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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
1 - بَابُ الْأَمْرِ بِالْأَذَانِ وَتَأْكِيدِ طَلَبِهِChapter 1: Command to Call the Adhan and Emphasis on Requesting It
Hadith 1242
اُردوEn
Under this chapter, the following sub-chapters and hadiths have been mentioned.
عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ نُسَيٍّ قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ بِالشَّامِ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَعْدَانُ، كَانَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ يُقْرِئُهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَفَقَدَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ فَلَقِيَهُ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ بِدَمَقْسِ قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: يَا مَعْدَانُ! مَا فَعَلَ الْقُرْآنُ الَّذِي كَانَ مَعَكَ؟ كَيْفَ أَنْتَ وَالْقُرْآنُ الْيَوْمَ؟ قَالَ: قَدْ عَلَّمَنِي اللَّهُ مِنْهُ فَأَحْسَنَ، قَالَ: يَا مَعْدَانُ! أَفِي مَدِينَةٍ تَسْكُنُ الْيَوْمَ أَوْ فِي قَرْيَةٍ؟ قَالَ: لَا، بَلْ فِي قَرْيَةٍ قَرِيبَةٍ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: فِي قَرْيَةٍ قَرِيبَةٍ دُونَ حِمْصَ) قَالَ: مَهْلًا وَيْحَكَ يَا مَعْدَانُ! فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((مَا مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ أَهْلِ أَبْيَاتٍ لَا يُؤَذَّنُ فِيهِمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَتُقَامُ فِيهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ إِلَّا اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الشَّيْطَانُ، وَإِنَّ الذِّئْبَ يَأْخُذُ الشَّاذَّةَ)) فَعَلَيْكَ بِالْمَدَائِنِ وَيْحَكَ يَا مَعْدَانُ
‘Ubada bin Nasi says: In Syria, there was a man named Ma‘dan, and Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) used to teach him the Qur’an. Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) found him missing. Then one day, when he met him at the place of Dabiq, he said: “Ma‘dan! What happened to the Qur’an that you had? How is your relationship with the Qur’an these days?” He replied: “Allah Almighty taught it to me, and taught it well.” Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ asked: “Ma‘dan! Do you live in the city these days or in a village?” Ma‘dan replied: “No, I reside in a village, which is near the city.” And in another narration: “I am in such villages that are near the city of Hims.” Sayyiduna Abu Darda’ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Leave it, woe to you, Ma‘dan! I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: ‘Where there are five houses and neither the call to prayer is given nor the prayer is established among them, Satan prevails over them, and (you should remember that) the wolf devours the sheep that stays apart. Therefore, it is obligatory for you to live in the cities. O Ma‘dan! Woe to you!’”
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((مَا مِنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ فِي قَرْيَةٍ فَلَا يُؤَذَّنُ وَلَا تُقَامُ فِيهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ إِلَّا اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الشَّيْطَانُ، عَلَيْكَ بِالْجَمَاعَةِ فَإِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُ الذِّئْبُ الْقَاصِيَةَ)) قَالَ ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ: قَالَ السَّائِبُ: يَعْنِي الْجَمَاعَةَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ
This narration is reported with another chain as follows: They say: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: In any settlement where three people reside and neither the call to prayer is given nor the prayer is established, Satan prevails over them. Therefore, congregation is obligatory upon you, for the wolf only eats the sheep that stays away from the flock. Ibn Mahdi said that Sa’ib believes that by “congregation is obligatory upon you,” what is meant is prayer in congregation.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Just as a goat that separates from the herd and its owner in the wilderness—what fate befalls it at the hands of wolves and other beasts is clear to everyone. In the same way, a person who stays away from congregational prayer (salah bi’l-jama‘ah) falls prey to the whisperings of Shaytan and becomes distant from acts of goodness and virtue. However, the calamity in our society is that, due to a lack of spiritual purity, such a person does not even realize how much harm he is incurring.
