Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1399

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْمِصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ "‏ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي خَمْسِينَ صَلاَةً فَرَجَعْتُ بِذَلِكَ ‏.‏ حَتَّى آتِيَ عَلَى مُوسَى فَقَالَ مُوسَى مَاذَا افْتَرَضَ رَبُّكَ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ قُلْتُ فَرَضَ عَلَىَّ خَمْسِينَ صَلاَةً ‏.‏ قَالَ فَارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لاَ تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ فَرَاجَعْتُ رَبِّي فَوَضَعَ عَنِّي شَطْرَهَا فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لاَ تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ فَرَاجَعْتُ رَبِّي فَقَالَ هِيَ خَمْسٌ وَهِيَ خَمْسُونَ لاَ يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ ‏.‏ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ قَدِ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْ رَبِّي ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Harmalah ibn Yahya al-Misri narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us; Yunus ibn Yazid informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Allah prescribed fifty prayers for my community.’ I returned with that until I came to Moses. Moses asked, ‘What has your Lord prescribed for your community?’ I replied, ‘He prescribed fifty prayers for me.’ He said, ‘Go back to your Lord, for your community cannot bear that.’ I returned to my Lord, and He removed half of them from me. I went back to Moses and told him. He said, ‘Go back to your Lord, for your community cannot bear that.’ I returned to my Lord, and He said, ‘They are five, yet they are fifty; My word does not change.’ I returned to Moses, and he said, ‘Go back to your Lord.’ I said, ‘I am now too shy before my Lord.’’