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The Severity Of One Who Raises Or Descends Before The Imām

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 623 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 169

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Al-Albani source references (2)
  • صحيح وضعيف سنن أبي داود (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 623 · Volume 1 · Page 2

    Sahih

    صحيح

  • صحيح سنن أبي داود ط غراس (opens in a new tab)

    Source no. 635 · Volume 3 · Page 184

    Sahih chain · qualified assessment

    (قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين. وقد أخرجاه وأبو عوانة في "صحاحهم"؛ دون قوله: "والإمام ساجد"، وهي زيادة صحيحة محفوظة. وأخرجها ابن خزيمة في "صحيحه". وقوله: "أو صورته صورة حمار"؛ شك من شعبة، والصواب: "رأس حمار" بدون تردد)

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623. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Is not one of you afraid that if he raises his head while the Imām is still prostrating that Allāh might transform his head into the head of a donkey, or his figure into the figure of a donkey?” (Saḥīh)

Arabic text

623 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَا يَخْشَى - أَوْ أَلَا يَخْشَى - أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَالْإِمَامُ سَاجِدٌ أَنْ يُحَوِّلَ اللَّهُ رَأْسَهُ رَأْسَ حِمَارٍ - أَوْ صُورَتَهُ صُورَةَ حِمَارٍ -»

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There is a severe warning in this narration against preceding the Imām in actions during Salāt, particularly in raising one's head from the prostration before him.