English translation
424. Rāfi' bin Khadīj narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Pray Ṣubh in the Ṣubh,"[1] for it is greater for your rewards," or he said: "... greater in reward." (Sāḥih)
Hadith 424
The Time For The Ṣubh (Fajr The Morning Prayer)
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Darussalam · Volume 1
2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 424 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 115
Al-Albani source references (2)
- صحيح وضعيف سنن أبي داود (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 424 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح
- صحيح سنن أبي داود ط غراس (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 451 · Volume 2 · Page 299
Hasan sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده حسن صحيح، وقال الترمذي: "حديث حسن صحيح"، وقال الحازمي: "حديث حسن"، وقال ابن تيمية: "حديث صحيح")
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Arabic text
424 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَصْبِحُوا بِالصُّبْحِ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ لِأُجُورِكُمْ أَوْ أَعْظَمُ لِلْأَجْرِ»
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This version of the narration has the word Aṣbiḥū, while other versions (see no. 154 of At-Tirmidhī, and numbers 549 and 550 of An-Nasā'ī) have it: "Aṣfirū". At-Tirmidhī mentioned the different interpretations. He ended with: "Ash-Shāfi'ī, Aḥmad, and Ishāq said: 'The meaning of Al-Iṣfār is that Fajr becomes illuminated such that there is no doubt in it.' They did not hold the view that the meaning of Al-Isfār is to delay the prayer." Meaning, the majority of the scholars consider it to mean to pray the prayer when it is clear that it is Subh or the dawn of morning, that is, not too early.