Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 174

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 174
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ مَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلاَةً لِوَقْتِهَا الآخِرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ ‏ .‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ وَلَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِمُتَّصِلٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَالْوَقْتُ الأَوَّلُ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ أَفْضَلُ ‏.‏ وَمِمَّا يَدُلُّ عَلَى فَضْلِ أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ عَلَى آخِرِهِ اخْتِيَارُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَخْتَارُونَ إِلاَّ مَا هُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَدَعُونَ الْفَضْلَ وَكَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ فِي أَوَّلِ الْوَقْتِ ‏.‏ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْمَكِّيُّ عَنِ الشَّافِعِيِّ ‏.‏

Translation

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

Qutaybah narrated to us: al-Layth narrated to us, from Khālid ibn Yazīd, from Saʿīd ibn Abī Hilāl, from Isḥāq ibn ʿUmar, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not pray a prayer at its later time on two occasions before Allah took him. Abū ʿĪsā said: This hadith is hasan gharīb, and its chain is not connected. Al-Shāfiʿī said: The early time of prayer is better. Evidence that the early time is better than the later time is the practice preferred by the Prophet (ﷺ), Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar: they would choose only what was better and would not leave aside the virtue, and they used to pray at the beginning of the time. Abū al-Walīd al-Makkī narrated this to us from al-Shāfiʿī.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • قَالَتْ مَا صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلاَةً لِوَقْتِهَا الآخِرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ ‏ .

    The Arabic phrase states that he did not pray any prayer at its latter time ‘twice’ before his death; its precise intended force is unclear, so the wording is kept close to the source.

    No decision requested; retain the literal ambiguity pending any authoritative preferred reading.