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سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب المواقيتThe Book of the Times (of Prayer)
بَابُ : مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ مِنْ تَأْخِيرِ الْعِشَاءِChapter: What Is Recommended Regarding Delaying 'Isha'
Hadith 533
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْمَكِّيُّ ، قال : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، وَعَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قال : أَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْعِشَاءَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَقَامَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَنَادَى : الصَّلَاةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، رَقَدَ النِّسَاءُ وَالْوِلْدَانُ ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْمَاءُ يَقْطُرُ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ : " إِنَّهُ الْوَقْتُ ، لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي " .
´It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:` "The Prophet (ﷺ) delayed 'Isha' one night until part of the night had passed. Then 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, got up and called out: 'The prayer, O Messenger of Allah! The women and children have gone to sleep.' Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out with water dripping from his head, saying: 'This is (the best) time (for 'Isha'), were it not that this would be too difficult for my Ummah.'"
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues:
Benefit:
It is established from this hadith that as long as a person does not lose ablution (wudu), he may perform multiple obligatory and voluntary prayers with the same ablution.
This hadith is not contrary to the blessed verse:
﴿إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ﴾ ()
because the meaning of the blessed verse is:
“If you do not have ablution and you stand for prayer, then perform ablution.”
However, from other narrations it is known that performing ablution while already in a state of ablution is light upon light (nur ‘ala nur), because the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would generally perform ablution for every prayer,
and the apparent requirement of the verse is just this.
(Sharh al-Nawawi: vol./135)
Benefit:
It is established from this hadith that as long as a person does not lose ablution (wudu), he may perform multiple obligatory and voluntary prayers with the same ablution.
This hadith is not contrary to the blessed verse:
﴿إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ﴾ ()
because the meaning of the blessed verse is:
“If you do not have ablution and you stand for prayer, then perform ablution.”
However, from other narrations it is known that performing ablution while already in a state of ablution is light upon light (nur ‘ala nur), because the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would generally perform ablution for every prayer,
and the apparent requirement of the verse is just this.
(Sharh al-Nawawi: vol./135)
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 642
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
532. Commentary:
➊ "The people slept." The sleep referred to here is that in which consciousness and awareness are not lost, which in our language is called dozing (drowsiness), i.e., a deep drowsiness overcame them. This state can occur while sitting, standing, or lying down, because here it does not seem correct to take it as real sleep in which awareness and human consciousness are lost, since in that case ablution (wudu) would be nullified, regardless of the position in which it occurs.
➋ The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came after performing ritual bath (ghusl) and was squeezing water from his hair, which was indicated by Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma) and Ata (rahimahullah) through gestures and clarified in detail by passing the hand. Water is squeezed from long hair in this manner.
➌ "If there was no fear..." It appears that if the followers (muqtadis) would face hardship due to delay, then it is recommended (mustahabb) to perform the prayer quickly; otherwise, it is better to delay it. The expansiveness of prayer times is, in fact, in consideration of people's necessities. And Allah knows best.
➍ The pious predecessors (salaf salihin) used to be diligent in performing prayers at their earliest and most virtuous times.
➎ It is obligatory for the mufti to adorn his fatwa with evidences from the Qur'an and Sunnah, and it is necessary for the questioner to listen to the answer with utmost attention and concentration so that he may understand it well and convey it properly to others. (6) The virtue of the Ummah of Muhammad is that the 'Isha prayer has been made exclusive to this Ummah, as is mentioned in the narration of Sunan Abu Dawud: «فإنکم قد فضلتم بھا علی سائر الامم ولم تصلھا امة قبلکم» "Indeed, you have been given superiority over all nations through this prayer ('Isha); no nation before you has performed this prayer." [سنن أبی داود ، الصلاة ، حدیث : 421]
➊ "The people slept." The sleep referred to here is that in which consciousness and awareness are not lost, which in our language is called dozing (drowsiness), i.e., a deep drowsiness overcame them. This state can occur while sitting, standing, or lying down, because here it does not seem correct to take it as real sleep in which awareness and human consciousness are lost, since in that case ablution (wudu) would be nullified, regardless of the position in which it occurs.
➋ The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) came after performing ritual bath (ghusl) and was squeezing water from his hair, which was indicated by Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma) and Ata (rahimahullah) through gestures and clarified in detail by passing the hand. Water is squeezed from long hair in this manner.
➌ "If there was no fear..." It appears that if the followers (muqtadis) would face hardship due to delay, then it is recommended (mustahabb) to perform the prayer quickly; otherwise, it is better to delay it. The expansiveness of prayer times is, in fact, in consideration of people's necessities. And Allah knows best.
➍ The pious predecessors (salaf salihin) used to be diligent in performing prayers at their earliest and most virtuous times.
➎ It is obligatory for the mufti to adorn his fatwa with evidences from the Qur'an and Sunnah, and it is necessary for the questioner to listen to the answer with utmost attention and concentration so that he may understand it well and convey it properly to others. (6) The virtue of the Ummah of Muhammad is that the 'Isha prayer has been made exclusive to this Ummah, as is mentioned in the narration of Sunan Abu Dawud: «فإنکم قد فضلتم بھا علی سائر الامم ولم تصلھا امة قبلکم» "Indeed, you have been given superiority over all nations through this prayer ('Isha); no nation before you has performed this prayer." [سنن أبی داود ، الصلاة ، حدیث : 421]
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 532
