Sunan Ibn Majah
Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها
Chapter 31
وَلاَ يَخُصُّ الإِمَامُ نَفْسَهُ بِالدُّعَاءِ
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Thawban reported that the Messenger of Allah said: No servant should lead a prayer and then single himself out with a supplication apart from them. If he does so, he has betrayed them.
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The chain is Muhammad ibn al-Masaffa al-Himsi, from Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid, from Habib ibn Salih, from Yazid ibn Shurayh, from Abu Hayy al-Muadhdhin, from Thawban. The wording admonishes an imam not to reserve the supplication for himself to the exclusion of those praying behind him.
Chapter 32
مَا يُقَالُ بَعْدَ التَّسْلِيمِ
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Aishah said: When the Messenger of Allah gave the salutation, he would sit only for as long as it took to say: O Allah, You are Peace, and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Possessor of majesty and honor.
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The source gives one route through Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Muawiyah, then a second detailed route through Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Abi al-Shawarib and Abd al-Wahid ibn Ziyad, from Asim al-Ahwal, from Abd Allah ibn al-Harith, from Aishah. The first route is preserved as abbreviated in the source.
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Umm Salamah reported that after praying the dawn prayer and giving the salutation, the Prophet would say: O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and deeds that are accepted.
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The narrator is identified only as a freedman of Umm Salamah in this source; no personal name is provided. Tayyiban provision is rendered as good provision.
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Abd Allah ibn Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah said: There are two qualities which no Muslim consistently observes without entering Paradise. They are easy, yet few people act upon them: after every prayer, glorify Allah ten times, magnify Him ten times, and praise Him ten times. I saw the Messenger of Allah count them on his hand. That makes one hundred and fifty on the tongue and one thousand five hundred on the scale. When one goes to bed, let him glorify Allah, praise Him, and magnify Him one hundred times; that makes one hundred on the tongue and one thousand on the scale. Which of you commits two thousand five hundred bad deeds in a day?
Then they asked: How can anyone fail to keep count of them? He said: Satan comes to one of you while he is praying and says: Remember this and that, until the servant finishes without understanding. And he comes to him while he is in bed and keeps lulling him until he falls asleep.
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The chain lists Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, from Ismail ibn Ulayyah, Muhammad ibn Fudayl, Abu Yahya al-Taymi, and Ibn al-Ajluh, from Ata ibn al-Saib, from his father, from Abd Allah ibn Amr. The source gives ten each of glorification, magnification, and praise after every prayer, then counts 150 across the daily prayers and 1,500 on the scale. At bedtime it says one hundred total, counted as 100 on the tongue and 1,000 on the scale.
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Abu Dharr said: It was said to the Prophet—or Sufyan may have said, I said: Messenger of Allah, the wealthy people have taken the reward. They say what we say, and they spend, while we do not spend. He said to me: Shall I tell you something which, if you do it, will enable you to catch up with those before you and surpass those after you? After every prayer, praise Allah, glorify Him, and magnify Him: thirty-three, thirty-three, and thirty-four times.
Sufyan said: I do not know which of them was thirty-four.
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The chain is al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan al-Marwazi, from Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, from Bishr ibn Asim, from his father, from Abu Dharr. The report itself preserves uncertainty about whether the Prophet was addressed or Sufyan was narrating in the first person, and it explicitly leaves unassigned which remembrance is counted thirty-four times.
قَالَ سُفْيَانُ لاَ أَدْرِي أَيَّتُهُنَّ أَرْبَعٌ .
The report states counts of 33, 33, and 34 for praise, glorification, and magnification, but Sufyan says he does not know which one was four (i.e. thirty-four).
Should the 34 count remain unassigned among the three remembrances, as the source note indicates?
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Thawban reported that when the Messenger of Allah finished his prayer, he would ask forgiveness three times, then say: O Allah, You are Peace, and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Possessor of majesty and honor.
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The Arabic presents two transmission routes: Hisham ibn Ammar from Abd al-Hamid ibn Habib from al-Awzai; and Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim al-Dimashqi from al-Walid ibn Muslim from al-Awzai, from Shaddad Abu Ammar, from Abu Asma al-Rahabi, from Thawban. The first route is left as abbreviated in the source.
Chapter 33
الاِنْصِرَافِ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ
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Abu Musa said: Ali led us in a 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 abandoned it. He gave the salutation to his right and to his left.
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Correction of the preceding version, which was mistakenly associated with a neighboring report. The source chain is Abd Allah ibn Amir ibn Zurarah, from Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash, from Abu Ishaq, from Burayd ibn Abi Maryam, from Abu Musa.
