Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

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Ahmad bin Amr bin As-Sarh Al-Misri narrated to us: Abdullah bin Wahb narrated to us: Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab: Urwah bin Az-Zubair informed me, from Aishah, who said: The sun was eclipsed during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He went out to the mosque, stood, and said the takbir. The people formed rows behind him. He recited at length, then said the takbir and bowed at length. He raised his head and said: Allah hears whoever praises Him; our Lord, to You is praise. Then he stood and recited at length, though less than the first recitation. He said the takbir and bowed at length, though less than the first bowing. Then he said: Allah hears whoever praises Him; our Lord, to You is praise. He did the same in the other rakah, completing four bowings and four prostrations. The sun was uncovered before he finished. Then he stood and addressed the people, praising Allah as He deserves to be praised. He said: The sun and moon are two of Allahs signs; they are not eclipsed for anyone death or life. When you see them, hasten to prayer.

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Ali bin Muhammad and Muhammad bin Ismail narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Al-Aswad bin Qais, from Thalabah bin Abbad, from Samurah bin Jundab, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led us in the eclipse prayer, and we did not hear his voice.

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Muharriz bin Salamah Al-Adani narrated to us: Nafi bin Umar Al-Jumahi narrated to us, from Ibn Abu Mulaikah, from Asma bint Abu Bakr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed the eclipse prayer. He stood for a long time, then bowed for a long time. He rose and stood for a long time, then bowed for a long time. He rose, prostrated for a long time, raised his head, prostrated for a long time, then raised his head. He stood and stood for a long time, then bowed for a long time. He rose and stood for a long time, then bowed for a long time. He rose, prostrated for a long time, raised his head, and prostrated for a long time. Then he finished and said: Paradise was brought near to me, so near that, had I dared, I would have brought you a cluster of its fruit. Hell was brought near to me until I said: My Lord, am I among them? Nafi said: I think he said: I also saw a woman being scratched by her cat. I asked: What is the matter with this woman? They said: She kept it confined until it died of hunger. She neither fed it nor released it to eat the small creatures of the earth.

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Ali bin Muhammad and Muhammad bin Ismail narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Hisham bin Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Kinanah, from his father, who said: One of the rulers sent me to Ibn Abbas to ask him about the prayer for rain. Ibn Abbas said: What prevented him from asking me? He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out humbly, in plain clothes, submissively, walking unhurriedly, and earnestly supplicating. He prayed two rakahs as he prayed for Eid, but he did not deliver a sermon like this sermon of yours.

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr, who said: I heard Abbad ibn Tamim narrating to my father from his paternal uncle that he had witnessed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) go out to the prayer ground to pray for rain. He faced the qiblah, turned his cloak around, and prayed two rak‘ahs. Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Sufyan informed us, from Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm, from Abbad ibn Tamim, from his paternal uncle, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), similarly. Sufyan said, from al-Mas‘udi: I asked Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr, ‘Did he put its top at the bottom, or the right side over the left?’ He said, ‘No; rather, the right side over the left.’

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Ahmad ibn al-Azhar and al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Rabi‘ narrated to us. They said: Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us; my father narrated to me, saying: I heard al-Nu‘man narrating from al-Zuhri, from Humayd ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: One day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to pray for rain. He led us in two rak‘ahs without an adhan or iqamah. Then he addressed us, supplicated to Allah, and turned his face toward the qiblah while raising his hands. Then he turned his cloak around, placing its right side over its left and its left side over its right.

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Abu Kurayb narrated to us; Abu Mu‘awiyah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Amr ibn Murrah, from Salim ibn Abi al-Ja‘d, from Shurahbil ibn al-Simt, that he said to Ka‘b: ‘O Ka‘b ibn Murrah, narrate to us from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and be careful.’ He said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for rain.’ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands and said, ‘O Allah, send us wholesome, abundant, widespread rain, promptly and without delay, beneficial and not harmful.’ They had not yet gathered when they were answered. Then they came to him and complained to him about the rain, saying, ‘O Messenger of Allah, the houses have collapsed.’ He said, ‘O Allah, let it be around us and not upon us.’ Then the clouds began to part to the right and the left.

