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hakim:896 – Abū Naṣr Aḥmad b. Sahl al-Faqīh Bibukhārá > Qays b. Unayf > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jarīr > Abū Janāb > Maghrāʾ al-ʿAbdī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever hears the caller (to prayer) and does not prevent himself from following it has no prayer." They asked, "And what is the excuse?" He said, "Fear or illness."

الحاكم:٨٩٦ – مَا حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْفَقِيهُ بِبُخَارَى ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ أُنَيْفٍ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ أَبِي جَنَابٍ عَنْ مَغْرَاءَ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَمِعَ الْمُنَادِيَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنَ اتِّبَاعِهِ عُذْرٌ فَلَا صَلَاةَ لَهُ» قَالُوا وَمَا الْعُذْرُ؟ قَالَ «خَوْفٌ أَوْ مَرَضٌ»

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abudawud:551 – Qutaybah > Jarīr > Abū Janāb > Maghrāʾ al-ʿAbdī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

If anyone hears him who makes the call to prayer and is not prevented from joining the congregation by any excuse--he was asked what an excuse consisted of and replied that it was fear or illness--the prayer he offers will not be accepted from him.

أبو داود:٥٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ أَبِي جَنَابٍ عَنْ مَغْرَاءٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ سَمِعَ الْمُنَادِيَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنَ اتِّبَاعِهِ عُذْرٌ قَالُوا وَمَا الْعُذْرُ قَالَ خَوْفٌ أَوْ مَرَضٌ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ مِنْهُ الصَّلاَةُ الَّتِي صَلَّى

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَى عَنْ مَغْرَاءٍ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ

hakim:897 – Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Faḍl Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṣaydalānī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Jarawī > Yaḥyá b. Ḥassān > Sulaymān b. Qarm > Abū Janāb > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond without excuse, Allah will not accept their prayer in any other way." It was asked, "What is considered an excuse?" He replied, "Sickness or fear." And among them.

الحاكم:٨٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْفَضْلِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الصَّيْدَلَانِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْجَرَوِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ قَرْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَنَابٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَمِعَ الصَّلَاةَ يُنَادَى بِهَا صَحِيحًا مِنْ غَيْرِ عُذْرٍ فَلَمْ يَأْتِهَا لَمْ يَقْبَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ صَلَاةً فِي غَيْرِهَا» قِيلَ وَمَا الْعُذْرُ؟ قَالَ «الْمَرَضُ أَوِ الْخَوْفُ» وَمِنْهَا

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ حَتْمٌ لَا نَدْبٌ

ibnhibban:2064 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá And ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Bayān al-Sukkarī > Hushaym > Shuʿbah > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond, then there is no prayer for him unless he has a valid excuse."

ابن حبّان:٢٠٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى وَعَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَيَانٍ السُّكَّرِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ سَمِعَ النِّدَاءَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ فَلَا صَلَاةَ لَهُ إِلَّا مِنْ عُذْرٍ»

bayhaqi:5641 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Naṣr Aḥmad b. Sahl al-Faqīh Bibukhārá > Qays b. Unayf > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jarīr > Abū Khabbāb > Maghrāʾ al-ʿAbdī > ʿAdī b. Thābit > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

If anyone hears him who makes the call to prayer and is not prevented from joining the congregation by any excuse--he was asked what an excuse consisted of and replied that it was fear or illness--the prayer he offers will not be accepted from him. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 551)

البيهقي:٥٦٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْفَقِيهُ بِبُخَارَى ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ أُنَيْفٍ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ أَبِي خَبَّابٍ عَنْ مَغْرَاءَ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ سَمِعَ الْمُنَادِيَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنَ اتِّبَاعِهِ عُذْرٌ فَلَا صَلَاةَ لَهُ قَالُوا وَمَا الْعُذْرُ؟ قَالَ خَوْفٌ أَوْ مَرَضٌ

suyuti:21820a –
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السيوطي:٢١٨٢٠a –

"مَن سَمِعَ المُنَادِي فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ من اتِّبَاعِهِ عُذْرٌ: خَوْفٌ أَو مرضٌ لَمْ يُقْبَلْ مِنه الصَّلاةُ الَّتِي صَلَّاهَا (*) ".

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