Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 157
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبِي، سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ فَإِنَّ شِدَّةَ الْحَرِّ مِنْ فَيْحِ جَهَنَّمَ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ وَالْمُغِيرَةِ وَالْقَاسِمِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَأَبِي مُوسَى وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَنَسٍ . قَالَ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي هَذَا وَلاَ يَصِحُّ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدِ اخْتَارَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ تَأْخِيرَ صَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ فِي شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ . قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ إِنَّمَا الإِبْرَادُ بِصَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ إِذَا كَانَ مَسْجِدًا يَنْتَابُ أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْبُعْدِ فَأَمَّا الْمُصَلِّي وَحْدَهُ وَالَّذِي يُصَلِّي فِي مَسْجِدِ قَوْمِهِ فَالَّذِي أُحِبُّ لَهُ أَنْ لاَ يُؤَخِّرَ الصَّلاَةَ فِي شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَمَعْنَى مَنْ ذَهَبَ إِلَى تَأْخِيرِ الظُّهْرِ فِي شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ هُوَ أَوْلَى وَأَشْبَهُ بِالاِتِّبَاعِ وَأَمَّا مَا ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ الشَّافِعِيُّ أَنَّ الرُّخْصَةَ لِمَنْ يَنْتَابُ مِنَ الْبُعْدِ وَالْمَشَقَّةِ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَإِنَّ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى خِلاَفِ مَا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ . قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَذَّنَ بِلاَلٌ بِصَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا بِلاَلُ أَبْرِدْ ثُمَّ أَبْرِدْ " . فَلَوْ كَانَ الأَمْرُ عَلَى مَا ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ الشَّافِعِيُّ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلإِبْرَادِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ مَعْنًى لاِجْتِمَاعِهِمْ فِي السَّفَرِ وَكَانُوا لاَ يَحْتَاجُونَ أَنْ يَنْتَابُوا مِنَ الْبُعْدِ .
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 Ibn Shihāb, from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab and Abū Salamah, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “When the heat becomes intense, delay the prayer until it cools, for the intensity of heat is from the breath of Hell.” There are also reports on this topic from Abū Saʿīd, Abū Dharr, Ibn ʿUmar, al-Mughīrah, al-Qāsim ibn Ṣafwān from his father, Abū Mūsā, Ibn ʿAbbās, and Anas. A report with this meaning from ʿUmar, from the Prophet (ﷺ), is also narrated, but it is not authentic. Abū ʿĪsā said: The hadith of Abū Hurayrah is hasan sahih. Some scholars chose to delay the Ẓuhr prayer during intense heat; this was the view of Ibn al-Mubārak, Aḥmad, and Isḥāq. Al-Shāfiʿī said that delaying Ẓuhr applies when people come to a mosque from far away. As for someone praying alone or in the mosque of his own community, he preferred that the prayer not be delayed during intense heat. Abū ʿĪsā said: The view that Ẓuhr should be delayed during intense heat is preferable and closer to following the Prophetic practice. As for al-Shāfiʿī’s view that the concession is for those coming from a distance, because of the hardship this causes people, the hadith of Abū Dharr indicates otherwise. Abū Dharr said: We were traveling with the Prophet (ﷺ), and Bilāl called for the Ẓuhr prayer. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Bilāl, let it cool; let it cool.” If the matter were as al-Shāfiʿī held, delaying it then would have no purpose, since they were together on the journey and did not need to come from far away.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ إِنَّمَا الإِبْرَادُ بِصَلاَةِ الظُّهْرِ إِذَا كَانَ مَسْجِدًا يَنْتَابُ أَهْلُهُ مِنَ الْبُعْدِ فَأَمَّا الْمُصَلِّي وَحْدَهُ وَالَّذِي يُصَلِّي فِي مَسْجِدِ قَوْمِهِ فَالَّذِي أُحِبُّ لَهُ أَنْ لاَ يُؤَخِّرَ الصَّلاَةَ فِي شِدَّةِ الْحَرِّ .
Al-Shāfiʿī limits the cooling delay to congregations whose attendees come from a distance; Abū ʿĪsā argues that a travel report indicates a broader scope.
No decision requested; both positions and Abū ʿĪsā’s response are presented as attributed views.