yunus (a narrator) said: I think he narrated it (the tradition) from the Prophet ﷺ: ) The first thing about which the people will be called to account out of their actions on the Day of Judgment is prayer. Our Lord, the Exalted, will say to the angels - though He knows better: Look into the prayer of My servant and see whether he has offered it perfectly or imperfectly. If it is perfect, that will be recorded perfect. If it is defective, He will say: See there are some optional prayers offered by My servant. If there are optional prayer to his credit, He will say: Compensate the obligatory prayer by the optional prayer for My servant. Then all the actions will be considered similarly.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
864. Commentary:
➊ This narration is authentic according to Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah. Hadith [866] supports it.
➋ Reckoning of deeds on the Day of Resurrection is a reality.
➌ After the two testimonies (shahadatayn), prayer (salah) is the most important pillar of the religion, and among the rights of Allah, it is the first for which reckoning will be done. [سنن نسائي حديث۔ 466]
Whereas among the rights of the servants, the first reckoning will be for bloodshed. [صحيح بخاري۔ حديث6533 وصحيح مسلم حديث 1678]
➍ One should be very cautious of any negligence in fulfilling the obligatory duties (fara'id). Likewise, one should pay great attention to the supererogatory acts (nawafil), because it is through these that deficiencies in the obligatory acts will be compensated.
➎ The supererogatory prayers, especially the emphasized regular Sunnahs (sunan rawatib mu’akkadah), are a continuous Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Except during travel, he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam never abandoned them; rather, on some occasions, if they were missed, he would make them up (qada) later. Some of the righteous have said that regularity in the Sunnahs and supererogatory acts serves as a motivation for regularity in the obligatory acts, and whoever is negligent in the Sunnahs may very well become negligent in the obligatory acts as well.
➏ As for those hadiths in which the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave glad tidings of Paradise to some newly converted Bedouins on the condition of adhering only to the obligatory acts, firstly, this pertains to the early period of Islam. As these people gradually understood the truth, they advanced greatly in performing supererogatory acts, as their biographies make clear. Secondly, due to the blessed company of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, they attained such purification that their obligatory acts reached such a high level that even if they did not perform the supererogatory acts, the guarantee and glad tidings of success were issued from the tongue of the Messenger. Therefore, it is not correct for other Muslims to compare themselves to them in this matter, nor is it proper to rely solely on the obligatory acts. Rather, keeping in mind the Day of Regret (Yawm al-Hasrah), one should strive ever more for nearness to Allah. «وبالله التوفيق»
Yes, if sometimes the Sunnahs are missed due to an excuse, it is not obligatory to make them up.
➊ This narration is authentic according to Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah. Hadith [866] supports it.
➋ Reckoning of deeds on the Day of Resurrection is a reality.
➌ After the two testimonies (shahadatayn), prayer (salah) is the most important pillar of the religion, and among the rights of Allah, it is the first for which reckoning will be done. [سنن نسائي حديث۔ 466]
Whereas among the rights of the servants, the first reckoning will be for bloodshed. [صحيح بخاري۔ حديث6533 وصحيح مسلم حديث 1678]
➍ One should be very cautious of any negligence in fulfilling the obligatory duties (fara'id). Likewise, one should pay great attention to the supererogatory acts (nawafil), because it is through these that deficiencies in the obligatory acts will be compensated.
➎ The supererogatory prayers, especially the emphasized regular Sunnahs (sunan rawatib mu’akkadah), are a continuous Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Except during travel, he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam never abandoned them; rather, on some occasions, if they were missed, he would make them up (qada) later. Some of the righteous have said that regularity in the Sunnahs and supererogatory acts serves as a motivation for regularity in the obligatory acts, and whoever is negligent in the Sunnahs may very well become negligent in the obligatory acts as well.
➏ As for those hadiths in which the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave glad tidings of Paradise to some newly converted Bedouins on the condition of adhering only to the obligatory acts, firstly, this pertains to the early period of Islam. As these people gradually understood the truth, they advanced greatly in performing supererogatory acts, as their biographies make clear. Secondly, due to the blessed company of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, they attained such purification that their obligatory acts reached such a high level that even if they did not perform the supererogatory acts, the guarantee and glad tidings of success were issued from the tongue of the Messenger. Therefore, it is not correct for other Muslims to compare themselves to them in this matter, nor is it proper to rely solely on the obligatory acts. Rather, keeping in mind the Day of Regret (Yawm al-Hasrah), one should strive ever more for nearness to Allah. «وبالله التوفيق»
Yes, if sometimes the Sunnahs are missed due to an excuse, it is not obligatory to make them up.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 864
