Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 798

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ مَنْ صَلَّى فِي مَسْجِدٍ جَمَاعَةً أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً لاَ تَفُوتُهُ الرَّكْعَةُ الأُولَى مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا عِتْقًا مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

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

'Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Isma'il ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, from 'Umarah ibn Ghaziyyah, from Anas ibn Malik, from 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that he used to say: ‘Whoever prays in congregation in a mosque for forty nights without missing the first rak'ah of the 'Isha prayer will be granted by Allah, through it, release from the Fire.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source's condition specifies forty nights, congregational prayer in a mosque, and not missing the first rak'ah of 'Isha.