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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب تفسير القرآن وفضائل السور والآيات حسب ترتيب النزولChapters on the Interpretation of the Qur'an and the Virtues of Surahs and Verses According to the Order of Revelation
بَابُ «حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلاةِ الْوُسْطٰي»Chapter: "Guard strictly the prayers, especially the middle prayer"
Hadith 8514
اُردوEn
عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ فَقَرَأْنَاهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ نَقْرَأَهَا لَمْ يَنْسَخْهَا اللَّهُ فَأَنْزَلَ حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى [سورة البقرة: ٢٣٨] فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ كَانَ مَعَ شَقِيقٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَزْهَرُ وَهِيَ صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ كَيْفَ نَزَلَتْ وَكَيْفَ نَسَخَهَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bara’ bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: When this verse was revealed {حَافِظُوْا عَلَی الصَّلَوَاتِ وَصَلَاۃِ الْعَصْرِ}, then for as long as Allah willed, we continued to recite it during the blessed era of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Allah did not abrogate it. Then Allah revealed it in this way: {حَافِظُوْا عَلَی الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاۃِ الْوُسْطٰی}. There was a man with the narrator Shaqiq, his name was Azhar, he asked Sayyiduna Bara’: Is the middle prayer (Salat al-Wusta) the Asr prayer? He replied: I have told you how this verse was revealed and how it was abrogated, the rest Allah knows best.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The wording of this narration, "lam yansakh-ha Allahu, fa anzala" (Allah did not abrogate it, so He revealed), is, in the narration of Sahih Muslim, "thumma nasakh-ha Allahu, fa anzala" (then Allah abrogated it, and this verse was revealed), meaning: In the verse that was revealed first, the words were "wa salati al-asr" (and the prayer of Asr), and in the verse that was revealed afterwards, the words were "wa al-salati al-wusta" (and the middle prayer). Sayyiduna Bura’ radi Allahu anhu presented both verses before the questioner and left the matter to his understanding. The fact that the words "wa al-salati al-wusta" were revealed in place of "wa salati al-asr" indicates that what is meant by it is indeed the Asr prayer.
