79. Asking Permission

٧٩۔ كتاب الاستئذان

79.48 Holding secret counsel for a long while

٧٩۔٤٨ باب طُولِ النَّجْوَى

[Machine] "And when they secretly consult each other." It is a verb derived from the root word "najaytu", and He described them with it. The meaning is that they whisper to each other.

{وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَى} مَصْدَرٌ مِنْ نَاجَيْتُ، فَوَصَفَهُمْ بِهَا، وَالْمَعْنَى يَتَنَاجَوْنَ.

bukhari:6292Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Anas

The Iqama for the prayer was announced while a man was talking to Messenger of Allah ﷺ privately. He continued talking in that way till the Prophet's companions slept, and afterwards the Prophet ﷺ got up and offered the prayer with them.  

البخاري:٦٢٩٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَنَس ٍ ؓ قَالَ

أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ وَرَجُلٌ يُنَاجِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَا زَالَ يُنَاجِيهِ حَتَّى نَامَ أَصْحَابُهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى