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Bayhaqi 1690 — The five obligatory prayers

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يُونُسَ الْأُمَوِيُّ مِنْ أَصْلِ كِتَابِهِ، ثنا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمُرَادِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ ثنا شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يُحَدِّثُنَا عَنْ لَيْلَةِ أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ مَسْجِدِ الْكَعْبَةَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَفِيهِ: " فَأَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ مَا شَاءَ فِيمَا أَوْحَى خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ ثُمَّ هَبَطَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ مُوسَى فَاحْتَبَسَهُ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ؟ قَالَ: عَهِدَ إِلِيَّ خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً عَلَى أُمَّتِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ قَالَ: فَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ فَارْجِعْ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ عَنْكَ وَعَنْهُمْ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلِيَّ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ كَأَنَّهُ يَسْتَشِيرُهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ نَعَمْ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَعَلَا بِهِ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَبِّ خَفِّفْ عَنَّا فَإِنَّ أُمَّتِي لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ هَذَا فَوَضَعَ عَنْهُ عَشْرَ صَلَوَاتٍ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى مُوسَى فَاحْتَبَسَهُ وَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَرُدُّهُ مُوسَى إِلَى رَبِّهِ حَتَّى صَارَ إِلَى خَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ ثُمَّ احْتَبَسَهُ عِنْدَ الْخَامِسَةِ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَدْ وَاللهِ رَاوَدْتُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى أَدْنَى مِنْ هَذِهِ الْخَمْسِ فَضَيَّعُوهُ وَتَرَكُوهُ وَأُمَّتُكَ أَضْعَفُ أَجْسَادًا وَقُلُوبًا وَأَبْصَارًا وَأَسْمَاعًا فَارْجِعْ فَلْيُخَفِّفْ عَنْكَ رَبُّكَ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى جِبْرِيلَ لِيُشِيرَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَا يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ جِبْرِيلُ فَرَفَعَهُ عِنْدَ الْخَامِسَةِ فَقَالَ: يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ أُمَّتِي ضِعَافٌ أَجْسَادُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَسْمَاعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَارُهُمْ فَخَفِّفْ عَنَّا فَقَالَ: إِنِّي لَا يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدِيَّ هِيَ كَمَا كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَلَكَ بِكُلِّ حَسَنَةٍ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا هِيَ خَمْسُونَ فِي أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ وَهِيَ خَمْسٌ عَلَيْكَ " وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ، عَنْ هَارُونَ الْأَيْلِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ.
Sharik bin Abdullah bin Abi Namir says: I heard Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate the event of the night when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken on the Night Journey from the Masjid of the Ka'bah. There was revealed to him (peace and blessings be upon him) what Allah willed, and fifty prayers in each day and night were ordained upon his Ummah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) descended, and when he reached Musa (peace be upon him), he stopped him and said: O Muhammad! What has your Lord enjoined upon you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He has enjoined upon my Ummah fifty prayers in each day and night." He said: Your Ummah will not be able to bear it; go back and have your Lord lighten it. I looked towards Jibril (peace be upon him) as if seeking his counsel about it, and he indicated: Yes, if you wish. Jibril (peace be upon him) took him up, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O my Lord! Lighten it for us, for my Ummah will not be able to bear this." Allah reduced ten prayers. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned to Musa (peace be upon him), who stopped him, and Musa (peace be upon him) kept sending him (peace and blessings be upon him) back to Allah until the prayers became five. Then at the five he stopped him again and said: O Muhammad! By Allah, I urged the Children of Israel to do less than this, and they neglected it and abandoned it; and your Ummah is very weak in body and heart, in hearing and sight. Go back and ask your Lord for lightening. I looked towards Jibril (peace be upon him) to seek his counsel, and Jibril (peace be upon him) did not dislike it, and at the fifth time he raised the matter again. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O my Lord! Indeed my Ummah, their bodies, hearts, ears and eyes are weak; lighten it for us." Allah said: With Me the word is not changed; it is as it has been written in the Preserved Tablet, and for you every good deed is worth ten like it; in the Preserved Tablet they are fifty, and upon you they are five. Then he narrated the long hadith.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 1690
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
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