السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: من لم ير السجود في ترك القنوت
One who did not hold that prostration is due for omitting the qunut
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، ثنا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: " صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْفَجْرَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ ".
Abu Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) reports from his father that he prayed Fajr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recite the qunut.
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْمَحْبُوبِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أنبأ أَبُو مَالِكٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبِي عَنِ الْقُنُوتِ فَقَالَ: " صَلَّيْتُ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمْ فَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ فَعَلَهُ قَطُّ ".
Abu Malik al-Ashja'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I asked my father about the qunut, and he said: I prayed behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them), and I did not see any of them ever recite the qunut.
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَعَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَا: " صَلَّيْنَا خَلْفَ عُمَرَ الْفَجْرَ فَلَمْ يَقْنُتْ " وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا فِي بَابِ الْقُنُوتِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ عَنِ الْخُلَفَاءِ بَعْدَهُ أَنَّهُمْ قَنَتُوا فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَمَشْهُورٌ عَنْ عُمَرَ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ صَحِيحَةٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْنُتُ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ فَلَئِنْ تَرَكُوهُ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَحَايِينِ سَهْوًا أَوْ عَمْدًا دَلَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى كَوْنِهِ غَيْرَ وَاجِبٍ، وَحِينَ لَمْ يَنْقُلْ عَنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ أَنَّهُ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيِ السَّهْوِ لِذَلِكَ دَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ لَا سُجُودَ فِي السَّهْوِ عَنْهُ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
(a) Al-Aswad and Amr bin Maymun (may Allah have mercy on them both) say: We prayed Fajr behind Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he did not recite the qunut.
(b) In the chapter on qunut we have already narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and from the Rightly Guided Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them) that they recited the qunut in the morning prayer. It is reported with sound chains from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to recite the qunut in the morning prayer. If these people omitted the qunut on some occasions, whether through forgetfulness or deliberately, this indicates that it is not obligatory; and since it is not reported from any one of them that they performed the prostrations of forgetfulness, this indicates that forgetting the qunut does not require the prostration of forgetfulness. And Allah knows best.
(b) In the chapter on qunut we have already narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and from the Rightly Guided Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them) that they recited the qunut in the morning prayer. It is reported with sound chains from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he used to recite the qunut in the morning prayer. If these people omitted the qunut on some occasions, whether through forgetfulness or deliberately, this indicates that it is not obligatory; and since it is not reported from any one of them that they performed the prostrations of forgetfulness, this indicates that forgetting the qunut does not require the prostration of forgetfulness. And Allah knows best.
