سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب في السَّكْتَتَيْنِ:Chapter: The two pauses in prayer
Hadith 1277
أَخْبَرَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ"كَانَ يَسْكُتُ سَكْتَتَيْنِ: إِذَا دَخَلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ الْقِرَاءَةِ"، فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ، فَكَتَبُوا إِلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ قَدْ صَدَقَ سَمُرَةُ . قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد: كَانَ قَتَادَةُ يَقُولُ: ثَلَاثُ سَكَتَاتٍ، وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ الْمَرْفُوعِ سَكْتَتَانِ.
Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would remain silent (i.e., pause) at two places during the prayer: when he entered the prayer (i.e., at the time of the opening supplication), and the second silence was after completing the recitation (i.e., before bowing for ruku‘). Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) denied this, so the people wrote about this issue to Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka‘b (may Allah be pleased with him), and he replied that Samurah has spoken the truth. Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say there are three pauses (i.e., after the opening takbir, then after Surah al-Fatihah, then at the end of the recitation before ruku‘). (It is also like this in Safar al-Sa‘adat, because during the pause after Surah al-Fatihah, the follower can recite Surah al-Fatihah.) But in the marfu‘ hadith, only two pauses are mentioned.
