صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
باب فضل الصلوات الخمس - ذكر تعاقب الملائكة عند صلاة العصر والغداة
Chapter on Virtue of the Five Prayers - Angels alternate at Asr and Fajr prayers.
Hadith 1737
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ الطَّائِيُّ الْفَقِيهُ ، بِمَنْبِجَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلائِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ ، وَمَلائِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ ، وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلاةِ الْعَصْرِ ، ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ ، فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ ، وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ ، كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ : تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ ، وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ " . قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ : فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ بَيَانٌ وَاضِحٌ بِأَنَّ مَلائِكَةَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّمَا تَنْزِلُ وَالنَّاسُ فِي صَلاةِ الْعَصْرِ ، وَحِينَئِذٍ تَصْعَدُ مَلائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ ، ضِدَّ قَوْلِ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ مَلائِكَةَ اللَّيْلِ تَنْزِلُ بَعْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "The angels of the night and the day come among you in succession. They gather at the Fajr and Asr prayers. Then those angels who spent the night among you ascend, and (Allah Almighty) asks them, although He knows best, 'In what condition did you leave My servants?' They reply: 'We left them while they were performing prayer, and when we came to them, they were also performing prayer.'"
Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says: "In this hadith, there is a clear statement that the angels of the night descend when people are performing the Asr prayer, and at the same time, the angels of the day ascend. This is contrary to the view of the one who claims that the angels descend after the sun has set."
Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says: "In this hadith, there is a clear statement that the angels of the night descend when people are performing the Asr prayer, and at the same time, the angels of the day ascend. This is contrary to the view of the one who claims that the angels descend after the sun has set."
