5. Voluntary Prayers

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5.10 Those Who Allowed These Two Rak'ahs To Be Prayed If The Sun Is Still High

٥۔١٠ باب مَنْ رَخَّصَ فِيهِمَا إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةً

abudawud:1274Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr > Hilāl b. Yisāf > Wahbb. al-Ajdaʿ > ʿAlī

The Prophet ﷺ prohibited to offer prayer after the afternoon prayer except at the time when the sun is high up in the sky.  

أبو داود:١٢٧٤حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ الأَجْدَعِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلاَّ وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ  

abudawud:1275Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > ʿĀṣim b. Ḍamrah > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would offer two rak'ahs after every obligatory prayer except the dawn and the 'Asr prayer.  

أبو داود:١٢٧٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي إِثْرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلاَّ الْفَجْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ  

abudawud:1276Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Abān > Qatādah > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Ibn ʿAbbās > Shahid ʿIndī Rijāl Marḍiyyūn Fīhim ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb And ʾArḍāhum ʿIndī ʿUmar > Nabī Allāh ﷺ

Some reliable people testified before me, and among them was Umar ibn al-Khattab, and most reliable in my eyes was Umar: The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: There is no prayer after the dawn prayer until the sun rises; and there is no prayer after the 'Asr prayer until the sun sets.  

أبو داود:١٢٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ شَهِدَ عِنْدِي رِجَالٌ مَرْضِيُّونَ فِيهِمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَأَرْضَاهُمْ عِنْدِي عُمَرُ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ صَلاَةَ بَعْدَ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ وَلاَ صَلاَةَ بَعْدَ صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ  

abudawud:1277al-Rabīʿ b. Nāfiʿ > Muḥammad b. al-Muhājir > al-ʿAbbās b. Sālim > Abū Salāam > Abū Umāmah > ʿAmr b. ʿAbasah al-Sulamī

I asked: Messenger of Allah, in which part of night the supplication is more likely to be accepted? He replied: In the last part: Pray as much as you like, for the prayer is attended by the angels and it is recorded till you offer the dawn prayer; then stop praying when the sun is rising till it has reached the height of one or two lances, for it rises between the two horns of the Devil, and the infidels offer prayer for it (at that time). Then pray as much as you like, because the prayer is witnessed and recorded till the shadow of a lance be- comes equal to it. Then cease prayer, for at that time the Hell-fire is heated up and doors of Hell are opened. When the sun declines, pray as much as you like, for the prayer is witnessed till you pray the afternoon prayer; then cease prayer till the sun sets, for it sets between the horns of the Devil, and (at that time) the infidels offer prayer for it. He narrated a lengthy tradition. Abbas said: AbuSalam narrated this tradition in a similar manner from AbuUmamah. If I have made a mistake unintentionally, I beg pardon of Allah and repent to Him.  

أبو داود:١٢٧٧حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُهَاجِرِ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَسَةَ السُّلَمِيِّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ اللَّيْلِ أَسْمَعُ قَالَ جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرُ فَصَلِّ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّ الصَّلاَةَ مَشْهُودَةٌ مَكْتُوبَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الصُّبْحَ ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ فَتَرْتَفِعَ قِيْسَ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ فَإِنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَىْ شَيْطَانٍ وَتُصَلِّي لَهَا الْكُفَّارُ ثُمَّ صَلِّ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّ الصَّلاَةَ مَشْهُودَةٌ مَكْتُوبَةٌ حَتَّى يَعْدِلَ الرُّمْحُ ظِلَّهُ ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ تُسْجَرُ وَتُفْتَحُ أَبْوَابُهَا فَإِذَا زَاغَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَصَلِّ مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنَّ الصَّلاَةَ مَشْهُودَةٌ حَتَّى تُصَلِّيَ الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ أَقْصِرْ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ فَإِنَّهَا تَغْرُبُ بَيْنَ قَرْنَىْ شَيْطَانٍ وَيُصَلِّي لَهَا الْكُفَّارُ وَقَصَّ حَدِيثًا طَوِيلاً قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلاَّمٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ إِلاَّ أَنْ أُخْطِئَ شَيْئًا لاَ أُرِيدُهُ فَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ  

abudawud:1278Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Wuhayb > Qudāmah b. Mūsá > Ayyūb b. Ḥuṣayn > Abū ʿAlqamah > Yasār a freed slave of Ibn ʿUmar > Rānī Ibn ʿUmar > Uṣallī Baʿd Ṭulūʿ al-Fajr

Yasar, the client of Ibn Umar, said: Ibn Umar saw me praying after the break of dawn. He said: O Yasar, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us while we were offering this prayer. He (the Prophet) said: Those who are present should inform those who are absent: Do not offer any prayer after (the break of) dawn except two rak'ahs.  

أبو داود:١٢٧٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا قُدَامَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ يَسَارٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ رَآنِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي بَعْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ فَقَالَ

يَا يَسَارُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ نُصَلِّي هَذِهِ الصَّلاَةَ فَقَالَ لِيُبَلِّغْ شَاهِدُكُمْ غَائِبَكُمْ لاَ تُصَلُّوا بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ إِلاَّ سَجْدَتَيْنِ  

abudawud:1279Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > al-Aswad And Masrūq > Nashhad > ʿĀʾishah

We bear witness that 'Aishah said: Not a day passed but the Prophet ﷺ prayed two rak'ahs after the 'Asr prayer  

أبو داود:١٢٧٩حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ

عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ وَمَسْرُوقٍ قَالاَ نَشْهَدُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ مَا مِنْ يَوْمٍ يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلاَّ صَلَّى بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

abudawud:1280ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿd from my uncle from my father > Ibn Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAṭāʾ > Dhakwān a freed slave of ʿĀʾishah

Dhakwan, the client of Aisha, reported on the authority of Aisha: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray after the afternoon prayer but prohibited others from it; and he would fast continuously but forbid others to do so.  

أبو داود:١٢٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا حَدَّثَتْهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَيَنْهَى عَنْهَا وَيُوَاصِلُ وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْوِصَالِ