مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاةThe Book of Prayer
(فَضْلُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ أَوْ أَرْبَعٍ بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ)(Virtue of two or four rak’ahs after Maghrib prayer)
Hadith 1184
اُردوEn
وَعَنْ مَكْحُولٍ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «مَنْ صَلَّى بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ رُفِعَتْ صَلَاتُهُ فِي عِلِّيِّينَ» . مُرْسلا
Makhul, tracing it back, told how God’s Messenger said, “If anyone before engaging in conversation after the sunset prayer prays two rak'as (four rak'as according to another version), his prayer will be taken up to ‘Illiyun.” It is given in mursal form.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Praying Four Rak‘ahs After Maghrib
In Qiyam al-Layl by al-Marwazi (p. 74), it is narrated without chain (bila isnad) from Abu Mu‘ammar ‘Abdullah ibn Sakhrabah rahimahullah that people (unknown individuals) used to consider it recommended to pray four rak‘ahs after Maghrib.
This narration, due to being without chain (bila isnad), is not valid as evidence.
. . . For details, see . . .
The book Hadiyyat al-Muslimeen by Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai rahimahullah, Hadith no. 23
In Qiyam al-Layl by al-Marwazi (p. 74), it is narrated without chain (bila isnad) from Abu Mu‘ammar ‘Abdullah ibn Sakhrabah rahimahullah that people (unknown individuals) used to consider it recommended to pray four rak‘ahs after Maghrib.
This narration, due to being without chain (bila isnad), is not valid as evidence.
. . . For details, see . . .
The book Hadiyyat al-Muslimeen by Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai rahimahullah, Hadith no. 23
Source: Monthly Magazine al-Hadith Hazro, Page: 999