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Abd Allah said: Let none of you give Satan a share of himself by thinking that he is obliged, as a matter of right owed to Allah, to turn away only to his right. I saw that the Messenger of Allah most often turned away to his left.
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The report comes through two routes: Ali ibn Muhammad from Waki, and Abu Bakr ibn Khallad from Yahya ibn Said; both transmit from al-Amash, from Umarah, from al-Aswad, from Abd Allah. The admonition rejects the belief that turning right after prayer is obligatory.
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Abd Allah ibn Amr reported from his father, from his grandfather: I saw the Prophet turn to his right and to his left in the prayer.
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The chain identifies the narrator through Amr ibn Shuaib, from his father, from his grandfather.
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Umm Salamah said: When the Messenger of Allah gave the salutation, the women would get up as soon as he had completed it. He would remain briefly in his place before getting up.
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The chain is Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, from Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Waqid, from Ibrahim ibn Sad, from Ibn Shihab, from Hind bint al-Harith, from Umm Salamah. The report distinguishes the women rising immediately from his remaining briefly before he himself stood.
Chapter 34
إِذَا حَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ وَوُضِعَ الْعَشَاءُ
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Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah said: When supper is served and the prayer is called, begin with supper.
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The Arabic refers to the prayer being established (iqamah) while the meal is set.
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Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah said: When supper is served and the prayer is called, begin with supper.
Ibn Umar ate supper one night while he could hear the call to prayer.
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The first paragraph gives the Prophetic instruction; the second reports that Ibn Umar acted on it while hearing the iqamah.
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Aishah reported through two routes, both reaching her through Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father: the Messenger of Allah said: When supper is ready and the prayer is called, begin with supper.
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The routes are Sahl ibn Abi Sahl from Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, and Ali ibn Muhammad from Waki; both from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah.
Chapter 35
الْجَمَاعَةِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمَطِيرَةِ
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Abu al-Malih said: I went out on a rainy night. When I returned and asked to be let in, my father asked: Who is it? I said: Abu al-Malih. He said: We were with the Messenger of Allah on the day of al-Hudaybiyyah, and rain fell on us that did not wet the soles of our sandals. Then a caller of the Messenger of Allah announced: Pray in your dwellings.
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The chain is Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, from Ismail ibn Ibrahim, from Khalid al-Hadhdha, from Abu al-Malih. The rain is described as not soaking the soles of their sandals.
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Ibn Umar reported that on a rainy night, or on a cold night with wind, the Messenger of Allah would have his caller announce: Pray in your dwellings.
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The source gives two alternative conditions: a rainy night, or a cold night accompanied by wind.
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Ibn Abbas reported that on a rainy Friday the Prophet said: Pray in your dwellings.
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The chain is Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Wahhab, from al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad, from Abbad ibn Mansur, who said he heard Ata, reporting from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet.
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Abd Allah ibn al-Harith ibn Nawfal reported that Ibn Abbas instructed the caller to proclaim the call to prayer on a rainy Friday. He said: Allah is greatest, Allah is greatest. I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Then Ibn Abbas said: Call out to the people: Let them pray in their homes.
The people said to him: What is this that you have done? He replied: Someone better than me did this. Are you telling me to bring people out of their homes so that they come to me, treading through mud up to their knees?
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The chain is Ahmad ibn Abdah, from Abbad ibn Abbad al-Muhallabi, from Asim al-Ahwal, from Abd Allah ibn al-Harith ibn Nawfal. The account attributes the instruction to Ibn Abbas, who explains the rain-related call to remain at home.
Chapter 36
مَا يَسْتُرُ الْمُصَلِّي
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Talhah ibn Talhah reported: We used to pray while riding animals passed in front of us. This was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah, and he said: If something the height of the rear pommel of a saddle is placed in front of one of you, then whoever passes beyond it will not harm him.
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The source describes the height of the barrier by comparison with the rear pommel of a saddle. The chain is Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Numayr, from Umar ibn Ubayd, from Simak ibn Harb, from Musa ibn Talhah, from his father.
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Ibn Umar reported that when the Prophet traveled, a short spear would be brought out for him. He would set it upright and pray facing it.
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The source identifies the object as a harbah, a short spear, which was set upright as a prayer barrier. The chain is Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah, from Abd Allah ibn Raja al-Makki, from Ubayd Allah, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar.
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Aishah said: The Messenger of Allah had a mat which was spread out during the day. At night he would make an enclosure with it and pray facing it.
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The chain is Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, from Muhammad ibn Bishr, from Ubayd Allah ibn Umar, from Said ibn Abi Said, from Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Aishah. The verb yahtajiruhu suggests setting the mat up as a bounded prayer space.