Sunan Ibn Majah
Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها
Chapter 25
الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
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Abu Said al-Khudri said: We said: Messenger of Allah, we have learned the greeting of peace upon you; how should we invoke blessings for you? He said: Say: O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, Your servant and Messenger, as You sent blessings upon Abraham, and bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed Abraham.
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The source gives a first route only as Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah from Khalid ibn Makhlad, then marks a second route: Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna from Abu Amir, from Abd Allah ibn Jafar, from Yazid ibn al-Had, from Abd Allah ibn Khabbab, from Abu Said al-Khudri. The first route is left at the point where the Arabic text leaves it; the blessing wording is rendered as transmitted.
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Ibn Abi Layla said: Kaab ibn Ujrah met me and said: Shall I give you a gift? The Messenger of Allah came out to us, and we said: We know how to greet you with peace; how should we invoke blessings for you? He said: Say: O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Abraham; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed Abraham; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.
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The chains are: Ali ibn Muhammad from Waki from Shubah; and Muhammad ibn Bashshar from Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi and Muhammad ibn Jafar, both from Shubah; then al-Hakam, from Ibn Abi Layla, from Kaab ibn Ujrah. The repeated praise attributes are included in both parts of the supplication.
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Abu Humayd al-Saidi reported that they said: Messenger of Allah, we have been commanded to invoke blessings upon you; how should we do so? He said: Say: O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, his wives, and his descendants, as You sent blessings upon Abraham; and bless Muhammad, his wives, and his descendants, as You blessed the family of Abraham among all peoples. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.
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The chain is Ammar ibn Talut, from Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Majishun, from Malik ibn Anas, from Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm, from his father, from Amr ibn Sulaym al-Zuraqi, from Abu Humayd al-Saidi. The supplication explicitly includes the wives and descendants of Muhammad.
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Abd Allah ibn Masud said: When you invoke blessings upon the Messenger of Allah, do so well, for you do not know; perhaps they will be presented to him. They said to him: Teach us. He said: Say: O Allah, place Your blessings, mercy, and blessings upon the leader of the messengers, the imam of the God-fearing, the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad, Your servant and Messenger, the leader of good and guide to good, the Messenger of mercy. O Allah, raise him to the Praised Station, for which the first and the last will envy him. O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Abraham and the family of Abraham; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed Abraham and the family of Abraham; indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.
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The chain is al-Husayn ibn Bayan, from Ziyad ibn Abd Allah, from al-Masudi, from Awn ibn Abd Allah, from Abu Fakhtah, from al-Aswad ibn Yazid, from Abd Allah ibn Masud. The Arabic says “your blessings, mercy, and blessings” in the opening invocation, so the repetition is retained.
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Abd Allah ibn Amir ibn Rabiah reported from his father that the Prophet said: No Muslim invokes blessings upon me without the angels invoking blessings upon him as long as he invokes blessings upon me. So let the servant do little of that or do much.
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The source chain is Bakr ibn Khalaf Abu Bishr, from Khalid ibn al-Harith, from Shubah, from Asim ibn Ubayd Allah, who said he heard Abd Allah ibn Amir ibn Rabiah, from his father, from the Prophet. The closing phrase presents a choice between doing little and much.
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Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah said: Whoever forgets to invoke blessings upon me has missed the path to Paradise.
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The phrase khati tariq al-jannah is rendered idiomatically as “has missed the path to Paradise.”
Chapter 26
مَا يُقَالُ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ وَالصَّلاَةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: When one of you has finished the final tashahhud, let him seek refuge in Allah from four things: the punishment of Hell, the punishment of the grave, the trials of life and death, and the trial of the False Messiah.
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The source names four things from which refuge is sought after the final tashahhud.
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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah asked a man: What do you say in the prayer? He said: I recite the tashahhud, then I ask Allah for Paradise and seek refuge in Him from the Fire. By Allah, I cannot produce the murmured supplications that you and Muadh do. He replied: Our supplications revolve around those two.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Dandanah describes repeated, low-voiced supplication. The answer appears to say that their prayers revolve around asking for Paradise and seeking refuge from the Fire.
حَوْلَهُمَا نُدَنْدِنُ
Dandanah evokes low, repeated or murmured speech; the response links it figuratively to the two requests.
What English idiom best conveys the image of dandanah here without adding an explanation?
Chapter 27
الإِشَارَةِ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ
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Malik ibn Numayr al-Khuzai reported from his father: I saw the Prophet praying with his right hand placed on his right thigh, and pointing with his finger.
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The source states that he pointed with a finger but does not specify which finger in this excerpt.
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Wail ibn Hujr said: I saw the Prophet join his thumb and middle finger into a circle and raise the one next to them, supplicating with it during the tashahhud.
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The finger next to the thumb and middle finger is identified by position in the Arabic; it is understood as the index finger.
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Ibn Umar reported that when the Prophet sat in prayer, he placed his hands on his knees, raised his right finger—the one next to the thumb—and supplicated with it, while placing his left hand on his knee, open upon it.
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The chain is Muhammad ibn Yahya, al-Hasan ibn Ali, and Ishaq ibn Mansur, who said: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; from Mamar, from Ubayd Allah, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar. The finger is described by its position next to the thumb.
Chapter 28
التَّسْلِيمِ
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Abd Allah reported that the Messenger of Allah used to give the salutation to his right and to his left until the whiteness of his cheek could be seen, saying: Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah.
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The Arabic says that the white of his cheek was visible when he turned during the salutation.
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Saad ibn Abi Waqqas reported that the Messenger of Allah used to give the salutation to his right and his left.
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The chain is Mahmud ibn Ghaylan, from Bishr ibn al-Sari, from Musab ibn Thabit ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, from Ismail ibn Muhammad ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas, from Amir ibn Sad, from his father.
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Ammar ibn Yasir reported that the Messenger of Allah used to give the salutation to his right and his left until the whiteness of his cheek could be seen, saying each time: Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah.
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The Arabic gives the salutation phrase twice, once for each side.
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Abu Musa said: Ali led us in prayer on the Day of the Camel, and his prayer reminded us of the prayer of the Messenger of Allah. We may have forgotten it, or we may have left it. He gave the salutation to his right and to his left.
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The narrator expresses uncertainty whether they had forgotten the Prophetic practice or had abandoned it.
Chapter 29
مَنْ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَةً وَاحِدَةً
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Abu Musab al-Madini, Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr, reported from Abd al-Muhaymin ibn Abbas ibn Sahl ibn Sad al-Saidi, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah gave a single salutation directly in front of him.
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The source says taslimatan wahidatan tilqaa wajhihi: one salutation facing forward.
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Aishah reported that the Messenger of Allah used to give a single salutation directly in front of him.
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The chain is Hisham ibn Ammar, from Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad al-Sanani, from Zuhayr ibn Muhammad, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah.
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Salamah ibn al-Akwa said: I saw the Messenger of Allah pray, then give the salutation only once.
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The chain includes Muhammad al-Harith al-Misri, from Yahya ibn Rashid, from Yazid, the freedman of Salamah, from Salamah ibn al-Akwa. The wording explicitly says once only.
Chapter 30
رَدِّ السَّلاَمِ عَلَى الإِمَامِ
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Samurah ibn Jundub reported that the Prophet said: When the imam gives the salutation, respond to him.
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The chain is Hisham ibn Ammar, from Ismail ibn Ayyash, from Abu Bakr al-Hudhali, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, from Samurah ibn Jundub.
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Samurah ibn Jundub said: The Messenger of Allah commanded us to greet our imams with peace, and for some of us to greet others.
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The wording commands greeting both the prayer leaders and one another with the salutation of peace.