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Muhammad ibn Abi al-Qasim, Abu al-Ahwas, narrated to us; al-Hasan ibn al-Rabi‘ narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Idris narrated to us; Husayn narrated to us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Ibn Abbas, who said: A Bedouin came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have come to you from people so stricken that their shepherds can lay in no provisions and no breeding male camel even comes to mind.’ He mounted the pulpit, praised Allah, and then said, ‘O Allah, send us rain that brings relief, wholesome, widespread, abundant, plentiful, prompt and not delayed.’ Then he came down. Everyone who came to him from any direction said, ‘We have been revived.’

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Affan narrated to us; Mu‘tamir narrated to us, from his father, from Barakah, from Bashir ibn Nahik, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for rain until I saw—or it was seen—the whiteness of his armpits. Mu‘tamir said, ‘I think this was concerning the prayer for rain.’

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Ahmad ibn al-Azhar narrated to us; Abu al-Nadr narrated to us; Abu Aqil narrated to us, from Umar ibn Hamzah; Salim narrated to us from his father, who said: Sometimes I remember the poet’s words while looking at the face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the pulpit. He did not descend before every waterspout in Medina was gushing. Then I remember the poet’s words: ‘Fair of face, by whose countenance rain is sought; a refuge for orphans and a protection for widows.’ These are the words of Abu Talib.

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah informed us, from Ayyub, from Ata, who said: I heard Ibn Abbas say: I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed before the sermon. Then he delivered the sermon and, realizing that he had not made the women hear, went to them, reminded and admonished them, and instructed them to give charity. Bilal was gesturing with his hands like this, and the women began casting down earrings, rings, and other things.

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Abu Bakr ibn Khallad al-Bahili narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa‘id narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from al-Hasan ibn Muslim, from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed on the day of Eid without an adhan or iqamah.

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Abu Kurayb narrated to us; Abu Mu‘awiyah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Isma‘il ibn Raja, from his father, from Abu Sa‘id; and from Qays ibn Muslim, from Tariq ibn Shihab, from Abu Sa‘id, who said: On the day of Eid, Marwan brought out the pulpit and began with the sermon before the prayer. A man stood and said, ‘O Marwan, you have opposed the Sunnah: you brought out the pulpit on an Eid day, though it was not brought out then, and you began with the sermon before the prayer, though it was not begun with then.’ Abu Sa‘id said, ‘As for this man, he has discharged what was due from him. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever among you sees a wrong and is able to change it with his hand, let him change it with his hand. If he is unable, then with his tongue. If he is unable with his tongue, then with his heart; and that is the weakest of faith.’

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Hawtharah ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us; Ubaydullah ibn Umar narrated to us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Prophet, then Abu Bakr, then Umar, used to pray the Eid prayer before the sermon.

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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us; Abdur-Rahman ibn Sad ibn Ammar ibn Sad, the caller to prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), narrated to us; my father narrated to me, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say the takbir in the two Eid prayers: seven in the first before the recitation, and five in the last before the recitation.

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Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-Ala narrated to us; Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Yala, from Amr ibn Shuayb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said the takbir seven times and five times in the Eid prayer.

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Abu Masud Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ubayd ibn Aqil narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Athmah narrated to us; Kathir ibn Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Awf narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said the takbir in the two Eid prayers: seven in the first and five in the last.

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Harmalah ibn Yahya narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us; Ibn Lahi‘ah informed me, from Khalid ibn Yazid and Uqayl, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwah, from Aishah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said the takbir in Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha seven and five times, apart from the two takbirs for bowing.

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah informed us, from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn al-Muntashir, from his father, from Habib ibn Salim, from al-Numan ibn Bashir, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite in the two Eid prayers: Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High; and Has the account of the Overwhelming come to you?

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Sufyan informed us, from Damrah ibn Sa‘id, from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah, who said: On Eid, Umar went out and sent word to Abu Waqid al-Laythi, asking, ‘What did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recite on a day like this?’ He replied: ‘Qaf and the Hour has drawn near.’