Hadith 324

Sayyiduna Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace be upon him) regarding the times of prayer. Bundar did not narrate more than this. Bundar says that when I mentioned this to Abu Dawood, he said that the narrator of this narration deserves to have the funeral prayer performed over him. Bundar says that then I erased this narration from my book. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that funeral prayer should be performed over Abu Dawood because he made a mistake. And Bundar should be given ten lashes for erasing this hadith from his book. This hadith is authentic, as Thawri has also narrated it from Alqamah. Abu Dawood made a mistake and Bundar altered it. This hadith is authentic. Thawri has also narrated it from Alqamah. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates the complete hadith with the chain of Harami bin Ammarah. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that this hadith refutes the claim of the Iraqis that if someone confesses before the ruler that so-and-so owes him between one and ten dirhams, then eight dirhams will be obligatory upon him. In this way, they have turned this impossible matter into a lengthy chapter. And they have based countless subsidiary issues on this incorrect ruling. Their statement necessitates that Jibreel (peace be upon him) taught the Prophet (peace be upon him) the five prayers for two days and two nights without their appointed times. Because the implication of their statement is that the times of prayer are between the first and second time, and the first and second time are outside the time of prayer, just as their claim is that before the ruler, one and ten dirhams are excluded from the confession of the confessor, and eight dirhams are between one and ten dirhams. I have already dictated such a lengthy issue.
Hadith Reference صحيح ابن خزيمه / كتاب‏:‏ الصلاة / 324
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