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صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب التمنيThe Book of Wishes
بَابُ مَا يَجُوزُ مِنَ اللَّوْ:Chapter. What uses of Al-Lau are allowed.
Hadith 7239
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ عَمْرٌو ، حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءٌ ، قَالَ : " أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْعِشَاءِ ، فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ ، فَقَالَ : الصَّلَاةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، رَقَدَ النِّسَاءُ وَالصِّبْيَانُ ، فَخَرَجَ وَرَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ ، يَقُولُ : " لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي أَوْ عَلَى النَّاسِ " ، وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ أَيْضًا : عَلَى أُمَّتِي ، لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ، قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ ، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، رَقَدَ النِّسَاءُ وَالْوِلْدَانُ ، فَخَرَجَ وَهُوَ يَمْسَحُ الْمَاءَ عَنْ شِقِّهِ ، يَقُولُ : إِنَّهُ لَلْوَقْتُ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي ، وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو ، حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءٌ ، لَيْسَ فِيهِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ، أَمَّا عَمْرٌو ، فَقَال : رَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ : يَمْسَحُ الْمَاءَ عَنْ شِقِّهِ ، وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو : لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ : إِنَّهُ لَلْوَقْتُ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي ، وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
Narrated 'Ata: One night the Prophet delayed the `Isha' prayer whereupon `Umar went to him and said, "The prayer, O Allah's Apostle! The women and children had slept." The Prophet came out with water dropping from his head, and said, "Were I not afraid that it would be hard for my followers (or for the people), I would order them to pray `Isha prayer at this time." (Various versions of this Hadith are given by the narrators with slight differences in expression but not in content).
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues:
Benefit:
It is established from this hadith that as long as a person does not lose ablution (wudu), he may perform multiple obligatory and voluntary prayers with the same ablution.
This hadith is not contrary to the blessed verse:
﴿إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ﴾ ()
because the meaning of the blessed verse is:
“If you do not have ablution and you stand for prayer, then perform ablution.”
However, from other narrations it is known that performing ablution while already in a state of ablution is light upon light (nur ‘ala nur), because the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would generally perform ablution for every prayer,
and the apparent requirement of the verse is just this.
(Sharh al-Nawawi: vol./135)
Benefit:
It is established from this hadith that as long as a person does not lose ablution (wudu), he may perform multiple obligatory and voluntary prayers with the same ablution.
This hadith is not contrary to the blessed verse:
﴿إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ﴾ ()
because the meaning of the blessed verse is:
“If you do not have ablution and you stand for prayer, then perform ablution.”
However, from other narrations it is known that performing ablution while already in a state of ablution is light upon light (nur ‘ala nur), because the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would generally perform ablution for every prayer,
and the apparent requirement of the verse is just this.
(Sharh al-Nawawi: vol./135)
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 642
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
532. Commentary:
➊ "The people slept." The sleep referred to here is that in which consciousness and awareness are not lost, which in our language is called dozing (drowsiness), i.e., a deep drowsiness overcame them. This state can occur while sitting, standing, or lying down, because here it does not seem correct to take it as real sleep in which awareness and human consciousness are lost, since in that case ablution (wudu) would be nullified, regardless of the position in which it occurs.
➋ The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came after performing ritual bath (ghusl) and was squeezing water from his hair, which was indicated by Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma) and Ata (rahimahullah) through gestures and clarified in detail by passing the hand. Water is squeezed from long hair in this manner.
➌ "If there was no fear..." It appears that if the followers (muqtadis) would face hardship due to delay, then it is recommended (mustahabb) to perform the prayer quickly; otherwise, it is better to delay it. The expansiveness of prayer times is, in fact, in consideration of people's necessities. And Allah knows best.
➍ The pious predecessors (salaf salihin) used to be diligent in performing prayers at their earliest and most virtuous times.
➎ It is obligatory for the mufti to adorn his fatwa with evidences from the Qur'an and Sunnah, and it is necessary for the questioner to listen to the answer with utmost attention and concentration so that he may understand it well and convey it properly to others. (6) The virtue of the Ummah of Muhammad is that the 'Isha prayer has been made exclusive to this Ummah, as is mentioned in the narration of Sunan Abu Dawud: «فإنکم قد فضلتم بھا علی سائر الامم ولم تصلھا امة قبلکم» "Indeed, you have been given superiority over all nations through this prayer ('Isha); no nation before you has performed this prayer." [سنن أبی داود ، الصلاة ، حدیث : 421]
➊ "The people slept." The sleep referred to here is that in which consciousness and awareness are not lost, which in our language is called dozing (drowsiness), i.e., a deep drowsiness overcame them. This state can occur while sitting, standing, or lying down, because here it does not seem correct to take it as real sleep in which awareness and human consciousness are lost, since in that case ablution (wudu) would be nullified, regardless of the position in which it occurs.
➋ The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came after performing ritual bath (ghusl) and was squeezing water from his hair, which was indicated by Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma) and Ata (rahimahullah) through gestures and clarified in detail by passing the hand. Water is squeezed from long hair in this manner.
➌ "If there was no fear..." It appears that if the followers (muqtadis) would face hardship due to delay, then it is recommended (mustahabb) to perform the prayer quickly; otherwise, it is better to delay it. The expansiveness of prayer times is, in fact, in consideration of people's necessities. And Allah knows best.
➍ The pious predecessors (salaf salihin) used to be diligent in performing prayers at their earliest and most virtuous times.
➎ It is obligatory for the mufti to adorn his fatwa with evidences from the Qur'an and Sunnah, and it is necessary for the questioner to listen to the answer with utmost attention and concentration so that he may understand it well and convey it properly to others. (6) The virtue of the Ummah of Muhammad is that the 'Isha prayer has been made exclusive to this Ummah, as is mentioned in the narration of Sunan Abu Dawud: «فإنکم قد فضلتم بھا علی سائر الامم ولم تصلھا امة قبلکم» "Indeed, you have been given superiority over all nations through this prayer ('Isha); no nation before you has performed this prayer." [سنن أبی داود ، الصلاة ، حدیث : 421]
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 532
