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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الطهارة وسننهاThe Book of Purification and its Sunnah
بَابُ : مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلاَةِ الطُّهُورُChapter: The key to prayer is purification
Hadith 276
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ طَرِيفٍ السَّعْدِيِّ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ السَّعْدِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ ، وَتَحْرِيمُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ ، وَتَحْلِيلُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri that:` The Messenger of Allah said: "The key to prayer is purification, its opening is to say Allahu Akbar and its closing is to say As-salamu 'alaikum."
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Brief Explanation
1؎: «تحریم»: It can mean entering into the sanctity of prayer, and «تحلیل»: it can also mean exiting from the sanctity of prayer, that is, entry into prayer is only through the takbir (opening declaration of "Allahu Akbar") and exit from prayer is only through the taslim (salutation of peace). From this hadith, it is understood that the door of prayer is closed, and the servant can only open it with purification (taharah), meaning that one cannot perform prayer without ablution (wudu) and purification. Similarly, a person can only enter into prayer by saying «اللہ اکبر», and can only exit from it by saying «السلام علیکم».
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
1:
That is:
When the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "Its conclusion is the taslim (salutation of peace),"
this statement will not be interpreted in any other sense.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Sufyan ibn Waki‘ is saqit al-hadith (unreliable in hadith),
and Tarif ibn Shihab Abu Sufyan Sa‘di is weak,
but this hadith is strengthened by the hadith of Ali (radi Allahu anhu) (no. 3), and thus it is authentic.)
That is:
When the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, "Its conclusion is the taslim (salutation of peace),"
this statement will not be interpreted in any other sense.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Sufyan ibn Waki‘ is saqit al-hadith (unreliable in hadith),
and Tarif ibn Shihab Abu Sufyan Sa‘di is weak,
but this hadith is strengthened by the hadith of Ali (radi Allahu anhu) (no. 3), and thus it is authentic.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 238
