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ذِكْرُ اسْتِغْفَارِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لِمُصَلِّي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَالْغَدَاةِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ

ibnhibban:2061Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The angels of the day and the angels of the night come down amongst you when the Fajr prayer is established. They witness the prayer with you and the angels of the night remain with you until the angels of the day come. Then Allah asks them, while He is most knowledgeable about what you have left behind, 'What did My servants leave behind while they were engaged in prayer?' They reply, 'We found them praying and we left them praying.' So, I assumed that they were saying, 'O Allah! Forgive them their sins on the Day of Reckoning.'"  

ابن حبّان:٢٠٦١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ إِذَا كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ الْفَجْرِ نَزَلَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فَشَهِدَتْ مَعَكُمُ الصَّلَاةَ جَمِيعًا وَصَعِدَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَمَكَثَتْ مَعَكُمْ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَا تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي يَصْنَعُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ جِئْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَتَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ قَالَ فَحَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ فَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
bukhari:555ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Angels come to you in succession by night and day and all of them get together at the time of the Fajr and ʿAsr prayers. Those who have passed the night with you (or stayed with you) ascend (to the Heaven) and Allah asks them, though He knows everything about you, well, "In what state did you leave my slaves?" The angels reply: "When we left them they were praying and when we reached them, they were praying."  

البخاري:٥٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلاَئِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلاَئِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهْوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ  

bukhari:7429Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "(A group of) angels stay with you at night and (another group of) angels by daytime, and both groups gather at the time of the 'Asr and Fajr prayers. Then those angels who have stayed with you overnight, ascend (to Heaven) and Allah asks them (about you) ---- and He knows everything about you. "In what state did you leave My slaves?' The angels reply, 'When we left them, they were praying, and when we reached them they were praying.' "  

البخاري:٧٤٢٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلاَئِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلاَئِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهْوَ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ فَيَقُولُ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ  

bukhari:7486Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There are angels coming to you in succession at night, and others during the day, and they all gather at the time of ʿAsr and Fajr prayers. Then the angels who have stayed with you overnight ascend (to the heaven) and He (Allah) asks them though He perfectly knows their affairs. 'In what state have you left my slaves?' They say, 'When we left them, they were praying and when we came to them they were praying.' "  

البخاري:٧٤٨٦حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلاَئِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلاَئِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهْوَ أَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ  

muslim:632aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Angels take turns among you by night and by day, and they all assemble at the dawn and afternoon prayers. Those (of the angels) who spend the night among you, then, ascend, and their Lord asks them, though He is the best informed about them: How did you leave My servants? -they say: We left them while they were praying and we came to them while they were praying.  

مسلم:٦٣٢aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلاَئِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلاَئِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ  

nasai:485Qutaybah > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

"Angels come to you in succession by night and day, and they meet at Fajr prayer and 'Asr prayer. Then those who spent the night among you ascend, and He (Allah) will ask them, although He knows best: 'In what condition did you leave My slaves.' They will say: 'We left them when they were praying and we came to them when they were praying.'"  

النسائي:٤٨٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلاَئِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلاَئِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ  

malik:9-90Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Yahya related to me from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A group of angels in the night and a group of angels in the day alternate with each other among you, and gather together at the time of the asr and fajr prayers. Then those that have spent the night among you ascend, and He asks them, and He knows best, 'How did you leave my slaves?' and they say, 'When we left them they were praying, and when we came to them they were praying.' "  

مالك:٩-٩٠وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلاَئِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلاَئِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ وَصَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ  

ahmad:9151Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "The angels of the night and the angels of the day gather together during the Fajr (dawn) prayer and the Asr (afternoon) prayer. They gather during the Fajr prayer, and the angels of the night ascend while the angels of the day remain steadfast. And they gather during the Asr prayer, and the angels of the day ascend while the angels of the night remain steadfast. Then their Lord asks them, 'How did you leave My servants?' They answer, 'We came to them while they were praying, and we left them while they were praying.' Solomon said, 'I only know about it because it was mentioned in it.' So forgive them on the Day of Judgment."  

أحمد:٩١٥١حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ تَجْتَمِعُ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ فَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِيصَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ قَالَ فَتَصْعَدُ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَتَثْبُتُ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ قَالَ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ قَالَ فَيَصْعَدُ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ وَتَثْبُتُ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي؟ قَالَ فَيَقُولُونَ أَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَتَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا قَدْ قَالَ فِيهِ فَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ  

ahmad:8120

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Angels come to you in succession by night and day and all of them get together at the time of the Fajr and ʿAsr prayers. Those who have passed the night with you (or stayed with you) ascend (to the Heaven) and Allah asks them, though He knows everything about you, well, "In what state did you leave my slaves?" The angels reply: "When we left them they were praying and when we reached them, they were praying." (Using translation from Bukhārī 555)  

أحمد:٨١٢٠

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلَائِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلَائِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَقَالَ يَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي؟ فَقَالُوا تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ  

ذِكْرُ تَعَاقُبِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَالْفَجْرِ

ibnhibban:1736al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

"Angels come to you in succession by night and day, and they meet at Fajr prayer and 'Asr prayer. Then those who spent the night among you ascend, and He (Allah) will ask them, although He knows best: 'In what condition did you leave My slaves.' They will say: 'We left them when they were praying and we came to them when they were praying.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 485)   

ابن حبّان:١٧٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلَائِكَةٌ اللَّيْلِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ * أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي؟ قَالُوا تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ»  

ذِكْرُ تَعَاقُبِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ وَالْغَدَاةِ

ibnhibban:1737ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān al-Ṭāʾī al-Faqīh Bimanbij > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

"Angels come to you in succession by night and day, and they meet at Fajr prayer and 'Asr prayer. Then those who spent the night among you ascend, and He (Allah) will ask them, although He knows best: 'In what condition did you leave My slaves.' They will say: 'We left them when they were praying and we came to them when they were praying.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 485)  

ابن حبّان:١٧٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ الطَّائِيُّ الْفَقِيهُ بِمَنْبِجَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ مَلَائِكَةٌ بِاللَّيْلِ وَمَلَائِكَةٌ بِالنَّهَارِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الَّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ»  

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السيوطي:٢٧٧١٤a

"يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيْكُمْ مَلائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَمَلائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ، وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ فِى

صَلاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَصَلاةِ الْعَصْرِ، ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ الِّذِينَ بَاتُوا فِيكُمْ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ -وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ-: كَيْفَ تَركْتُمْ عِبَادِى؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: تَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ، وَأَتَيْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ".  

مالك، [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ن] النسائي [حب] ابن حبّان عن أَبى هريرة
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السيوطي:٢٧٧١٥a

"يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ، إِذَا كَانَتْ صَلاةُ الْفَجْرِ نَزَلَتْ مَلائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فَشَهِدَتْ مَعَكُمُ الصَّلاةَ جَمِيعًا، وَصَعِدَتْ مَلائِكَةُ اللَّيْل، وَمَكَثَتْ مَعَكُمْ مَلائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ، فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ -وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ- مَا تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِى يَصْنَعُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: جِئْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَتَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ، فَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ".  

[حب] ابن حبّان عن أَبى هريرة