Sunan Ibn Majah
Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها
Chapter 11
الْقِرَاءَةِ خَلْفَ الإِمَامِ
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Jabir ibn Abd Allah said: We used to recite behind the imam in the first two rakahs of Zuhr and Asr: the Opening of the Book and a surah; and in the last two rakahs, the Opening of the Book.
Chapter 12
فِي سَكْتَتَىِ الإِمَامِ
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Samurah ibn Jundub said: I memorized two pauses from the Messenger of Allah. Imran ibn Husayn objected to this, so we wrote to Ubayy ibn Kab in Medina, and he replied that Samurah had memorized it correctly. Saeed said: We asked Qatadah, What are these two pauses? He said: When he begins his prayer and when he finishes the recitation. Later he added: And when he recites Not those who have incurred anger, nor those who are astray. He said that they liked it, when he finished the recitation, for him to pause until his breath returned to him.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The wording first identifies two pauses, then mentions the pause after the final verse as an additional report; this structure is retained.
سَكْتَتَانِ حَفِظْتُهُمَا
The report first says two pauses but later adds a pause after recitation of the final verse.
Should the internal count and later addition be reviewed against a critical edition?
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Samurah said: I memorized two pauses in the prayer: a pause before the recitation and a pause at the bowing. Imran ibn Husayn objected to this, so they wrote to Ubayy ibn Kab in Medina, and he confirmed Samurah.
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This report describes the second pause as occurring at the bowing, unlike the preceding report.
وَسَكْتَةً عِنْدَ الرُّكُوعِ
The second pause is located at bowing here, unlike the preceding narration.
Is this variant wording intentional in the source witness?
Chapter 13
إِذَا قَرَأَ الإِمَامُ فَأَنْصِتُوا
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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: The imam has been appointed to be followed. When he says the takbir, say the takbir; when he recites, listen silently; when he says, Not those who have incurred anger, nor those who are astray, say Amin; when he bows, bow; when he says, Allah hears whoever praises Him, say, Our Lord, to You belongs all praise; when he prostrates, prostrate; and when he prays seated, all of you pray seated.
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The source quotes the concluding words of al-Fatihah; Amin is retained as a liturgical response.
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Abu Musa al-Ashari reported that the Messenger of Allah said: When the imam recites, listen silently. When you are seated, let the first words of remembrance for each of you be the tashahhud.
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Tashahhud is the testimony recited while seated in prayer.
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Abu Hurayrah said: The Prophet led his companions in a prayer which we think was the dawn prayer. He said: Did any of you recite? A man said: I did. He said: I say, What is this? Am I being challenged over the Quran?
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The opening phrase qal ma li unaziu al-Quran is idiomatic and may mean that recitation was competing with his own; the translation preserves the challenge image.
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Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah led us in prayer, then he mentioned something similar and added: After that, they remained silent in the prayers in which the imam recited aloud.
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The source explicitly says they refrained from reciting after this.
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Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah said: Whoever has an imam, the imam’s recitation is his recitation.
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The repeated chain names Jabir twice as given in the Arabic.
Chapter 14
الْجَهْرِ بِآمِينَ
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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: When the reciter says Amin, then say Amin, for the angels say Amin. Whoever’s saying Amin coincides with the angels’ saying Amin will have his previous sins forgiven.
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Amin is the congregational response following the recitation.
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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: When the reciter says Amin, say Amin; whoever’s saying Amin coincides with the angels’ saying Amin will have his previous sins forgiven.
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The Arabic transmission presents two routes: Bakr ibn Khalaf and Jamil ibn al-Hasan from Abd al-Ala and Mamar; and Ahmad ibn Amr ibn al-Sarh al-Misri and Hashim ibn al-Qasim al-Harrani from Abd Allah ibn Wahb from Yunus. Both routes converge on al-Zuhri, from Said ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Hurayrah. The source punctuation around Abu Salama is irregular; the likely name grouping is preserved.
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Abu Hurayrah said: The people had stopped saying Amin. When the Messenger of Allah said, Not those who have incurred anger, nor those who are astray, he would say Amin, so that the people in the first row could hear it, and the mosque would reverberate with it.
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The report states that Amin was audible to the first row and caused the mosque to resound.
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Ali said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, when he said Nor those who are astray, say Amin.
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The source quotes only the final words of the verse.
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Wail said: I prayed with the Prophet. When he said Nor those who are astray, he said Amin, and we heard it from him.
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Aishah reported that the Prophet said: The Jews have envied you over nothing as much as they have envied you over the greeting of peace and saying Amin.
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The Arabic term al-tamin refers here to saying Amin after recitation.
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Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah said: The Jews have envied you over nothing as much as over Amin, so say Amin often.
Chapter 15
رَفْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ إِذَا رَكَعَ وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ
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Ibn Umar said: I saw the Messenger of Allah, when he began the prayer, raise his hands until they were level with his shoulders, and do likewise when he bowed and when he raised his head from bowing. He did not raise them between the two prostrations.
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The report describes raising the hands at the opening, bowing, and rising from bowing, but not between prostrations.
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Malik ibn al-Huwayrith reported that the Messenger of Allah, when he said the takbir, would raise his hands until he brought them near his ears. When he bowed, he did the same, and when he raised his head from bowing, he did the same.
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The source describes the hands as near the ears.
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Abu Hurayrah said: I saw the Messenger of Allah raise his hands in prayer level with his shoulders when he began the prayer, when he bowed, and when he prostrated.
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The report specifically mentions prostration.
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Umayr ibn Habib said: The Messenger of Allah used to raise his hands with every takbir in the prescribed prayer.
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The source specifies the obligatory prayer.
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Abu Humayd al-Saidi said: I heard him while he was among ten of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, one of whom was Abu Qatadah ibn Ribi: I know best among you how the Messenger of Allah prayed. When he stood for prayer, he stood upright and raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders, then said, Allah is greatest. When he intended to bow, he raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders. When he said, Allah hears whoever praises Him, he raised his hands and stood upright. When he stood after the first two rakahs, he said the takbir and raised his hands until they were level with his shoulders, as he had done when beginning the prayer.
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The source says Abu Humayd was among ten companions and names Abu Qatadah as one of them; it does not identify the other eight.