hadith 8564–9729

Alqamah and al-Aswad bin Yazid report that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say nine takbirs in the two Eids: four takbirs before the recitation, then he would say the takbir and bow; and in the second rak'ah he would recite, and when he finished he would say four takbirs and then bow.

Al-Aswad, Alqamah and Masruq report that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say nine takbirs in Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr: he would stand and say four takbirs, then recite, then say one takbir and bow with it; then he would stand and recite, and say four takbirs and bow with one of them.

Alqamah bin Qays and al-Aswad bin Yazid report that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say five takbirs in the first rak'ah, counting the opening takbir and the takbir of bowing, and four takbirs in the second rak'ah, counting the takbir of bowing.

Abdullah bin Abi Musa (may Allah have mercy on him) reports from his father that when Sa'id bin al-As summoned Sayyiduna Abu Musa, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them) at dawn, before praying the morning prayer, and asked them about the takbirs on the day of Eid, Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Ask al-Ash'ari (Sayyiduna Abu Musa). Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Ask Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud), for he is the most knowledgeable of us and the earliest of us (in Islam). So he asked him, and he said: "Begin with four takbirs and end with four takbirs: say one takbir, then add three more to it, then say the takbir and bow. Then when you rise from the prostration, recite, then say four takbirs, then bow."

Abu Atiyyah reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The takbirs in the two Eids are four, like the takbirs of the funeral prayer."

Alqamah and al-Aswad report that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Between every two takbirs there should be a pause the length of (saying) a phrase."

Ibn Sirin reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud and Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with them both) would forbid anyone they saw praying on the day of Eid before the imam came out, or he said: they would make him sit down.

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud and Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to forbid people from praying on the day of Eid before the imam came out.

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) said: I was informed that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud and Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with them both) would stand up on (Eid) al-Adha and (Eid) al-Fitr and forbid anyone from praying before the imam.

Muhammad bin Sirin said: I was informed that one of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud and Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with them both), or both of them, stood up and forbade the people from praying on the day of Eid before the imam came out.

Ibrahim reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) would not pray before the Eid prayer, and would pray four rak'ahs after it.

Ibn Sirin and Qatadah report that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray four or eight rak'ahs after the Eid prayer, and would not pray before it.

Al-Sha'bi reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray four rak'ahs after the two Eids.

Alqamah reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray four rak'ahs after the two Eids.

Al-Sha'bi reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever misses the Eid prayer, let him pray four rak'ahs."

Al-Sha'bi reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever misses the Eid prayer, let him pray four rak'ahs."

Al-Aswad reports that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say the takbir from the Fajr prayer on the Day of Arafah until the Asr prayer on the Day of Sacrifice (the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning Zakat al-Fitr that he said: "One mudd of wheat, or one sa' of dates or barley."

Abdul-Rahman bin Yazid said: I took a ritual bath (ghusl) with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) on the Day of Arafah beneath an arak tree.

Ibrahim reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "The takbir of the days of Tashriq is from after the morning prayer on the Day of Arafah until after the Asr prayer on the Day of Sacrifice."

Abu Ishaq reports through the companions of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he would begin the takbir at the morning prayer on the Day of Arafah and end it at the Asr prayer on the Day of Sacrifice, saying the (final) takbir when he had prayed Asr. The narrator said: And he used to say this takbir: "Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillahil-hamd (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest; there is no true god but Allah; and Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest; and to Allah belongs all praise)."

Ibrahim reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) recited (the verse of Surah al-Jumu'ah): "When the call is made for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah, then hasten (fas'aw) to the remembrance of Allah" [Surah al-Jumu'ah: 9]. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If I were to read it as 'fas'aw' (run), I would go so fast that my cloak would fall off." And he used to read it as 'famdu' (proceed).

Qatadah said: "In the reading of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) it is: 'famdu ila dhikrillah' (proceed to the remembrance of Allah), and it is like the saying of Allah: 'Indeed, your efforts are diverse' [Surah al-Layl: 4]."

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) reports from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he asked Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), while the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon, about a verse of the Book of Allah, but he turned away from him and did not answer him. Then, when he had finished his prayer, he said: You have not (properly) attended the Jumu'ah prayer. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (about this), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ubayy has spoken the truth."

Ibrahim said: A man asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) to recite something (during the Jumu'ah sermon) while the imam was delivering the sermon, and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) did not answer him. When he had finished the prayer, Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "What you asked about was your share of the Jumu'ah (reward)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "On Friday, when the imam has come out (for the sermon), merely saying to your companion, 'Be silent,' is enough to count as laghw (idle talk)."

Al-Hasan bin Ubaydullah said: Zirr and I prayed (together), and he led me in prayer, as we had missed the Friday prayer. I asked Ibrahim, and he said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) did the same with Alqamah and al-Aswad. Sufyan said: "And sometimes al-A'mash and I have done it too."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Whoever catches one rak'ah of the Friday prayer should add another one to it, and whoever misses both rak'ahs should pray four."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Whoever catches one rak'ah (with the imam) has caught the Friday prayer, and whoever does not catch even one rak'ah should pray four."

Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: Did you mention from Abu al-Ahwas that Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever catches both rak'ahs, or one of them, has caught the Friday prayer, and whoever misses both rak'ahs should pray four"? He replied: "Yes."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "For whoever catches the sermon, the Friday prayer is two rak'ahs; whoever does not catch it should pray four; and whoever does not catch the bowing (ruku') should not rely on (merely) the prostration until he catches the bowing."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Whoever misses the second rak'ah should pray four." Ma'mar said: Qatadah said: He should pray four. Then it was said to Qatadah: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) came (once for the Friday prayer) while the people were sitting in the last part of the prayer, and he said to his companions: "Sit down; you have caught it, if Allah wills." Qatadah said: He only meant by it: "You have attained the reward."

Abu Abd al-Rahman (al-Sulami) said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to teach us to pray four rak'ahs after the Friday prayer, until we heard the statement of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "Pray six." Abu Abd al-Rahman said: "So we pray six." Ata' said: "Abu Abd al-Rahman used to pray two rak'ahs, then four."

Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami said that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to order us to pray four before the Friday prayer and four after it, until Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came, and he ordered us to pray two rak'ahs after it, then four.

Abu Abd al-Rahman said that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to order us to pray four before the Friday prayer and four after it, until Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came, and he ordered us to pray two rak'ahs after it, then four.

Abu Abd al-Rahman said that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered us to pray four rak'ahs after the Friday prayer. The narrator said: Then when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came, he said: "Make them six."

Alqamah bin Qays said that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) prayed four rak'ahs on Friday after the imam had concluded with the salam.

Abu Ishaq said that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray four rak'ahs before the Friday prayer and four rak'ahs after it. Abu Ishaq said: "And Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray six rak'ahs after the Friday prayer."

Qatadah said that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray four rak'ahs after the Friday prayer.

Zayd bin Wahb said: We used to pray the Friday prayer with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), then go back and take the midday nap (qaylulah).