Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 685

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، ‏.‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ الَّذِي تَفُوتُهُ صَلاَةُ الْعَصْرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا وُتِرَ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Hisham ibn 'Ammar narrated to us: Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn 'Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Whoever misses the 'Asr prayer, it is as though his family and property have been taken from him.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The Arabic verb وُتِرَ conveys being bereaved or deprived; its object is his family and wealth.