سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنةEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
. بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي أَوَّلِ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ الصَّلاَةُChapter: The first thing for which a person will be called to account will be his Prayers
Hadith 1426
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى ، عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، أَنْبَأَنَا حُمَيْدٌ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، وَدَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى ، عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " أَوَّلُ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ صَلَاتُهُ ، فَإِنْ أَكْمَلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ نَافِلَةً ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَكْمَلَهَا قَالَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ : انْظُرُوا هَلْ تَجِدُونَ لِعَبْدِي مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ ، فَأَكْمِلُوا بِهَا مَا ضَيَّعَ مِنْ فَرِيضَتِهِ ، ثُمَّ تُؤْخَذُ الْأَعْمَالُ عَلَى حَسَبِ ذَلِكَ " .
´It was narrated from Tamim Dari that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:` “The first thing for which a person will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayer. If it is complete, then the voluntary (prayers) will also be recorded for him (as an increase). If it is not complete then Allah will say to His angels: ‘Look and see whether you find any voluntary prayers for My slave, and take them to make up what is lacking from his obligatory prayers.’ Then all his deeds will be reckoned in like manner.”
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
864. Commentary:
➊ This narration is authentic according to Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah. Hadith [866] supports it.
➋ Reckoning of deeds on the Day of Resurrection is a reality.
➌ After the two testimonies (shahadatayn), prayer (salah) is the most important pillar of the religion, and among the rights of Allah, it is the first for which reckoning will be done. [سنن نسائي حديث۔ 466]
Whereas among the rights of the servants, the first reckoning will be for bloodshed. [صحيح بخاري۔ حديث6533 وصحيح مسلم حديث 1678]
➍ One should be very cautious of any negligence in fulfilling the obligatory duties (fara'id). Likewise, one should pay great attention to the supererogatory acts (nawafil), because it is through these that deficiencies in the obligatory acts will be compensated.
➎ The supererogatory prayers, especially the emphasized regular Sunnahs (sunan rawatib mu’akkadah), are a continuous Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Except during travel, he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam never abandoned them; rather, on some occasions, if they were missed, he would make them up (qada) later. Some of the righteous have said that regularity in the Sunnahs and supererogatory acts serves as a motivation for regularity in the obligatory acts, and whoever is negligent in the Sunnahs may very well become negligent in the obligatory acts as well.
➏ As for those hadiths in which the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave glad tidings of Paradise to some newly converted Bedouins on the condition of adhering only to the obligatory acts, firstly, this pertains to the early period of Islam. As these people gradually understood the truth, they advanced greatly in performing supererogatory acts, as their biographies make clear. Secondly, due to the blessed company of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, they attained such purification that their obligatory acts reached such a high level that even if they did not perform the supererogatory acts, the guarantee and glad tidings of success were issued from the tongue of the Messenger. Therefore, it is not correct for other Muslims to compare themselves to them in this matter, nor is it proper to rely solely on the obligatory acts. Rather, keeping in mind the Day of Regret (Yawm al-Hasrah), one should strive ever more for nearness to Allah. «وبالله التوفيق»
Yes, if sometimes the Sunnahs are missed due to an excuse, it is not obligatory to make them up.
➊ This narration is authentic according to Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah. Hadith [866] supports it.
➋ Reckoning of deeds on the Day of Resurrection is a reality.
➌ After the two testimonies (shahadatayn), prayer (salah) is the most important pillar of the religion, and among the rights of Allah, it is the first for which reckoning will be done. [سنن نسائي حديث۔ 466]
Whereas among the rights of the servants, the first reckoning will be for bloodshed. [صحيح بخاري۔ حديث6533 وصحيح مسلم حديث 1678]
➍ One should be very cautious of any negligence in fulfilling the obligatory duties (fara'id). Likewise, one should pay great attention to the supererogatory acts (nawafil), because it is through these that deficiencies in the obligatory acts will be compensated.
➎ The supererogatory prayers, especially the emphasized regular Sunnahs (sunan rawatib mu’akkadah), are a continuous Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Except during travel, he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam never abandoned them; rather, on some occasions, if they were missed, he would make them up (qada) later. Some of the righteous have said that regularity in the Sunnahs and supererogatory acts serves as a motivation for regularity in the obligatory acts, and whoever is negligent in the Sunnahs may very well become negligent in the obligatory acts as well.
➏ As for those hadiths in which the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave glad tidings of Paradise to some newly converted Bedouins on the condition of adhering only to the obligatory acts, firstly, this pertains to the early period of Islam. As these people gradually understood the truth, they advanced greatly in performing supererogatory acts, as their biographies make clear. Secondly, due to the blessed company of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, they attained such purification that their obligatory acts reached such a high level that even if they did not perform the supererogatory acts, the guarantee and glad tidings of success were issued from the tongue of the Messenger. Therefore, it is not correct for other Muslims to compare themselves to them in this matter, nor is it proper to rely solely on the obligatory acts. Rather, keeping in mind the Day of Regret (Yawm al-Hasrah), one should strive ever more for nearness to Allah. «وبالله التوفيق»
Yes, if sometimes the Sunnahs are missed due to an excuse, it is not obligatory to make them up.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 864
