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Hadith 1335

وَهَذَا مِنْ وَاوِ الْوَصْلِ الَّتِي نَقُولُ إِنَّمَا عَلَى مَعْنَى التَّكْرَارِ وَالتَّأْكِيدِ، لَا مِنْ وَاوِ الْفَصْلِ، إِذْ مُحَالٌ أَنْ تَكُونَ الصَّلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى لَيْسَتْ مِنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [البقرة: ٢٣٨] فَالصَّلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى كَانَتْ دَاخِلَةً فِي الصَّلَوَاتِ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ فِي أَوَّلِ الذِّكْرِ بِالْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: {وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [البقرة: ٢٣٨] عَلَى مَعْنَى التَّكْرَارِ وَالتَّأْكِيدِ، وَقَدِ اسْتَقْصَيْتُ هَذَا الْجِنْسِ فِي كِتَابِ الْإِيمَانِ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ اعْتِرَاضِ مَنِ اعْتَرَضَ عَلَيْنَا فَادَّعَى أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْأَعْمَالِ الصَّالِحَةِ بِوَاوِ اسْتِئْنَافٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ: {وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ} [البقرة: ٨٢]
And this is from the connecting waw (waaw al-wasl) which we say is only for the meaning of repetition and emphasis, not from the separating waw (waaw al-fasl), since it is impossible that the middle prayer is not among the prayers. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: {حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [البقرة: ٢٣٨] So the middle prayer was included among the prayers which Allah commanded at the beginning of the mention to be maintained, then He said: {وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى} [البقرة: ٢٣٨] for the meaning of repetition and emphasis. I have thoroughly discussed this type in the Book of Faith when mentioning the objection of those who objected to us and claimed that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has separated between faith and righteous deeds with a waw of initiation in His saying: {وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ} [البقرة: ٨٢]
نَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ ، نَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ هِشَامًا ، نَا مُحَمَّدٌ ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمَ الأَحْزَابِ : " مَا لَهُمْ ؟ مَلأَ اللَّهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا ، كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنِ الصَّلاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ "
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace be upon him) said during the Battle of Ahzab: "May Allah fill the graves and houses of those polytheists with fire, just as they kept us occupied from the middle prayer until the sun had set."
Hadith Reference صحيح ابن خزيمه / جماع أبواب الأفعال المباحة فى المسجد غير الصلاة وذكر الله / 1335
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