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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الخوف وهى أنواعChapters on Fear Prayer and Its Types
بَابُ نَوْعٍ خَامِسٍ يَتَضَمَّنُ صَلَاةَ الْإِمَامِ بِكُلِّ طَائِفَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِسَلَامٍChapter on a fifth type involving the Imam praying two rak'ahs with each group with a separate salam
Hadith 2963
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: صَلَّى بِنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ فَصَلَّى بِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ، فَتَأَخَّرُوا، وَجَاءَ آخَرُونَ فَكَانُوا فِي مَكَانِهِمْ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ، فَصَارَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْبَعُ رَكَعَاتٍ وَلِلْقَوْمِ رَكْعَتَانِ رَكْعَتَانِ
Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the prayer of fear. He (peace be upon him) led some people in two rak‘ahs of prayer and said the salam. These people left, and others came and stood in their place. Then he (peace be upon him) led them in two rak‘ahs of prayer and said the salam. Thus, the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed four rak‘ahs, and the people performed two each.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In the four units (rak‘ahs) of prayer of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the obligatory prayer was only two units (rak‘ahs). From this hadith, it is established that when the imam is performing a voluntary (nafl) prayer, it is permissible to follow him in obligatory (fard) prayer, because when the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was leading the second group, it was his voluntary (nafl) prayer.
