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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنةEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
. بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي أَيِّ سَاعَاتِ اللَّيْلِ أَفْضَلُChapter: What was narrated concerning which hours of the night are best
Hadith 1364
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ، قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ طَلْقٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْبَيْلَمَانِيِّ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مَنْ أَسْلَمَ مَعَكَ ؟ ، قَالَ : " حُرٌّ وَعَبْدٌ " ، قُلْتُ : هَلْ مِنْ سَاعَةٍ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ أُخْرَى ؟ ، قَالَ : " نَعَمْ ، جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوْسَطُ " .
´It was narrated that ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah said:` “I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, who became a Muslim with you?’ He said: ‘A free man and a slave.’ I said: ‘Is there any hour of the night that is closer to Allah than another?’ He said: ‘Yes, the last half of the night.’”
Brief Explanation
1؎: By "the free man" is meant Abu Bakr as-Siddiq radi Allahu anhu, and by "the slave" is meant Bilal radi Allahu anhu. 2؎: That is, at the time of the middle of the night. In another hadith, it is mentioned that in the last third of the night, Allah ta'ala descends to the lowest heaven; from this it is understood that the last third of the night is more virtuous. And it is possible that by "the time of the middle of the night" this very meaning is intended, because between the beginning and the end, everything is in the middle.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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This incident has already been mentioned under Hadith 1251.
Some of its benefits have been mentioned there.
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When Amr ibn Abasah radi Allahu anhu presented himself in the noble service,
at that time the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was residing in Makkah Mukarramah.
Migration (hijrah) had not yet taken place.
For details of the incident, see: (Sahih Muslim, Salat al-Musafirin, Chapter: The Islam of Amr ibn Abasah radi Allahu anhu, Hadith: 832)
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By “freed slave” is meant Abu Bakr radi Allahu anhu and Bilal radi Allahu anhu.
That is, among the few individuals who had embraced Islam, these personalities were prominent.
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This incident has already been mentioned under Hadith 1251.
Some of its benefits have been mentioned there.
➋
When Amr ibn Abasah radi Allahu anhu presented himself in the noble service,
at that time the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was residing in Makkah Mukarramah.
Migration (hijrah) had not yet taken place.
For details of the incident, see: (Sahih Muslim, Salat al-Musafirin, Chapter: The Islam of Amr ibn Abasah radi Allahu anhu, Hadith: 832)
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By “freed slave” is meant Abu Bakr radi Allahu anhu and Bilal radi Allahu anhu.
That is, among the few individuals who had embraced Islam, these personalities were prominent.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1364
